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Capt replaced as his govt was being run by BJP: Priyanka
The Amarinder Singh-led Punjab government had to be replaced as it was being run by the BJP from Delhi, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed on Sunday and also attacked the AAP, saying it has “emerged” from the RSS. Addressing a public meeting in Kotkapura ahead of the February...
EC allows padayatras with limited number of people
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday further relaxed Covid-19-induced curbs on the assembly poll campaign in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Manipur. It allowed padayatras with a limited number of people and revised the timings of the poll campaign ban period. As per...
TMC rift over ‘one man one post’ deepening
The rift in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is deepening, so is the distance between poll strategist Prashant Kishor’s IPAC and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee. Even as four municipalities go to polls on February 12, the focus of Bengal politics is on the internal fight in the TMC. Banerjee has...
SP candidate agents booked for ‘distributing cash’
The Uttar Pradesh police has registered an FIR against representatives of a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for allegedly distributing cash at the party election offie in Lala Bazar of Handia assembly constituency. A video, which has gone viral on social media, shows a crowd gathered in the terrace of...
KCR vows to unseat Modi govt, break ‘Delhi Fort’
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday announced that he will plunge into national politics to root out the Narendra Modi government “for failing to address the issues of the states and fulfill people’s aspirations”. “Be careful Narendra Modi. I am Telangana’s son and a tiger who will...
Gadkari says TMC-AAP vote split will help BJP in Goa
Union road and transport minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get a full majority in Goa as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) are dividing votes and will reduce the strength of the Congress. Gadkari also questioned why...
Modi accuses Cong of using Gen Rawat’s cut-outs for votes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress on Thursday of abusing General Bipin Rawat when he was alive and using his cut-outs now for votes. Addressing a rally in Uttarakhand’s Srinagar ahead of the February 14 state Assembly polls, Modi said it is the same Congress that had asked...
Modi claims making ‘lakhpatis’ out of poor UP villagers
People have become “lakhpatis” after getting houses under the PM Awas Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said twice in the last week. The message won’t be lost amid the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh where the Bharatiya Janata Party feels the housing scheme could be the game changer...
BJP, CPIM allege TMC obstruction in municipality poll
Days after protests over polls by candidates, the Trinamool Congress has won two municipalities-Sainthia and Budge Budge without any contest. Elections to 108 municipalities across West Bengal will be held on 27 February between 7 am to 5 pm and the candidates were allowed to submit their nominations till...
Sena hopes to make Goa inroad with ‘sons of soil’ plea
As the Shiv Sena makes yet another attempt to make inroads in Goa, its pitch for the ’sons of the soil’ issue features prominently in its agenda for the assembly polls with the demand of 80 per cent of jobs in the private sector for Goans. The party has...
Village panchayat support vital for Goa parties
In Goa, one of the most influential and powerful bodies being wooed by political parties are the local Panchayats. With land parcels in limited supply, in a tourism sector-dominated state, these bodies are required to get permits for building construction, renovation, road cutting or running a commercial venture, and...
CBI summons TMC leader in cattle smuggling case
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday summoned Trinamool Congress Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal in connection with its probe into a multi-crore cattle smuggling racket operating along the India-Bangladesh border, a source in the agency said. Mandal has been asked to depose before the CBI officials at...
Sanjay Raut claims ‘approach’ to help topple Maha govt
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has written a letter to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, claiming he was approached by certain people who asked him to assist in toppling the MVA government in Maharashtra so that the state could be forced into mid-term elections. Raut, who is the Rajya...
What parties expect from UP polls phase 1
What do the Uttar Pradesh elections hold for the fate of bigwig political parties in the state? The BJP is not holding back to win back power in the state again, which is seen as a precursor to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, SP-RLD alliance and Congress are...
Jat belt in focus as fate of 9 ministers at stake
The fate of several BJP heavyweights, including ministers, will be decided when the battle for Uttar Pradesh begins on Thursday. The polling in the western part of the state is scheduled to take place in 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts. Electoral fate of nine ministers in the...
Sugarcane, riots, exodus to decide fate in Muzzafarnagar, Kairana
Sugarcane, riots, exodus. These are just a few of the issues that will highlight the Phase-I of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections which kicked off Thursday morning, with 58 seats up for grabs in Western UP. While the fate of several BJP heavyweights, including ministers, will be decided, the...
Modi claims ‘pro-incumbency’ in all 5 poll-bound states
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win the assembly elections with a full majority in all five poll-bound states- Punjab, Goa, Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand and Manipur. “I have seen in all states that there is the inclination towards the BJP. We will...
More ‘Vikas’ than ‘Vishwas’ in Krishna ‘Janmabhoomi’ Mathura
Thakur Sanjeev Krishna ji Maharaj, a member of Sant Samaj in Vrindavan, is thrilled that Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has spoken about a bhavya mandir in Mathura. He says it is the “good fortune” of this generation that it is seeing grand temples built rather than destroyed....
