P. Sarin (left) and Rahul Mamkootathil | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah and Facebook Politicians usually leave their rancorous partisanship at the door when making campaign stops at social events. However, such practised diplomacy appeared pointedly absent at the byelection hustings, notably in the Palakkad Assembly constituency in Kerala. The electoral battle appeared to assume … Read more
Terming the bypolls to three Assembly seats as election against the alleged maladministration of the Congress government, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok on Sunday said that the NDA was fighting the Congress government over bad administration. “This is not an election over individuals. People will identify Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s achievements against … Read more
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a campaign in Jaipur, Rajasthan. File photo for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress has declared candidates for bypolls on seven assembly seats in Rajasthan. The list was released by the AICC late on Wednesday (October 23, 2024) night, according to which the party has fielded Amit Ola, … Read more
PM Modi, President Biden welcome progress in defence ties Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed the completion of the notification process in the U.S. Congress on August 29 for a commercial agreement between General Electric Aerospace and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) to manufacture GE F-414 jet engines in India … Read more
Kerala voters. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The State Election Commission is revising the electoral rolls in 17 local body wards ahead of byelections. The draft voters’ lists will be published on June 19. Applications for new enrolments and complaints will be accepted till July 4. The final lists … Read more
Lucknow The Samajwadi Party on Wednesday alleged that the police prevented people from casting their votes in the Assembly byelections in the State. Byelections were conducted in the Suar and Chhanbey constituencies. Suar recorded a provisional turnout of 33% and Chhanbey 32.64% till 3 p.m. “The Samajwadi Party demanded Election Commission of India (ECI) take … Read more
Voters waiting in long queue to cast their vote at a polling station in Erode in Tamil Nadu on Monday. | Photo Credit: Govarthan M Voting for Assembly by-elections were held in three States — Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal — on Monday. The results of the bypolls will be declared on March 2, along with the … Read more
Among the seven seats which witnessed a stiff contest between BJP and regional parties, the saffron party held three and Congress two, while the Shiv Sena and the RJD had one each Among the seven seats which witnessed a stiff contest between BJP and regional parties, the saffron party held three and Congress two, while … Read more
The opposition parties, though mostly disengaged, on Tuesday managed to muffle the BJP‘s Diwali blitz by scoring some impressive victories against the saffron party, including two of the three Lok Sabha seats and among the 29 assembly byelections across 13 states. The fact that these bypolls were held in the backdrop of the spiralling fuel … Read more
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday exuded confidence of the ruling BJP‘s victory in the Assembly bypolls in Sindagi and Hanagal constituencies on October 30. “Hanagal has been our constituency whereas Sindagi is a JD(S) fort but take it from me that we are 100 per cent sure of winning both the seats,” Bommai … Read more