The washout in all three Assembly seats that went to the byelections in Karnataka has again exposed the lack of focus by the BJP on strengthening its cadre in the State despite its strategists repeatedly referring to this lacunae. Though it is common for the ruling party to have an advantage in byelections, there had … Read more
It’s a deal: Congress State president Nana Patole, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar announcing the candidates in Mumbai on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini With tensions continuing to run high within partners of the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) over the ceding of the Sangli Lok Sabha … Read more
Kapu strongman Mudragada Padmanabham and YSRCP Kakinada Lok Sabha candidate Ch. Sunil Kumar at a meeting held to discuss election strategy, in Kirlampudi of Kakinada district on Monday. KIRLAMPUDI Kapu leader Mudragada Padmanabham on Monday exhorted Kapu cadre to hand a resounding defeat to Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan in the Pithapuram Assembly … Read more
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y.S. Sharmila is scheduled to hold a meeting with the party conveners in Nellore on Saturday. | Photo Credit: File photo The visit of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila to Nellore district slated for January 27 (Saturday) has galvanised the party cadres in the undivided Nellore district. … Read more
A delegation of BJP local leaders submitting a memorandum to Karimnagar Police Commissioner L Subbarayudu seeking action against the ‘trouble-mongers’, who created a commotion outside the BJP national general secretary and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay’s camp office in Karimnagar on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement BJP national general secretary and Karimnagar MP Bandi Sanjay … Read more
TDP national general secretary N. Lokesh, suspended YSRCP MLA Undavalli Sridevi, and former MLA Tenali Sravan Kumar during a meeting with the Amaravati farmers, at Tadikonda in Guntur district recently. | Photo Credit: File photo The Yuva Galam padayatra of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary N. Lokesh concluded in the undivided Guntur district … Read more
Three CPI-M cadre were killed during exchange of fire with security forces in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on May 9. Acting on intelligence input, security forces launched a combing operation in Taprang Reserve Forest under Madanpur Rampur Police Station limits of Kalahandi district early in the morning. The left-wing extremists, who are believed to be part … Read more
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh cadre participating in the route march at 45 places across Tamil Nadu on April 16 this year will not be permitted to carry sticks/lathis and sing songs or speak ill of any individual, caste or religion. Director-General of Police C. Sylendra Babu has written to senior police officers in all cities/districts … Read more
Representational image. File: | Photo Credit: J Manoharan Two Namma Tamilar Katchi (NTK) cadre, who were part of the group involved in a clash with the DMK cadre at Veerappanchatiram on Wednesday night, were arrested by the police for inciting violence. The two were identified as Vijayan and Ganesh Babu. At 8 p.m. on Wednesday, … Read more
T.N. Minister K.N. Nehru pushes DMK worker in Salem | Video Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration Minister K.N. Nehru has once again been embroiled in a controversy, after he pushed a DMK cadre in Salem, who was attempting to come close to Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin in order to shake his hand, on Thursday … Read more