Congress workers seen protesting against the EVM machines at AICC during state assembly election results in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA As some opposition leaders have raised questions on EVMs after Assembly poll results were announced in five states, BJP leaders mocked them, saying they are looking for excuses to hide their … Read more
The start of the Legislative Assembly session in the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi on Monday was marked by the reading of the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Before starting the proceedings of the House, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly U.T. Khader said the members of the House will read out the Preamble. When BJP … Read more
TS DGP Anjani Kumar congratulates Congress Chief Revanth Reddy on Sunday afternoon. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief A. Revanth Reddy has asked Telangana State DGP Anjani Kumar to make security arrangements at all important places for the swearing-in ceremony of the new State Government. The swearing-in ceremony is likely … Read more
Officials are getting ready ahead of the counting the votes at AV College, Domalguda, which is one among the 49 counting centres across the state, in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna Amid much expectations, counting of votes for 119 Assembly constituencies in Telangana began on Sunday, December 3, 2023 morning. With a tight security … Read more
The voting process for the Telangana Assembly election began with the exercise of franchise by voters above the age of 80 and by persons with disabilities. A total of 838 voters have been identified by the returning officers of various Assembly constituencies in the district who received Form-12D from the Election Commission of India. In … Read more
Minister Satyavathi Rathod. | Photo Credit: File Photo Guduru police on Friday registered an FIR against Tribal, Women and Child Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod on charges of offering money to influence voters, following a complaint by a flying squad of the Election Commission. Ms.Rathod was booked under Section 171 E and other relevant sections of … Read more
The second and final phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections for the remaining 70 seats will be held on Friday and decide the electoral fate of political heavyweights like Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, his deputy T.S. Singh Deo, eight State Ministers and four members of Parliament. A total of 958 candidates — 827 men, 130 women … Read more
BJP National President J.P. Nadda with Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje during the launch of the party’s manifesto for the Rajathan Assembly elections, in Jaipur on November 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP on November 16 released its manifesto for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, promising a … Read more
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. | Photo Credit: ANI The Uttarakhand government is planning to call a special Assembly session in the second half of this month, during which it intends to pass one of two much-awaited Bills — either the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), or a proposal for 10% horizontal reservation for statehood agitators and … Read more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar leaves after the Winter session of the state Assembly, in Patna, on November 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In the current Bihar Assembly, the number of legislators from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and the General Category are greater by about five percentage points and 10 percentage points, respectively, … Read more