Maharashtra unit of BJP wants Assembly election with Lok Sabha poll, Delhi deliberates

Maharashtra unit of BJP wants Assembly election with Lok Sabha poll, Delhi deliberates

The BJP’s Maharashtra unit believes the State’s governance record under Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis may take a while to translate into a feel-good factor.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Central leadership is mulling a proposal from its Maharashtra unit to advance the Assembly elections in the State from October 2024 … Read more

Assembly passes three land Bills; two more on education tabled

Assembly passes three land Bills; two more on education tabled

The Legislative Assembly on Sunday passed three Bills — the A.P. Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks (Amendment) Bill, 2023, the A.P. Dotted Lands (Updation in Resettlement Register) (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and the A.P. (Andhra Area) Inams (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Two more Bills were also tabled in the Assembly. The … Read more

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari | File Photo | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of not doing enough to check the spread of adenovirus, the BJP on Thursday demanded a statement from the Chief Minister on the recent deaths caused by the infection. The BJP legislature party, towards … Read more

Ensured equitable development of all Assembly constituencies without discrimination: Haryana CM

Ensured equitable development of all Assembly constituencies without discrimination: Haryana CM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. File | Photo Credit: ANI The BJP Government in Haryana has ensured equitable development of all Assembly constituencies without any discrimination, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Thursday. After inaugurating three projects worth ₹39.70 crore in Ballabhgarh, he said that because of the government’s investment-friendly policies, Haryana is … Read more

Maharashtra Assembly bypoll: MVA seizes BJP stronghold of Kasba Peth after nearly 30 years 

Maharashtra Assembly bypoll: MVA seizes BJP stronghold of Kasba Peth after nearly 30 years 

Congress candidate Ravindra Dhangekar’s supporters celebrate his victory in the Kasba Peth Assembly bypoll, in Pune on March 2, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In a setback to the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance emerged triumphant in the Kasba Peth Assembly bypoll, unseating the BJP for the first time from … Read more

Meghalaya, Nagaland Assembly polls 2023 live updates | Polling gets under way in both States

Meghalaya, Nagaland Assembly polls 2023 live updates | Polling gets under way in both States

Polling will take place across 59 Assembly constituencies each in Meghalaya and Nagaland between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. today February 27, 2023 07:05 am | Updated 07:10 am IST Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election equipment from a distribution centre, ahead of the Meghalaya Assembly elections, … Read more

Ahead of 2024 Assembly poll in Haryana, Congress promises to restore Old Pension Scheme 

Ahead of 2024 Assembly poll in Haryana, Congress promises to restore Old Pension Scheme 

Former Haryana CM and leader of opposition at state assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda. File | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar Ahead of the next Haryana Assembly elections, due in 2024, the Congress party announced it would restore the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for government employees if the party formed the next government in the State. Former … Read more

Maharashtra Assembly byelection | Shiv Sainiks must take revenge on traitors who deposed Uddhav Thackeray as CM: Ajit Pawar

Maharashtra Assembly byelection | Shiv Sainiks must take revenge on traitors who deposed Uddhav Thackeray as CM: Ajit Pawar

Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Ajit Pawar. | Photo Credit: PTI Stating that the rebel Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had no contribution in building the Sena founded by the late Bal Thackeray, Maharashtra Leader of Opposition and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Monday exhorted Shiv … Read more

Kerala Speaker adjourns Assembly after opposition disrupts house over fuel and liquor price increase

Kerala Speaker adjourns Assembly after opposition disrupts house over fuel and liquor price increase

Opposition leaders during a march from MLA Hostel to Kerala Assembly protesting against the State budget, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Speaker A. N. Shamsheer adjourned the Kerala Legislative Assembly until February 27 following strident opposition protests over fuel, piped water, power and liquor price increase. Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators … Read more

Tripura Assembly Election: 45 candidates crorepatis, 41 have criminal cases

Tripura Assembly Election: 45 candidates crorepatis, 41 have criminal cases

Chief Minister Manik Saha is the second richest candidate with ₹13.90 crore assets | Photo Credit: PTI Of the total 259 candidates contesting the February 16 Tripura Assembly election, 45 are crorepatis, according to a report. The ruling BJP has 17 crorepati candidates followed by Tipra Motha with nine and CPI(M) seven, the report by … Read more