Politics
Covid-19 Norms Flouted as Huge Crowds of Voters Turn Up for Phase 1 Polling
Over three crore voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections on Thursday held across 18 districts in 51,176 polling booths. According to numbers shared by the Elections Commission, 3,16,46,162 voters went to vote for the post of Zila Panchayat, BDC, Gram Pradhan...
Village Boycotts Polls Over Missing Names of 135 Voters
While voting is underway for panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh from 7 am, villagers from Gorakhpur’s Gagaha began a dharna after their names were missing from the voters’ list. The village head also sat on a dharna. The people of the Bhatora village of Sakri in the gram sabha...
Kuldeep Sengar’s Daughter Criticises BJP Cancelling Her Mother’s Ticket
As the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls got underway on Thursday, the daughter of former Unnao MLA and rape convict Kuldeep Sengar raised questions over the Bharatiya Janata Party cancelling her mother’s ticket. Sangeeta Sengar, an outgoing zila panchayat chairperson, was made a candidate for district panchayat membership from ward...
Mamata Oscillates, Her Communal Nature is Visible in Different Colours: Smriti Irani
Smriti Irani, the Union minister for textiles, and women and child development, is a star campaigner for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal. In an interview with News18 in Kolkata during her campaign, Irani answered a host of questions on the state elections, including Congress leader Rahul...
BJP Adds New Dimension to Bengal Poll Plan
With four more rounds to go in the eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party has punched up its canvassing strategy, especially in the old Bengal Presidency area, including 40 seats in and around Kolkata. The BJP will launch a door-to-door campaign between 9am and 11am...
PM Modi’s ‘Didi… O Didi’ Remark Recreated by Kids, Viral Videos Leave BJP and Netizens Amused
The internet was on Monday evening filled with spoofs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Didi o Didi’ remark on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during poll rallies. Videos of small children imitating the prime minister were shared by several leaders of the BJP AEE and party supporters on...
PM Modi’s ‘Didi…o…Didi’ Address Exploited by Bengal Youth to Harass Women, Plaint Filed
As campaigning for the hotly fought and keenly watched West Bengal assembly elections stoops lower by the day, a phrase frequently used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems to have caught two men on the wrong foot in Kolkata. Modi, who has been...
Polling Begins, Over 3 Cr Voters to Exercise Franchise Amid Covid Wave
UP Panchayat Election Live Updates: Over three crore voters will exercise their franchise in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections on Thursday to be held across 18 districts in 51,176 polling booths. According to numbers shared by the Elections Commission, 3,16,46,162 voters will vote for the...
Bengal Political Cauldron on Boil Over Cooch Behar Killings; PM, Mamata Spar
The killing of four people in CISF firing in Cooch Behar’s Sitalkuchi on April 10 further heated West Bengal’s political cauldron on Monday, with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claiming the incident was plotted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah with “full knowledge” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi, on...
Sidhu Visits 2015 Kotkapura Firing Epicentre on Baisakhi, Demands Probe Reports Be Made Public
Close on the heels of the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashing the police probe into the Kotkapura firing incident, former cabinet minister and senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu visited Bargari, the epicentre of the sacrilege cases that triggered the firing. He took an indirect dig at Punjab...
