Politics
Polling Underway for Final Phase, 5.27 Lakh Candidates in Fray Across 17 Districts
Polling stated for the final phase of Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections at 7.00 am on Thursday across 17 districts. The polling is scheduled in the districts of Ambedkar Nagar, Aligarh, Kushinagar, Kaushambi, Ghazipur, Farrukhabad, Bulandshahr, Basti, Bahraich, Banda, Mau, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, Sambhal, Sitapur, Sonbhadra and Hapur. 2.98 crore eligible...
As West Bengal Goes to Polls in Last Phase, All Eyes On Birbhum and This TMC Strongman
A total of 35 seats go to polls in the last phase of West Bengal Assembly elections on Thursday but the focus largely is on the 11 seats in the Birbhum district, arguably the most violence-prone district in the state, and all eyes are on the Trinamool Congress strongman...
Negative Covid-19 Report or Full Vaccination Must for Candidates to Enter Counting Halls: EC
New Delhi: Candidates or their agents will not be allowed inside counting halls without a negative coronavirus report or without having both Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Election Commission said Wednesday in its latest guidelines for counting of votes on May 2. Issued amid spiralling coronavirus cases, the guidelines bar...
Cong Leader Announces Reward to Trace ‘Missing’ BJP MP Pragya Thakur Amid Covid Crisis, BJP Hits Back
A Madhya Pradesh Congress leader on Tuesday said BJP MP from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur is “missing” at a time when her Lok Sabha constituency is recording a high number of COVID-19 cases, and offered a Rs 10,000 reward to trace her. In a statement here, state Congress general...
Amarinder Singh Dares Navjot Singh Sidhu
In what could blow up into a major face-off as it threatens to trigger a full-fledged political war in Punjab Congress, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday dared his bête noire and senior party colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu to contest against him from Patiala and accused him of breaching...
EC Orders Surveillance of Anubrata Mondal for Free Polls As Mamata Asks Him to Stay Away from CBI Summons
The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday issued orders to keep Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal under strict surveillance of the executive magistrate and CAPF from 5pm on Tuesday till Friday 7am to ensure free and fair polling. The decision was taken in the wake of the chief...
Punjab Cong Chief, Senior Minister Offer to Resign amid Political Unrest
Stung by a recent Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment that gave former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal a clean chit in the Kotkapura firing case, the state government on Monday decided to form a new Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incident. The government has also decided...
Long, Bitter Bengal Campaign Ends with Salvos from Mamata and Nadda, Both Camps Confident of Victory
The long campaign for the West Bengal Assembly election came to an end on Monday with both the Trinamool Congress and BJP claiming they would have a thumping win and cross 200 seats come May 2, an assertion that was as polarised as the campaign run by both the...
Goa Forward Candidates Sweep 5 Seats, Voting Underway
Image for representation. Vijai Sardesai’s Goa forward swept the Margao municipal council by winning five out of eight seats while the BJP won the three remaining seats. Six BJP-backed candidates registered victory from ward 1 to 6 in Mormugao. Voting for five municipal councils in Goa is underway on...
55% Polling Till 1pm, Abhishek Banerjee Predicts 2/3rd Majority for TMC
55.12 Per Cent Voter Turnout Recorded Till 1 Pm in 34 Assembly Seats in West Bengal for the seventh phase. Over 86 lakh voters will vote to decide the fate of 284 candidates across 34 assembly constituencies, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s home turf Bhabanipur. Voting will be held...
DMK Wants Sterlite Plant to Reopen Only for Manufacturing Oxygen
File photo of Sterlite Copper factory DMK pitches for temporary reopening of Sterlite’s oxygen making unit with extensive provisions for control and monitoring of the activity at the plant. Tamil Nadu’s political parties have recommended operating the Sterlite Copper factory in Thoothukudi for oxygen manufacturing to meet the demand...
Why Left’s Show Matters In Bengal’s BJP-TMC Poll Battle
The Left appears in a mood to fight it out in West Bengal. It has its back to the wall, having lost its erstwhile bastions of Tripura and Bengal over the years. In Kerala, the only state the Left rules, the Congress is challenging it in the race to...
Bengal’s Bitter Campaigning Ends Today
It will be curtains for the bitter West Bengal campaign on Monday, which saw chief minister Mamata Banerjee rallying around the state in a wheelchair for the last 44 days while BJP brought in all its big guns from Delhi led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for over 20...
34 Constituencies to Go to Polls in 7th Phase, 284 Candidates in Fray
Over 86 lakh voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 284 candidates on Monday, when 34 assembly constituencies, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s home turf Bhabanipur, go to polls in the seventh phase, amid a raging second wave of COVID-19. Security measures have been heightened in...
Congress Slams Modi Govt over Vaccine Pricing
Terming the new anti-COVID vaccine policy “discriminatory and insensitive”, the Congress on Sunday accused the government of allowing vaccine makers to profiteer to the tune of Rs 1.11 lakh crore. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that the government has abdicated its responsibility of providing free...
JP Nadda Hits Out at Mamata Banerjee for ‘Skipping’ PM Modi-CMs Meet on Covid-19 Situation
Manikchak (WB): BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday slammed Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her persistent attacks on the Centre over the prevailing COVID-19 situation, and sought to know why she chose to skip a virtual meeting where Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed ways to combat the...
4 Congress-ruled States Express Inability to Vaccinate for 18-45 Group: ‘Centre Hijacked Stocks’
Fours states ruled by the Congress and its allies Sunday accused the Centre of “hijacking” vaccine stocks from manufacturers, and expressed doubts they would be able to launch the inoculation drive to cover those between 18-45 years of age from May 1. They also accused the Centre of meting...
TMC Candidate from Khardah Dies From Covid-19, Announces CM Mamata Banerjee
Trinamool Congress Candidate from Khardah Kajal Sinha who was previously found to have contracted the coronavirus breathed his last on Sunday. The news was shared by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Twitter who was found extending her condolences to the family of the deceased. Very, very sad. Shocked....
