Politics
Leadership change for AIADMK likely after rout
The rout in the Tamil Nadu Urban local body elections will, in all likelihood, lead to a call for leadership change in AIADMK. Currently, the party is being jointly led by former Chief Ministers O. Panneerselvam and Edappadi K. Palaniswami. In the 2011 Urban local body polls, the AIADMK...
Harish Rawat alleges ballot tampering in U’khand
Congress general secretary Harish Rawat has posted a video on social media that purportedly shows one person at an Army centre ticking and signing several postal ballot papers. Sharing the video on his Twitter handle and Facebook on Tuesday, Rawat said, “Sharing a short video for everyone’s information....
Apna Dal family feud out in open
A family feud is out in the open as Union Minister and Apna Dal chief Anupriya Patel has targeted her estranged sister Pallavi for “having pledged her party at the feet of Samajwadi Party (SP)”. Pallavi, who is the leader of the break-away faction Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), is...
Modi says some parties sympathetic to terrorists
Targeting rival parties at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalled the Ahmedabad bomb blasts and said some parties are sympathetic to such terrorists and accused the erstwhile Samajwadi Party government of seeking withdrawal of cases against those involved in terror attacks...
Mayawati says she is fighting to form govt like in 2007
BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that people, especially those belonging to minority communities, are living in fear under the BJP government and promised that her party will work to ensure social justice to all if voted to power in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a rally here, the former chief...
BJP shifts focus to women voters in next phases
With two phases of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections done, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shifted its focus to women voters, bringing in prominent campaigners from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, and Rajasthan. During the first two phases of the UP polls, a higher percentage of women turned...
Trinamool’s new national panel to meet at Mamata residence
After sweeping the polls to four municipalities, Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee has called a meeting of the party’s national working committee at her residence on Friday at 4 pm. Party insiders said that Banerjee is likely to announce the office bearers of the national panel- party president...
Punjab Congress campaign ends in confusion
With little over two hours left for Punjab elections 2022 campaigning on Friday, the Congress put up a united front with Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi flanked by Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and senior leader Sunil Jakhar. Their smiles attempted to mask the disunity among them that...
Mulayam forgets Akhilesh’s name while campaigning
After Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav ‘forgot’ his son and party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s name while campaigning in Karhal, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath hit out at the incident, saying things had ‘really become bad’. Making his first appearance at an election rally, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh...
‘Bhaiya’ remark coming back to haunt Cong in Punjab
With politics heating up in Punjab over Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s remarks over ‘UP, Bihar bhaiyas (brothers)’, one is forced to ask: what lies at the center of this heated debate, and does it signal a major setback for the Congress’s CM face with just two days to...
Akhilesh surrounded by amateurs, says ex-colleague
In Hardoi, the Naresh Agrawal family is the last word in politics. The father-son duo of Naresh and Nitin Agrawal have between them held this seat for 36 out of the last 41 years — and by being in virtually all political parties. But now, both have fallen out...
Amit Shah attacks SP over dynasty politics
As the ‘potato belt’ of Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in the third phase in three days, Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav stepped out on Thursday to campaign for his son and party president, Akhilesh, who is contesting his first-ever assembly election from Karhal constituency in Mainpuri....
BJP promises free laptops, scooties in Manipur
From free scooties to college-going girl students to laptops and a medical college in Manipur, the BJP vowed these among several others in its election manifesto released by party president JP Nadda in Imphal on Thursday. Nadda, who was dressed in a traditional Manipuri ‘gamcha’ (stole) and ‘ningam samji’...
Manish Tewari tweet points to more trouble in Cong
It’s no secret that the Congress is falling apart like a pack of cards. Several desertions of veterans close to the Gandhis have put the top brass in a tough spot as it tries to keep its house in order, especially during election season. Among the many challenges for...
TMC sweeps civic polls, but Left may be catching up
The Trinamool Congress made a clean sweep in the recent civic polls to four municipal corporations in West Bengal — Bidhannagar, Siliguri, Chandannagar and Asansol. A total of 203 candidates were in the fray in 41 wards in Bidhannagar, while 200 contested in 47 wards in Siliguri civic body....
VHP activists held after bid to recite Chalisa at Taj Mahal
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists were detained after they made an attempt to enter the Taj Mahal premises to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there. The programme was designed as a counter protest to the Karnataka hijab row. Vice president of VHP Braj region, Ashish Arya, who led the...
Hardik Patel moves HC to stay conviction in rioting
In view of the Gujarat Assembly elections scheduled to be held in December, Congress leader Hardik Patel has approached the High Court seeking an urgent hearing on his plea against conviction in the 2015 Visnagar riot case. Patel’s lawyer on Monday sought from the court of Justice B...
Tejashwi says Lalu ‘not guilty’ in people’s court
RJD president Lalu Prasad’s younger son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday asserted that his father, who was convicted in yet another fodder scam case, was “never guilty” in Janta ki Adalat’ (people’s court). Talking to journalists here shortly after a special CBI court in Ranchi gave its...
