Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah addressed the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) workers during a party meeting, in Jammu, on October 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The newly elected members of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly were administered oath on Monday (October 21, 2024) by Pro-tem Speaker Mubarak Gul, with Chief … Read more
Students paint posters urging voters to vote for the Lok Sabha election 2024. File picture used for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The State of Bombay was bifurcated in 1960 into the Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and the Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. Balasaheb Thackeray’s satirical cartoons on anti-migrant sentiments gained steam with the local population which led to … Read more
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah (2R) with Vice President Omar Abdullah (R) after the party’s Legislature Party Meeting, at the headquarters Nawa e Subha in Srinagar, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Omar Abdullah was elected as the leader of the Legislature Party. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Conference (NC) emerged as the single largest party … Read more
Congress MLA P.C. Vishnunadh chides the Kerala government for splurging on Navakerala Sadas, Keraleeyam, and Lok Kerala Sabha while allowing government vacancies to languish, citing financial constraints. | Photo Credit: S. GOPAKUMAR The ruling front and the Opposition clashed in the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Thursday (October 10, 2024) over the Union Ministry of Statistics … Read more
Ruldu Ram’s joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition. He was among the hundreds of West Pakistan refugees in the border town of RS Pura who cast their votes for the Assembly election … Read more
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, Chirag Paswan. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Sunday (September 29, 2024) said his party would contest Jharkhand Assembly polls and discussion was underway for all options including contesting the election in alliance or alone. Mr. … Read more
The 2026 Assembly election results in Tamil Nadu will be a “big blow” to the ruling DMK because of its ‘misgovernance’, senior BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan said here on Thursday. In a statement, Ms. Soundararajan said the “Justice Sarkaria Commission had called the DMK a scientifically corrupt party in the past, which continues [to be … Read more
The draft of the Odisha Grama Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Rules, 2023, which was issued 27 years after the enactment of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) (PESA) Act, 1996, is expected to be presented before the State Legislative Assembly in the next session. Odisha is among 10 States having Fifth Schedule areas where … Read more
Days after joining the Janata Dal (United), veteran Jharkhand leader and independent MLA Saryu Roy said that the upcoming Assembly election would not be a cakewalk for any political party. “Whatever issue BJP is raising is strong. Similarly, [Chief Minister] Hemant Soren has made native an issue, playing between insider and outsider, hoping to get … Read more
Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray. | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Earlier this year, in April, while addressing Gudi Padwa rally in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Chief, Raj Thackeray had made it clear to his supporters that his party was not eyeing to contest Lok Sabha 2024 but was preparing for the … Read more