Advisor to the Telangana Government (SC, ST, BC & Minorities) Mohammed Ali Shabbir. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Telangana Government has issued a circular permitting Muslim employees to leave offices an hour early during the holy month of Ramzan, a move slammed by the opposition BJP, which wondered why such measures are not … Read more
There was a reason why the British invested in a 65-km railway track from Dibrugarh to Margherita in the early 1880s, less than two decades after Asia’s first oil well was drilled at the nearby Digboi town. The track helped transport coal, tea, and timber from Margherita and stations en route to the Brahmaputra River … Read more
Kalidas Kolambkar, an eight-time Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA), exuded confidence in the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. File | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Kalidas Kolambkar, an eight-time Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA), exuded confidence in the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, stating that he aims to enter the Guinness Book of World … Read more
Mahila Sanghala Ikya Vedika members and actress Kadambari Jethwani addressing the media in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Leaders of the Mahila Sanghala Ikya Vedika have alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is behind the “conspiracy” in filing a false case against Bollywood actress Kadambari Jethwani and her family members in … Read more
BJP candidate from Kishtwar constituency Shagun Parihar files her nomination papers for J&K Assembly elections in the presence of J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina, in Kishtwar district, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Confident of her victory with the support of the people of Kishtwar, 29-year-old Shagun Parihar on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) … Read more
File picture of Congress Surat candidate Nilesh Kumbhani | Photo Credit: Facebook/nileshcongress The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies regarding signatures of the proposers leading to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed, from the party for six years. After … Read more
Vanlalhmuaka, BJP’s candidate for the Mizoram Lok Sabha seat. Credit: X/@hmuakabjp Vanlalhmuaka, the BJP‘s candidate for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram, called upon the people of the State to change their perception of the party on March 25. He blamed rival parties in Mizoram for projecting BJP as a “communal” and “anti-Christian” party. … Read more
Elamaram Kareem | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has nominated its Rajya Sabha MP and Centre of Indian Trade Unions State general secretary Elamaram Kareem to contest from the Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency in a bid to wrest the seat which has been held by Congress leader M.K. Raghavan … Read more
Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Andhra Pradesh unit on March 2 held in-depth discussions on the knotty issue of whether or not to tie up with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-Jana Sena Party (JSP) combine for the forthcoming elections. While the party continues to weigh pros and cons of an electoral alliance, … Read more
The names of candidates from Karnataka, the only State in South India where the BJP has held power, did not figure among the party’s first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, even as it announced candidates from Kerala and Telangana on Saturday. Sources in the State unit of the BJP said … Read more