D’Cunha report on COVID ‘scam’ adds more heat to bypoll campaign

D’Cunha report on COVID ‘scam’ adds more heat to bypoll campaign

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

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to start poll campaign on Nov 5, to launch first salvo on Shinde’s ‘rebels’

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to start poll campaign on Nov 5, to launch first salvo on Shinde’s ‘rebels’

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will begin his campaign trail for the Maharashtra Assembly polls on November 5 from Konkan and Vidarbha with focus on constituencies of MLAs who were part of the 2022 rebellion led by now Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Mr. … Read more

WazirX accused of running “persistent disinformation campaign” by Liminal while users wait for court updates

WazirX accused of running “persistent disinformation campaign” by Liminal while users wait for court updates

WazirX last week announced the disclosure of over 240,000 wallet addresses with balances, which were held under it [File] | Photo Credit: AP Indian crypto exchange WazirX has been accused of running a “persistent disinformation campaign” by Liminal, the third-party custody solutions provider, as the exchange pushes ahead with restructuring through the Singapore legal system … Read more

Singareni coal company holds awareness campaign titled ‘Ujwala Singareni’ across the coal belt

Singareni coal company holds awareness campaign titled ‘Ujwala Singareni’ across the coal belt

To motivate its workforce to work more efficiently to reduce the cost of coal production, the management of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) organised a two-day awareness campaign in all its 40 coal mines and different departments across the State’s coal belt on Thursday and Friday. The campaign christened “Ujwala Singareni – The … Read more

Ajit’s ‘absence’ from poll campaign sparks speculation of turmoil in NCP faction

Ajit’s ‘absence’ from poll campaign sparks speculation of turmoil in NCP faction

NCP leader Ajit Pawar. | Photo Credit: ANI With Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar skipping campaigning during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election, speculation is rife about the rebel NCP faction being in turmoil. Mr. Ajit, who canvassed vigorously in the third phase and went through … Read more

Accused conspired to kill Jagan during election campaign, says police

Accused conspired to kill Jagan during election campaign, says police

Jagan Mohan Reddy with the injury he suffered. File photo The accused in the case on ‘attack on Chief Minister, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’, Vemula Satish Kumar alias Satti, conspired to kill Mr. Reddy along with few other accused, said the police in the remand report. Satish Kumar, who has criminal history in Ajitsingh Nagar … Read more

Former PCC president Birajit Sinha skips party’s Lok Sabha election campaign

Former PCC president Birajit Sinha skips party’s Lok Sabha election campaign

Former Tripura PCC president and five-time MLA Birajit Sinha has been skipping the campaign for party candidate Asish Kumar Saha in West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency. Mr. Sinha is maintaining a visible distance from Mr. Saha, who is the incumbent PCC president as well as the party’s candidate. Mr. Sinha is also keeping away from … Read more

In an unusual twist, RJD MLAs campaign in support of the Independent candidate in Bihar’s Nawada

In an unusual twist, RJD MLAs campaign in support of the Independent candidate in Bihar’s Nawada

Campaigning in Bihar’s Nawada Lok Sabha seat has created an unusual situation after two sitting RJD MLAs extended their support to Independent candidate Vinod Yadav instead of the party’s own candidate, Shravan Kushwaha. The RJD has taken a serious view of the matter and is mulling action against the two MLAs. The RJD’s State unit … Read more