Politics
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Congress’ Shakeel Ahmad slams Owaisi for delivering inciting speeches
Patna: National Secretary of Congress and member of Bihar Assembly Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan in a recently held awareness rally in the state has slammed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for delivering inciting…
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SP leader sends air ticket for Yogi Adityanath, Aligarh lock for BJP
Lucknow: First he booked an air ticket for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for March 11 to Gorakhpur and now he has ordered a lock from Aligarh for Swatantra Dev Singh…
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UP polls: BJP finalises candidates for first three phases
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in its Core Committee meeting on Wednesday, finalised the names of candidates of 172 seats that are going to polls in the first three phases…
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Battle for UP: Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya quits BJP
Lucknow: In a major jolt to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly elections, Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from office on Tuesday. His daughter Sanghmitra Maurya is a…
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UP: MLA Radha Krishna quits BJP, joins SP ahead of polls
Luckow: Ahead of upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, an MLA from Bilsi assembly constituency Radha Krishna quit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to join Samajwadi Party (SP). In the last assembly polls…
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Actor Sonu Sood’s sister joins Congress in Punjab
Chandigarh: Actor-philanthropist Sonu Sood’s sister Malvika Sood on Monday joined the Congress, with the party’s Punjab chief Navjot Singh Sidhu describing the development as a “game-changer” ahead of the February 14 assembly…
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Congress declares second list of candidates for Goa polls
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday released its second list of candidates for the Goa assembly elections. In this list, seven candidates have been named for the February 14 single-phase polls for…
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BJP enjoys definite edge in virtual campaigning
Lucknow: The ongoing pandemic situation has thrown political parties in Uttar Pradesh into chartered territory with virtual campaigning. Even though the Election Commission has assured that it would review the pandemic situation…
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Stakes are high for BJP in 5 state assembly polls
New Delhi: The BJP’s stakes are high in the assembly polls announced on Saturday as the saffron party is in power in four states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipura, while…
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Congress seeks answers from PM on border developments
New Delhi: The Congress Friday demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the developments at the country’s borders, amid reports that China was constructing a bridge over the Pangong Tso lake…
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RSS affiliate to reach out to Muslim women ahead of UP polls
New Delhi: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Muslim wing plans to hold door-to-door campaign in the poll-bound Uttar Pradesh to make people, specially women from the main minority community, aware of the government…
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BJP forms 24-member election committee for UP
New Delhi: The BJP has formed a 24-member election committee in Uttar Pradesh, including four special invitees, to prepare for the upcoming Assembly polls. Uttar Pradesh BJP president Swatantradev Singh, state Chief…
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BJP trying to destroy communal harmony: Asaduddin Owaisi
Moradabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said BJP leaders are trying to destroy communal harmony and dignity of the Indian Constitution. Addressing a gathering at Dingarpur, Owaisi accused…
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Owaisi acting like ‘election agent’ of SP, BSP: UP dy CM Dinesh Sharma
New Delhi: Terming Asaduddin Owaisi as the ‘B team’ of Samajwadi Party (SP), Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma alleged on Monday that the AIMIM chief is acting like an election…
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If Cong collapses, Left has no ability to fill void in national politics: Binoy Viswam
Kochi: Referring to the current political situation in the country, Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Sunday said that if the Congress party collapses, the ‘Left’ has…
