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Lok Sabha polls | Candidates of all 3 major parties in Sivaganga are crorepatis, as per affidavits

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Lok Sabha polls | Candidates of all 3 major parties in Sivaganga are crorepatis, as per affidavits

Sitting MP and Congress candidate for Sivaganga Karti Chidambaram. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Affidavits filed before the Returning Officer at Sivaganga Parliamentary constituency reveal that candidates of all three major parties: the Congress, BJP and the AIADMK, are crorepatis. Congress: Karti P. Chidambaram Congress candidate Karti P. Chidambaram (52), who is the sitting MP … Read more

In NE, only Sikkim parties received funds through electoral bonds

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In NE, only Sikkim parties received funds through electoral bonds

EC data shows that the Sikkim Democratic Front and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha received funds through the electoral bonds scheme. File | Photo Credit: Reuters GUWAHATI Only two parties from the North-East – both from Sikkim – received funds through the electoral bonds scheme introduced in 2018, two data sets five years apart uploaded by the … Read more

I invite Dalits from other parties to join Congress: Selvaperunthagai

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I invite Dalits from other parties to join Congress: Selvaperunthagai

K. Selvaperunthagai | Photo Credit: PTI Despite stiff opposition from a section of people within the party and criticism that he does not have the “Congress DNA” and was “a party-hopper”, K. Selvaperunthagai has pipped strong contenders, and was appointed the president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) on Saturday, a few months before … Read more

Opposition parties hail Supreme Court verdict against premature release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists

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Opposition parties hail Supreme Court verdict against premature release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists

Congress leaders during a press conference after the Bilkis Bano case verdict in New Delhi on January 8, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Opposition parties across the political spectrum on Monday hailed the Supreme Court order that quashed the Gujarat government’s remission of sentence and premature release of the 11 rapists in the … Read more

15 Assam parties work on strategy to defeat BJP in LS polls

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15 Assam parties work on strategy to defeat BJP in LS polls

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

Automated calls from parties raise citizens’ hackles

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Automated calls from parties raise citizens’ hackles

Days ahead of the Telangana Assembly elections, citizens find themselves inundated with incessant phone calls from contesting candidates, causing widespread inconvenience. Sairam, a resident of Madhura Nagar Colony, encountered one such call at approximately 6.30 p.m. on Sunday. Despite dealing with numerous similar calls throughout the day, the Truecaller app on his phone identified the … Read more

Telangana parties reach out to migrants outside State

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Telangana parties reach out to migrants outside State

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate from Makthal in Mahabubnagar district campaigns in Makthal (Photo for representational purpose only) Telangana elections are not being fought on the Telangana soil alone but even at distant places where the local residents have migrated to places in various parts of the country in search of livelihood. Mumbai, Pune, Solapur … Read more

Parachute leaders cause more trouble in Congress than other parties in Telangana

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Parachute leaders cause more trouble in Congress than other parties in Telangana

The entry of leaders from other parties into Congress appears to be dislodging the leaders who have been working for the party for long and expecting party tickets to contest the coming Assembly elections. It has an adverse impact on the party in constituencies such as Medak, Malkajigiri, Jangaon and others. Para-dropping of Mynampalli Hanumantha … 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

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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