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HP Cong sweep has BJP worried
A sweep by the Congress in Himachal Pradesh bypoll just a year ahead of the state assembly elections could not have come at a worse time for Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur who had hinged his party’s campaign to ‘clean and efficient governance’. The biggest setback for the Chief...
Chouhan reasserts his pole position with bypoll wins
The 3-1 bypoll victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday has yet again proved that Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s magic is far from over. The wins come at a time when Chouhan’s rumoured departure from the CM House kept him under pressure, especially when his party had shunted chief...
Sidhu, Channi put up united face in Punjab Congress meeting
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, who have not been on the same page over certain appointments, Tuesday said they will work with each other and fight the upcoming polls together, according to party MLAs. They met with each other during a...
Assam CM says bypoll win due to PM’s NE agenda
After clean sweep in the all five seats of Assam by-poll by the BJP-led ruling alliance, Chief Minister cum star campaigner Himanta Biswa Sarma said it was not an ordinary victory, but one that signified development. The BJP led alliance (BJP-AGP-UPPL) won all five assembly seats in Assam where...
BJP loses in Himachal’s Mandi, trails in 3 assembly seats
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is most likely to face a huge embarrassment by the end of the day as it lost Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi parliamentary seat to the Congress and is also expected to lose three assembly seats of Fatehpur, Arki, and Jubbai-Kothkai. Congress candidate Pratibha Singh, who...
BJP hits out at Akhilesh for Jinnah, Sardar Patel comparison
Lucknow: The BJP Monday attacked Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav for “comparing” Muhammad Ali Jinnah with Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, calling his statement “shameful” and seeking an apology. While Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said an “insult” to Sardar Patel will not be accepted, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya slammed Yadav,...
Kejriwal promises free Ayodhya pilgrimage to Goans
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday promised free pilgrimage to various religious centres, including Ayodhya and Ajmer Sharif, if his party is voted to power in Goa in the Assembly polls due in next February, which he said is a “third guarantee” being given by AAP to Goans....
Thackeray refuses to get drawn into Malik-Fadnavis row
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday sidestepped questions related to controversy over allegations made by his cabinet colleague Nawab Malik against Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede. On COVID-19, he said the pace of vaccination has slowed down and added that a third wave of...
By-poll results to influence Shivraj Chouhan’s prospects
Although the outcome of the by-elections will not impact the power balance in Madhya Pradesh, many believe it will have a bearing on the fate of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. After a defeat in the Damoh bypoll early this year, political analysts claim that Chouhan is under pressure...
BJP national executive meet in hybrid mode
: In a first, the BJP’s national executive will take place in a hybrid manner on November 7, keeping in view the rise in Covid-19 cases. While some party leaders in and around Delhi will be physically present in the meeting, others will join virtually. The meeting is likely...
Yogi offers water sent by Kabul girl at Ram Temple site
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday offered waters from the Ganga and Afghanistan‘s Kabul river at the site where a temple of lord Ram is being constructed in Ayodhya. “A girl from Afghanistan capital Kabul had sent water of the Kabul river to Prime Minister Narendra...
Modi says 5 billion vaccine doses by 2022 end
India is ready to produce over 5 billion Covid vaccine doses by the end of next year to help the world in its fight against the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his remarks at the G-20 meeting here on Saturday, as he highlighted India’s contributions to...
Raut predicts Cong-led coalition coming to power in 2024
Taking potshots at the ruling BJP, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said a coalition government with Congress as a major party will come to power in 2024, when general elections are due, which will end the reign of the incumbent one-party government. Speaking to reporters in Pune...
Cong, BJP accuse each other of polling booth violence
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and PCC head Kamal Nath engaged in a verbal spat over poll violence in the Prithvipur Assembly constituency even as the polling continued for the four by-polls in the State on Saturday. By 6 pm, the four seats witnessed 64 per cent voting while...
Amit Shah lambasts Cong ‘appeasement politics’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday tore into the Congress and asked what the party did for Uttarakhand during UPA’s 10-year tenure at the Center. He named former chief minister Harish Rawat and questioned why he as CM had announced holiday on Fridays, an allegation which Rawat had refuted...
Indian-origin pharma CEO shot dead by gunman in US
An Indian-origin top executive of a pharmaceutical company in the US state of New Jersey was shot dead by a gunman who followed him home from a casino for robbery, media reports said on Saturday. Sree Ranga Aravapalli, 54, a resident of New Jersey’s Plainsboro, was killed shortly after...
Mamata attacks BJP during launch of Goa campaign
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had directed some heavy criticism towards the BJP during her address as she launched the TMC’s election campaign in Goa on Friday. The chief minister had said “Delhi’s dadagiri” (bullying) will not work in Goa, referring to the BJP-ruled Centre. The BJP, on...
Crucial polls in 3 LS, 29 assembly seats in 11 states today
By-elections to three Lok Sabha are taking place today, along with 29 assembly seats across 11 states. The seats where Lok Sabha bye-elections will be held are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. Of the 29 assembly constituencies going to the bypolls, five...
