Tamil Nadu Minister for Housing and Urban Development S. Muthusamy (second right) seeks votes for DMK candidate V.C. Chandhirakumar (right) in Erode on January 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan In normal circumstances, a bye-election should be a political audit of the government’s performance. In Tamil Nadu, although a few bye-elections have favoured Opposition … Read more
All arrangements are in place for byelection to the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut from Wayanad, the seat vacated by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and her brother, Rahul Gandhi, who kept the Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh from … Read more
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with his supporters at a Congress election rally in Sanudur Assembly constituency on Saturday. | Photo Credit: A day after The Hindureported on the John Michael D’Cunha commission report, which recommended criminal prosecution of former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and former Health Minister B. Sriramulu over alleged irregularities in the procurement of 3 lakh … Read more
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirodi Lal Meena, who has resigned from the Rajasthan Cabinet, is at the centre of attraction at the Dausa Assembly seat going to bypoll on November 13. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirodi Lal Meena, who has resigned from the Rajasthan Cabinet, is at the … Read more
Former BJP MLC C. P. Yogeshwar (3rd from right) called on Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar (4th from left) and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (centre) in Bengaluru on October 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In a dramatic political development, the actor-turned-politician C. P. Yogeshwar is all set to join the Congress and is likely … Read more
Villupuram DEO C. Palani chairing a meeting of recognised political party representatives at the Villupuram Collectorate on Friday, June 14, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Villupuram District Election Officer and Collector C. Palani on Friday, June 14, 2024, convened a meeting with representatives of various recognised political parties to brief them on the model … Read more
The bypoll to panchayat wards in the Rayalaseema districts was peaceful on August 19 (Saturday). A neck-and-neck fight ensued between the candidates supported by the ruling YSR Congress Party and the TDP in several wards. The bypoll to the 13th ward Kothapalle panchayat in Proddatur mandal of Kadapa district witnessed hectic activity since morning with … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann addressing the media at party office, in New Delhi on May 14. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on May 13 said that AAP’s win in the Jalandhar by-poll was an unprecedented … Read more
Naam Tamilar Party Coordinator Seeman. File | Photo Credit: G. KARTHIKEYAN The Karungalpalayam police in Erode on Saturday, March 11, 2023 booked Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman on charges of delivering a speech intimidating migrant workers from north India. Additional sections of the IPC were invoked against Mr. Seeman in a First Information … Read more
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