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Congress, NCP (SP) face setbacks in Saoner, Katol seats in Nagpur dist
Nagpur: Congress and NCP (SP) faced setbacks in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, with party candidates losing from the Saoner and Katol assembly seats in Nagpur district. Congress leader and former minister Sunil Kedar’s…
- Politics
Assam: BJP wrests Congress-stronghold Samaguri in bypoll
Guwahati:The BJP on Saturday defeated the Congress in the closely-watched by-election to the Samaguri assembly seat, which witnessed widespread violence during campaigning. BJP candidate Diplu Ranjan Sarmah defeated Congress nominee Tanzil Hussain…
- India
BJP’s Archana Patil loses to Congress’ Amit Deshmukh in Latur City election
Latur: BJP nominee Archana Patil Chakurkar, daughter-in-law of former Lok Sabha speaker Shivraj Patil, was defeated by Congress MLA Amit Deshmukh, son of late Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh, in Latur City constituency…
- India
Hemant Soren dodges all guns blazed by BJP, retains Jharkhand
Hemant Soren, Jharkhand’s youngest chief minister, has proved that he and his Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party (JMM) are a formidable force that can combat the BJP-led NDA, after retaining power in the…
- India
UP bypolls: BJP wins 6 seats; Samajwati Party bags 2, RLD 1
Lucknow: Months after the ruling BJP’s poor Lok Sabha poll performance in Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party hit the opposition parties out of the park by winning six of the nine Assembly…
- India
DD News under fire for bias coverage of Adani allegations
India’s government-owned public broadcaster Doordarshan News has ignited controversy after allegedly defending allegations of scam against Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group in its programmes. This has brought criticism of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Back to back desecration of idols raise concern
Hyderabad: A series of incidents involving the vandalisation of temple idols have raised concerns amongst civil society given that these events are happening one after another. In November alone, three incidents of…
- India
UP: Former BJP leader booked for assaulting man
Shahjahanpur: A case has been registered against BJP leader Sanjay Mishra and his aides for allegedly holding a man hostage and assaulting him with sticks and pipes at a school here, police…
- India
UP bypolls: BJP wins three assembly seats, SP bags two
Lucknow: The BJP won Ghaziabad, Khair and Phulpur assembly seats while the Samajwadi Party bagged Sishamau and Karhal in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls, results of which were announced on Saturday. The ruling…
- India
Maharashtra Assembly polls: Devendra Fadnavis is man of the moment
Mumbai: From an obscure corporator to becoming the youngest mayor of Nagpur, to the first BJP chief minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis’ climb up the political ladder has been steady, as he…
- India
BJP retains Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand
Dehradun:The BJP on Saturday retained the Kedarnath assembly seat in Uttarakhand, with its candidate and state Mahila Morcha president Asha Nautiyal defeating Congress’ Manoj Rawat by 5,622 votes. Nautiyal took an early…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi’s Victory in Wayanad Will Challenge BJP, Says Pilot
New Delhi: Predicting a big win for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll, Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Friday said her joining forces with Rahul Gandhi in Parliament…
- India
BJP leader files complaint against Cleric for alleged ‘Fatwa’
New Delhi: A BJP leader has got a police complaint filed here against Islamic cleric Maulana Sajjad Nomani, alleging that he has issued a “fatwa” calling for the social boycott of Muslims…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: BJP protests over alleged Waqf Land encroachments
Bengaluru: Upping the ante following allegations by a section of farmers and others in Karnataka that their lands were marked as Waqf properties, the BJP on Friday held protests in various districts…
- Hyderabad
Raja Singh sparks controversy over Ayyappa Devotees’ visit to Vavar Mosque
Hyderabad: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA representing the Goshamahal constituency in Hyderabad, Raja Singh, sparked controversy after advising Ayyappa Swamy devotees not to visit the Vavar mosque or Hazrath Vavarswami Darga and mosque—popularly…
