Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men

Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men

Despite Assam having more women voters, only 12 female candidates are contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, down from the previous count of 14. These 12 women candidates are competing in seven out of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the State. Also read | 105-year-old Assam woman honoured for inspiring voters Assam has a … Read more

BJP no longer a political party, but a cult worshipping Narendra Modi: P. Chidambaram

BJP no longer a political party, but a cult worshipping Narendra Modi: P. Chidambaram

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. File | Photo Credit: L. Balachandar Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government and said the saffron party is no longer a political party but has become a cult which worships Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Targeting the Modi government, Mr. Chidambaram said … Read more

Lok Sabha elections | BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s assets rise from ₹13 lakh to ₹4.10 crore since 2019

Lok Sabha elections | BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s assets rise from ₹13 lakh to ₹4.10 crore since 2019

Tejasvi Surya, incumbent Bengaluru South MP, was among the prominent among the 183 candidates who filed 224 sets of nomination papers on Thursday, April 4. Former Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, his brother-in-law and cardiologist C.N. Manjunath also filed their nominations. Mr. Surya had declared that he does not possess any immovable assets. The BJP MP … Read more

Mamata Banerjee slams PM Modi over comments on atrocities on Sandeshkhali women

Mamata Banerjee slams PM Modi over comments on atrocities on Sandeshkhali women

Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: AP Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 5 hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks about atrocities against women and corruption, asserting that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and her government had taken stern action against the culprits involved in alleged sexual … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 4, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 4, 2024

Congress workers protest against Non transparent policy of BJP government for not disclosing names of electoral bonds against SBI Bank in Mumbai on March 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini 33 loss-making firms donated electoral bonds worth ₹582 crore, 75% went to BJP | Data The sources of funds of at least 45 companies … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 3, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, April 3, 2024

Police detain AAP supporters who were staging a protest outside the Tihar Jail in West Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate has said that that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the “kingpin” and the “key conspirator” in the excise policy case | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Sri Lankan media hit out at Modi’s Katchatheevu remarks The Sri … Read more

PM Modi has made ‘corrupt-mukt Congress’: Jairam Ramesh after Naveen Jindal joins BJP

PM Modi has made ‘corrupt-mukt Congress’: Jairam Ramesh after Naveen Jindal joins BJP

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. took a swipe at the BJP soon after industrialist Naveen Jindal joined the party. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA : Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday took a swipe at the BJP soon after industrialist Naveen Jindal joined the party and said this had to happen “when you … Read more

Modi govt plans budget incentives for low-cost housing ahead of elections: sources

Modi govt plans budget incentives for low-cost housing ahead of elections: sources

India plans to announce an extension to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s flagship federal housing scheme in next month’s budget and an increase in available subsidies for low-cost housing loans, three sources said, ahead of elections this year. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present an interim budget on Feb. 1, is likely to raise allocations … Read more

INDIA bloc will sweep Chandigarh municipal polls: AAP leader Raghav Chadha

INDIA bloc will sweep Chandigarh municipal polls: AAP leader Raghav Chadha

AAP leader Raghav Chadha addresses a press conference, in New Delhi, on January 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The INDIA bloc will sweep the Chandigarh municipal polls and the win will be the curtain raiser for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, AAP leader and Rajya Sabha member Raghav Chadha said on January 16. The … Read more

Shah, Nadda arrive in Kolkata to discuss strategy for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Shah, Nadda arrive in Kolkata to discuss strategy for 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Union Home Minister Amit Shah with BJP national President J.P. Nadda. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president J.P. Nadda arrived here in the early hours of Tuesday, December 26, 2023 a party leader said. Also read | BJP devises micro-level plans to increase vote … Read more