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
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
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
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
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
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, against whom the country’s six top wrestlers including Olympic medallists Bajranj Punia and Sakshi Malik had levelled allegations of sexual harassment, is ineligible to contest as he has completed 12 years as head of the federation — the maximum period allowed as per the National Sports Code. … Read more
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has pitched its A-400M transport aircraft in response to the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Request For Information (RFI) for a Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) with a carrying capacity of 18 to 30 tonnes. The submission deadline for the RFI issued in December 2022 was extended till March 31, and it has two … Read more
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) legislator from Nellore P. Anil Kumar Yadav on June 25 (Sunday) challenged suspended party MLA from Venkatagiri and veteran political leader Anam Ramanarayana Reddy to enter the poll fray from Nellore city in the 2024 Assembly elections. Addressing the media here, Mr. Anil Kumar asserted, “I am ready to quit politics … Read more
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party president Shivpal Yadav. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Samajwadi Party’s Shivpal Singh Yadav has said he is not averse to contesting from Azamgarh constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the party asks him to. The LS constituency was held by Samajwadi Party patriarch, late Mulayam Singh Yadav, in 2014, and … Read more
BJP MP Hema Malini said she has immense love for Lord Krishna and his devotees, and that she wants to serve them. | Photo Credit: M. Srinath BJP MP Hema Malini on June 5 said if she has to contest the next election, she will contest it from Mathura and no other place. “I will … Read more