A slip, a double touch, a missed penalty. Just like that, Atletico Madrid endured yet another heartbreaking loss to rival Real Madrid in the Champions League. Julian Alvarez slipped and double-touched the ball while taking his penalty kick in the shootout against Madrid on Wednesday, resulting in the goal being erased after video review confirmed … Read more
The washout in all three Assembly seats that went to the byelections in Karnataka has again exposed the lack of focus by the BJP on strengthening its cadre in the State despite its strategists repeatedly referring to this lacunae. Though it is common for the ruling party to have an advantage in byelections, there had … Read more
Yogendra Yadav, political analyst and national convener of Bharat Jodo Abhiyan, speaks at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran The 2024 Lok Sabha election result was a moral and political defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party and a personal defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Yogendra … Read more
J&K Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD J&K Peoples Conference (JKPC) president Sajad Lone, who is contesting from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, on Saturday sought the support of J&K Apni Party (JKAP) president Altaf Bukhari “to prevent fragmentation that has historically favoured the National Conference (NC)“. “It’s high time … Read more
Congress workers seen protesting against the EVM machines at AICC during state assembly election results in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA As some opposition leaders have raised questions on EVMs after Assembly poll results were announced in five states, BJP leaders mocked them, saying they are looking for excuses to hide their … Read more
BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao addressing the media, in Hyderabad, Sunday. | Photo Credit: PTI hyderabad The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has accepted the defeat in the Telangana Legislative Assembly elections with working president of the party K.T. Rama Rao stating that they will respect the mandate given by people in favour of the … Read more
GUWAHATI The leaders of 15 political parties in Assam met on Thursday to work out a common strategy to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP had won nine of Assam’s 14 parliamentary seats in 2019. Three seats went to Congress, while the Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United … Read more
CPI-M Polit Bureau Member BV Raghavulu | Photo Credit: V RAJU The main agenda before the CPI(M) is to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from coming to power again in the 2024 general elections, says its Polit Bureau member B.V. Raghavulu. “The nation’s future will be in danger if Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes … Read more
Samajwadi Party National President Akhilesh Yadav addresses during the ‘Lok Jagran Abhiyan’ at Naimisharanya in Sitapur on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday addressed a training camp of party workers under the Lok Jagran Abhiyan at Naimisharanya in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur, and asked workers to strengthen the … Read more
JD(S) leader Ayanur Manjunath, who suffered defeat in Shivamogga constituency, said the people were divided on the lines of religion, and that led to his defeat. “Hindus voted for the BJP, while Muslims favoured the Congress. I tried to bring them together. However, I will continue to work for peace and harmony in Shivamogga,” he … Read more