Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav, INDIA bloc candidate from the Varanasi constituency Ajay Rai and others during a public meeting for the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls, in Varanasi. | Photo Credit: ANI In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the INDIA coalition is leading in most of the seats … Read more
With the General Elections over, subscribers to the Employees Provident Fund can look forward to the credit of interest on their retirement savings for 2023-24. While the EPFO’s apex decision-making body, the Central Board of Trustees, had in February approved an interest rate of 8.25% for the FY24, the formal notification is still awaited by … Read more
Over a hundred residents from Royal Lakefront Residency have signed a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer. | Photo Credit: special arrangement The water crisis in Bengaluru has now hit the Lok Sabha elections too with residents of a layout in J.P. Nagar deciding to boycott the polls, owing to the apathy by the Bangalore … Read more
TDP-BJP-JSP alliance’s Payakaraopeta Assembly segment candidate Vangalapudi Anitha recently campaigning in Odisha to woo migrant voters, who settle there for their livelihood.. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The YSR Congress Party(YSRCP) and the Telugu Desam Party(TDP) have been striving for the victory of their candidates in the Scheduled Caste reserved Payakaraopeta Assembly Constituency (PAC) in … Read more
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
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. took a swipe at the BJP soon after industrialist Naveen Jindal joined the party. File | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA : Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday took a swipe at the BJP soon after industrialist Naveen Jindal joined the party and said this had to happen “when you … Read more
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar | Photo Credit: ANI Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi President Prakash Ambedkar on March 19 extended his full support to the Congress in seven seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha election. He claimed that the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray and the Nationalist Congress Party under Sharadchandra … Read more
“In 2024, Tamil Nadu is set to create history as the epicentre of the politics of development in India,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public meeting in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu on February 27. “There is no bigger question than this [caste census]… There is a ceiling of 50% for reservations right now. When … Read more
Congress manifesto committee, headed by former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, is scheduled to have a meeting on March 4 to discuss the draft manifesto, which is in its final stages. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Making minimum support price (MSP) a legal guarantee, the promise to conduct a nationwide caste census, and filling existing … Read more
INDIA bloc leaders Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday proposed Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge as the alliance’s Prime Ministerial candidate. However, Kharge has said that the focus should be on winning the 2024 general elections and then discussions on the PM face would follow. When asked about the possibility of Kharge being the INDIA … Read more