Ex-BJP MLC C. P. Yogeshwar all set to contest Channapatna bypoll as Congress candidate

Ex-BJP MLC C. P. Yogeshwar all set to contest Channapatna bypoll as Congress candidate

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

LJP (Ram Vilas) to contest Jharkhand Assembly polls, in alliance or alone: Chirag Paswan

LJP (Ram Vilas) to contest Jharkhand Assembly polls, in alliance or alone: Chirag Paswan

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, Chirag Paswan. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Sunday (September 29, 2024) said his party would contest Jharkhand Assembly polls and discussion was underway for all options including contesting the election in alliance or alone. Mr. … Read more

In Tiruvallur, it is a straight contest between Congress and DMDK

In Tiruvallur, it is a straight contest between Congress and DMDK

The Tiruvallur (reserved) parliamentary constituency, comprising of six assembly segments, namely Gummidipoondi, Ponneri, Tiruvallur, Poonamallee, Avadi and Madhavaram, will witness a straight contest between Congress candidate, S. Sasikanth Senthil, a former bureaucrat who quit the civil services in protest against the functioning of the Narendra Modi government and joined the party in 2019, and the … Read more

Dilip Ray is likely to contest from Rourkela, says former Union Minister Jual Oram

Dilip Ray is likely to contest from Rourkela, says former Union Minister Jual Oram

Dilip Ray. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Union Minister and hotelier Dilip Ray, whose conviction in coal scam case was stayed by Delhi High Court on Monday, is likely to contest Assembly election from Rourkela on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Former Union Minister for Tribal Affairs and Sundargarh BJP Lok Sabha candidate Jual … Read more

Punjab Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP will contest on its own in Punjab Says State BJP chief Sunil Jakhar

Punjab Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP will contest on its own in Punjab Says State BJP chief Sunil Jakhar

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar. File. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy The BJP will contest the Lok Sabha polls on its own in Punjab, the party’s State unit chief Sunil Jakhar said on March 26. The announcement came amid a buzz over talks between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP for re-stitching their … Read more

Lok Sabha elections: Deswali belt holds key in Haryana’s multi-corner contest

Lok Sabha elections: Deswali belt holds key in Haryana’s multi-corner contest

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar The Deswali belt in politically-significant Haryana is key for parties in what is going to be a multi-corner contest in the Lok Sabha elections. Traditionally a stronghold of the Congress, the State’s ruling BJP has been making efforts over the years to weaken the … Read more

Budding artists showcase their talent at painting contest in Tiruchi

Budding artists showcase their talent at painting contest in Tiruchi

Regional qualifiers of JSW Paints Futurescape Young World Painting Contest along with the judge and dignitaries in Tiruchi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The regional level finals of the JSW Paints Futurescapes Painting Competition, in association with The Hindu Young World, was held at the Shrimati Indira Gandhi College in Tiruchi on Sunday. … Read more

KTR dares Revanth to resign as Kodangal MLA, contest from Malkajgiri Parliament constituency

KTR dares Revanth to resign as Kodangal MLA, contest from Malkajgiri Parliament constituency

Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao. File | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Responding to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s challenge, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president challenged him to resign as CM & Kodangal MLA and contest from Malkajgiri Parliament constituency. “I will also resign as Sircilla MLA. Let’s contest for … Read more

JKPC chief Sajad Lone to contest from Baramulla Lok Sabha seat

JKPC chief Sajad Lone to contest from Baramulla Lok Sabha seat

Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone adresses a press conference in Srinagar. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Sajad Lone, 57, president of the Jammu Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC), was nominated on Monday as the party’s candidate for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in north Kashmir. “For the Baramulla Parliamentary seat, the leadership and the rank and file … Read more