Politics
MVA Govt to explore options to restore OBC quota
The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to explore legal options to restore the political quota of OBCs after the Supreme Court refused to accept the interim report of the State Backward Classes Commission for the 27 per cent reservation to the community in local body elections. During its meeting...
AIADMK meet seeks reinduction of Sasikala
During the AIADMK Theni district executives meet, it is said that a resolution has been passed urging party coordinator O Panneerselvam to take steps to re-induct the expelled leader VK Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran back into the party. The AIADMK executive council meeting was held on March 2 at...
Mamata campaigns for Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi
Mamata Banerjee blasted at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh as she addressed a gathering in support of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Varanasi on Thursday. The West Bengal CM alleged that she had to face the “destructive mentality” of BJP workers on Wednesday on her way to...
BJP says it does not accept Bengal civic poll results
The BJP, decimated in the just-concluded civic poll in West Bengal by the ruling TMC, Wednesday said that it does not accept the result claiming that it does not reflect the true feelings of the people of the state and the election was a “farce”. State BJP president...
Mamata to attend Akhilesh’s Varanasi rally tomorrow
West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is all set for her second trip to Uttar Pradesh. On March 2, she will visit the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi and on March 3, she will join the rally organised by TMC’s ally and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief...
BJD sweeps Odisha civic polls, BJP snubbed
The ruling BJD continued its winning streak in the Odisha panchayat elections, pulverizing opponents by winning 743 of 829 seats declared so far, State Election Commission (SEC) said on Tuesday. Of the state’s total 852 Zilla Parishad seats, the commission has completed the counting of votes in 829 seats....
Priyanka slams SP, BSP for failure to fight BJP
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday claimed the SP and the BSP have an understanding with the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and have not raised their voices against it in the last five years, fearing probes by central agencies. Referring to the death of some people during anti-CAA...
TMC MP condemns Bengal civic poll violence
West Bengal is waiting for the election results on Wednesday of 107 municipalities that went for polls on February 27. However, the opposition parties have raised the issue of widespread violence and rigging during the election. Interestingly, a day before the result, veteran MP of Trinamool Congress Sougata Roy...
Telangana CM in Delhi to meet Kejriwal, others
Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao. Intensifying his efforts to bring together like-minded parties for a anti-BJP front, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao reached Delhi on Monday night to meet leaders of various parties over next couple of days. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief left for the national...
Rahul releases Stalin’s autobiography ‘Ungalil Oruvan’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched the first volume of Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin’s autobiography Ungalil Oruvan (One Among You) in Chennai on Sunday. The first part of the autobiography contains his early life experiences. In it, he traces his school and college days, adolescence, early political contributions,...
Nadda accuses Akhilesh of harbouring terrorists
BJP president J P Nadda charged the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Monday with giving protection to terrorists and gangsters, and said Uttar Pradesh is witnessing the rule of law today and not of any family or individual. “Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, during his tenure as the (Uttar Pradesh)...
Prashant Kishor begins work for Telangana’s TRS assembly poll
Political consultant and strategist Prashant Kishor appears to have started the ground work to prepare a strategy for Telangana’s ruling party TRS for the next year’s Assembly election. He, along with actor-politician Prakash Raj, visited the Mallanna Sagar reservoir in Siddipet district on Sunday. The visit comes amid speculations...
Manipur Cong candidate expelled hours before polls begin
As per the ord Hours before the Manipur assembly polls get underway, Congress on Sunday night expelled its candidate for Wangoi AC, Salam Joy Singh, from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect on disciplinary grounds. Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee working president T Mangibabu Singh on Sunday...
Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nephew joins BJP
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nephew Mubashir Azad joined the BJP on Sunday and said he was “influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s developmental works at the ground level”. Mubashir Azad, the son of Ghulam Nabi Azad’s youngest brother Liaqat Ali, also said his uncle was “disrespected” by...
BJP banks on Modi enigma for clean sweep in Varanasi
The eight assembly seats in Varanasi are a prestige issue for the BJP, as it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency. The PM is expected to spend four days in Varanasi in the next one week, including Sunday when he will interact with 20,000 BJP booth volunteers in the...
Over 60% candidates in phase 5 polls have criminal cases
The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) in its analysis report for candidates contesting the sixth phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh, has found that out of 670 candidates in 57 constituencies, 182 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. Nearly 151 candidates have declared serious criminal cases against themselves....
ED arrests Nawab Malik for Dawood money-laundering links
NCP leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik was on Wednesday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the activities of the Mumbai underworld & fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and his aides. ED sources told CNN-News18 that Malik was not cooperating with...
More troubles for Lalu as ED moves to confiscate assets
More troubles are likely for the ailing RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, incarcerated in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam and now undergoing treatment in Rajendra Prasad Institute of Medical Science here, as the Enforcement Directorate may confiscate assets created by those convicted in the scandal in line with...
