K.A. Sengottaiyan. File photo The AIADMK will contest on its own in the by-election to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency. Party interim general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami will soon announce the parties in the alliance, former AIADMK Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan said on Saturday. Addressing the media here, he said Tamils across the world were waiting … Read more
Counting of votes for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections in progress at a center in Shimla, on Dec. 8, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Himachal Pradesh registered an approximate polling percentage of 75.6%, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). Exit polls have predicted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will again form the government in … Read more
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said here on Monday that a leader should be in a position to contest from anywhere, alluding to the speculation that he was set to contest from Kolar. His remarks came in the context of comments by the Opposition that he was scouting for a ‘’safe seat’’. ‘’He is a true … Read more
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said this during an interaction with party delegates at party office in Srinagar Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said this during an interaction with party delegates at party office in Srinagar Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on October 9 said his contest with Shashi Tharoor for the post of party president was aimed … Read more
New Delhi: IT industry body Nasscom and state-run Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) on Monday launched a contest, JANCare, to develop technology solutions for delivery of health care solutions in small towns and rural areas. The contest aims to identify up to 25 best healthtech solutions from start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) … Read more
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan Thursday stepped up his attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, challenging him to contest the Bihar Assembly election 2020. Chirag Paswan questioned why Nitish Kumar has not contested any Bihar Assembly election after 2005 and took a swipe at him saying, the chief minister “does not have direct … Read more
Jan Adhikar Party-Loktantrik (JAP-L) president Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav is the chief ministerial candidate of the newly formed Progressive Democratic Alliance (PDA) for Bihar Assembly election. The announcement was made today. Pappu Yadav will contest Bihar Assembly election from Madhepura, his stronghold. Pappu Yadav-led JAP has cobbled up an alliance with Chandrasekhar Azad Ravan’s … Read more
Nitish Kumar, Yogi Adityanath and Uddhav Thackeray, the chief ministers of the three most populous states of India have one thing in common. They all are members of the legislative councils of the respective states — Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. None of them has contested a Vidhan Sabha election to take oath as the … Read more
Sources tell India Today that the LJP has decided to contest the 2020 Bihar elections outside of the NDA fold with its vision document ‘Bihar First, Bihari First’ at the forefront of its campaign. File photo of LJP leader Chirag Paswan and patron Ram Vilas Paswan (Photo Credits: PTI) LJP has decided not to contest … Read more