Son the natural heir, say people in Hajipur, as Chirag and Paras fight over Paswan’s legacy

Son the natural heir, say people in Hajipur, as Chirag and Paras fight over Paswan’s legacy

Life-size statue of Ram Vilas Paswan was installed last year by his son Chirag Paswan near Hajipur Circuit House. | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari  Ram Vilas Paswan’s shadow looms large over the Hajipur parliamentary constituency, one the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder won eight times from 1977 to 2019, often registering victories by record margins. … Read more

Unity among all sects of fisherfolk need of the hour to fight against destructive development policies on Andhra coast, says K. Pawan Kalyan

Unity among all sects of fisherfolk need of the hour to fight against destructive development policies on Andhra coast, says K. Pawan Kalyan

Jana Sena Party President K. Pawan Kalyan greets fisherfolk at Etimoga in Kakinada city on June 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Jana Sena Party chief K. Pawan Kalyan on Monday appealed to all the sects of fisherfolk to be united to fight against the destructive development policies of the State government for their … Read more

Mangaluru police to involve college students, teachers, non-teaching staff in fight against drug abuse

Mangaluru police to involve college students, teachers, non-teaching staff in fight against drug abuse

City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar R. Jain said teams each having 12 police personnel have been constituted in all 15 police stations under the commissionerate. File | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry Stepping up the drive against trafficking and consumption of drugs, the city police will shortly initiate a programme to enlighten students, particularly in … Read more

Fight against Uniform Civil Code a key challenge, says AIMPLB president

Fight against Uniform Civil Code a key challenge, says AIMPLB president

Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani. File Hyderabad-based Islamic scholar Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani succeeded the late Maulana Syed Rabey Nadw as president of the influential All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). In an interview with The Hindu, he speaks about the challenges ahead for the AIMPLB, including the continuance of the Places of Worship Act, … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Naidu exhorts people to fight against corrupt practices of YSRCP government

Andhra Pradesh: Naidu exhorts people to fight against corrupt practices of YSRCP government

TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu addressing a roadshow at S. Kota in Vizianagaram district on Thursday. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on May 18 (Thursday) asked people to fight against the “corrupt practices of the YSR Congress Party government in Andhra Pradesh.” Addressing a roadshow at S. Kota in Vizianagaram … Read more

Mid-poll battle in Karnataka BJP, Congress and JD(S) all fight rearguard action on support base

Mid-poll battle in Karnataka BJP, Congress and JD(S) all fight rearguard action on support base

JD(S) leader Kumaraswamy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Karnataka Assembly elections this time around were, according to rhetoric, supposed to be transformative. These polls were to make the BJP go beyond the Lingayat vote, the Congress beyond the Vokkaliga and Ahinda base and the Janata Dal (S) beyond its pocketbrorough of … Read more

Ramakka, only third gender candidate in fray, keen to fight discrimination

Ramakka, only third gender candidate in fray, keen to fight discrimination

Ramakka T | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Ramakka T., a candidate of the Desh Prem Party who has filed her nomination papers for the Kampli Assembly constituency in Ballari district, is the only third gender candidate contesting in the Karnataka Assembly elections this time. Ms. Ramakka, 59, a native of Badanahatti village in Kurugod taluk … Read more