Qatar death row | Exhaust every resource to bring back Navy veterans: Adhir Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

Qatar death row | Exhaust every resource to bring back Navy veterans: Adhir Chowdhury in Lok Sabha

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury speaks in the Lok Sabha on the first day of the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi on December 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday, December 4, demanded that the Union government “exhaust every resource” to bring back the eight former naval … Read more

District Congress Committee presidents insist that ‘regulars’ be overlooked in favour of hard workers for the Lok Sabha tickets

District Congress Committee presidents insist that ‘regulars’ be overlooked in favour of hard workers for the Lok Sabha tickets

The District Congress Committee presidents in Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, who met with the TNCC president K.S. Alagiri to discuss preparations in the lead-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2024, have reportedly pushed the State leadership to distribute Lok Sabha tickets to ‘new faces’ instead of those from ‘well-known Congress families’ here in Chennai … Read more

Rumbles within the Gupkar alliance grow louder ahead of Lok Sabha election

Rumbles within the Gupkar alliance grow louder ahead of Lok Sabha election

The key constituents in Jammu & Kashmir of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) — the National Conference (NC), and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — are hardening their positions over contesting independently in the Lok Sabha election in 2024. This is likely to pose a challenge to the Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) … Read more

Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde announces retirement yet again, says daughter Praniti will contest 2024 Lok Sabha poll from Solapur

Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde announces retirement yet again, says daughter Praniti will contest 2024 Lok Sabha poll from Solapur

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

Morning Digest | Do not get involved in Israel crisis- top U.S. general warns Iran; Parties see 5-state elections announcement as precursor to Lok Sabha polls, and more

Morning Digest | Do not get involved in Israel crisis- top U.S. general warns Iran; Parties see 5-state elections announcement as precursor to Lok Sabha polls, and more

Israeli police take shelter while sirens sound as rockets from Gaza are launched towards Israel, near Sderot, southern Israel, October 9, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel-Palestine conflict LIVE updates The Israeli government promised Monday to hunt down Hamas fighters and to punish the Gaza Strip following a surprise weekend attack that killed more than … Read more

IUML eyeing a third seat for Lok Sabha elections in Kerala

IUML eyeing a third seat for Lok Sabha elections in Kerala

As in the past, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) is eyeing a third seat in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections, ideally in North Kerala. While formal discussions are yet to take place within the party or the United Democratic Front (UDF), IUML leaders have subtly indicated their interest in contesting a third seat, … Read more

3 Bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act introduced in Lok Sabha

3 Bills to replace IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act introduced in Lok Sabha

Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 11 introduced three Bills in the Lok Sabha to replace the Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence … Read more

Multi-State Cooperative Bill passed by Lok Sabha

Multi-State Cooperative Bill passed by Lok Sabha

Amit Shah | Photo Credit: PTI The Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which seeks to strengthen cooperatives by making them transparent and introduces a system of regular elections was passed by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid din. Introducing the Bill, Union Cooperative Minister Amit Shah said the provisions in the Bill would initiate … Read more

BJP eyeing tie-ups with SBSP, RLD to put up strong show in Lok Sabha poll

BJP eyeing tie-ups with SBSP, RLD to put up strong show in Lok Sabha poll

Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. | Photo Credit: RAJEEV BHATT Amid the buzz that the BJP is reaching out to the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), ruling party leaders in Uttar Pradesh said their inclusion will strengthen the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the 2024 … Read more

Don’t have magic lamp to predict Opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Farooq Abdullah

Don’t have magic lamp to predict Opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Farooq Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) President Farooq Abdullah said during a press conference in Jammu on May 1 that attempts are on to unite non-BJP parties ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections. | Photo Credit: ANI National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on May 1 said he does not have a magic lamp that can … Read more