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Ex- Cong MLA challenges Priyanka for direct fight
Months after walking out of the Congress, former Raebareli (Sadar) MLA Aditi Singh is contesting again from the prestigious seat, this time on a BJP ticket, and has dared Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to contest from the seat too. The Rae Bareli assembly seat is part of the Rae Bareli...
Owaisi promises two chief ministers if party wins
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) led by Asaduddin Owaisi, has launched a new front, Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha, comprising parties with a support base among Muslims, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Dalits for the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. According to Owaisi, if the Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha wins...
Survey shows Channi favoured as CM face
There is a growing clamour within the Punjab Congress over the need to declare a chief ministerial candidate for next month’s assembly polls, with many senior leaders throwing their weight behind Charanjit Singh Channi, the state’s first chief minister from the schedule caste community. Though the Congress high command...
Sena says Cong to blame if BJP wins in Goa
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that he agrees to the view expressed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that the Congress should be held responsible if the BJP wins the next month’s Goa Assembly elections and continues to occupy power in the state. He said that although...
‘Hindu exodus’ no longer a poll issue in Kairana
At first glance, Kairana belies its status as the epicenter of a political storm in Uttar Pradesh. No political banner, poster or campaign material can be seen in this seemingly non-descriptive town in western Uttar Pradesh. But step into the Kairana bazaar and the consciousness of a high-profile constituency...
7 dead in fire at Mumbai high-rise
At least seven people died in a major fire that broke out inside a 20-storeyed residential building in Mumbai this morning. Another 15 people were also injured in the massive blaze that started around 7 am on the 18th floor of Kamla building opposite Gandhi Hospital at Gowalia...
Parrikar’s son quits BJP after denial of ticket
Utpal Parrikar, the son of three-time Goa Chief Minister and former Union Minister Manohar Parrikar, parted company with the BJP on Friday after the party refused to offer him ticket for the Panaji seat in the coming assembly elections of the seaside state. Announcing that he would contest as...
BJP fields rebel Cong leader from Raebareli
Rebel UP Congress leader, Aditi Singh, will contest the Uttar Pradesh election from Rae Bareli, the last Congress bastion in the state, while former Kanpur top cop, Asim Arun, will contest the polls from Kannauj, the BJP said today as it released a list of 85 candidates Ms...
Govt defends ‘merging’ of India Gate ‘eternal flame’
The Amar Jawan Jyoti or the “eternal flame” for soldiers at India Gate will be put out after 50 years and merged with the torch at the National War Memorial in a ceremony today. A part of the flame will be carried to the war memorial this afternoon....
Priyanka says she is UP Chief Minister candidate
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra dropped a bombshell this morning – that she could be her party’s chief ministerial candidate for next month’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was releasing a manifesto outlining job creation plans for the youth of UP, was asked about speculation over...
Aparna tweets photo showing blessings of Mulayam
Akhilesh Yadav’s relative Aparna Yadav, fresh from her headline grabbing switch to the BJP weeks before the Uttar Pradesh election, today tweeted a photo of her meeting with Samajwadi Party founder and her father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow. “Took the blessings of my father/netaji in Lucknow after...
Supreme Court upholds quota in NEET
Merit cannot be reduced to narrow definitions of performance in an open competitive examination which only provides formal equality of opportunity, the Supreme Court said yesterday as it upheld 27 per cent Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation in All India Quota (AIQ) seats in the NEET for UG and...
‘Isolation’ not mandatory for Covid +ve foreign arrivals
Travellers arriving in India from any country who will test positive for COVID-19 shall be treated/isolated as per the laid down standard protocol and will not mandatorily be managed at an isolation facility, authorities have said. According to the revised Guidelines for International Arrivals’ released on Thursday, the new...
Channi alleges ‘conspiracy’ to ‘trap’ him
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday accused the BJP-led central government of hatching a conspiracy to trap him in the case in which raids were conducted by the Enforcement Directorate at many places in the state. He alleged that whenever elections are to take place, the BJP...
BJP strategy to project 2017-like split in Yadav family
After losing three ministers and half a dozen other MLAs to the Samajwadi Party, the BJP is now trying to hit the Yadav clan’s ‘unity’ in an effort to remind people of the situation in 2017 when the bitter divide inside the family had been laid bare. Mulayam Singh...
3.17 lakh new Covid cases, positivity up to 16.41%
India added 3.17 lakh new Covid cases today, taking the tally to 3.82 crore. As many as 491 people have died of Covid during the past 24-hour period, according to the Health Ministry. This includes 134 deaths in Kerala in the last few months, added based on pending appeals...
Ex-U’khand CM says won’t contest polls
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who stepped down from his post last year, on Wednesday announced that he will not contest the 2022 assembly elections in Uttarakhand. Rawat announced his decision to his party’s cadres at a “farewell lunch” before writing to the BJP national president, Jagat...
SP MLA quits party, says will work for BJP victory
Samajwadi Party MLA Sharadveer Singh from Jalalabad assembly segment has resigned from the party, saying the SP his has deviated from its ideology and he will work for the victory of the BJP. The lawmaker from the Jalalabad assembly segment in the district quit the party after the denial...
