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

Pre-Lok Sabha campaign, shifting alliances within Pawar clan heats up contest in bastion Baramati

Pre-Lok Sabha campaign, shifting alliances within Pawar clan heats up contest in bastion Baramati

The battle for Baramati (in Pune district) is arguably the most keenly contested electoral fight in the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Maharashtra. However, shifting alliances within the Pawar family has ensured that the contest has heated up even before the start of the official campaign. Sources say that Deputy CM and rebel NCP leader … Read more

Congress, SP to jointly contest Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh

Congress, SP to jointly contest Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh

The Samajwadi Party has conceded 11 seats to Congress in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The decision was made public by Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on January 27, 2024. “Our cordial alliance with Congress is off to a good start with 11 strong seats… This trend will move forward with the … Read more

Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde announces retirement yet again, says daughter Praniti will contest 2024 Lok Sabha poll from Solapur

Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde announces retirement yet again, says daughter Praniti will contest 2024 Lok Sabha poll from Solapur

Veteran Congress leader and former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said he has retired from electoral politics and has proposed that his daughter, MLA Praniti Shinde, contest the crucial Solapur Lok Sabha seat in his lieu in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. This is not the first time that the 82-year-old Mr. Shinde, who was … Read more

Morning Digest | One million Gazans displaced in a week, says UN; SP to contest M.P. election in alliance with Congress, and more

Morning Digest | One million Gazans displaced in a week, says UN; SP to contest M.P. election in alliance with Congress, and more

Israeli armored personnel carriers head toward the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel, October 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP One million Gazans displaced in a week, says UN as Israel readies for ground attack More than one million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip in the last week, the UN … Read more

BRS announces candidates for Telangana polls; KCR to contest from two seats

BRS announces candidates for Telangana polls; KCR to contest from two seats

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on August 21, 2023, announced its candidates for the upcoming Telangana Assembly Elections, even before the Election Commission announced the polling dates. Releasing the list of candidates from 115 out of 119 constituencies, Telangana Chief Minister and party president K. Chandrashekar … Read more