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Telangana has not lost anything after BRS poll loss, except four people losing their jobs: Revanth takes a dig at KCR 

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Telangana has not lost anything after BRS poll loss, except four people losing their jobs: Revanth takes a dig at KCR 

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy presented appointment letters to the newly recruited Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspectors in Hyderabad on Monday (November 11, 2024). Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Yadav and Principal Secretary Vikas Raj were among the present. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said Telangana has … Read more

Recent landslides, wildlife attacks, the focal points in Wayanad LS poll campaigning

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Recent landslides, wildlife attacks, the focal points in Wayanad LS poll campaigning

**EDS: @INCIndia ON Nov. 4, 2024** Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi during a roadshow, in Kenichira of Wayanad district. (PTI Photo) (PTI11_04_2024_000146B) The United Democratic Front (UDF) seems to be buoyed by the second phase of campaigning of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, its candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll. Along with her brother and former … Read more

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to start poll campaign on Nov 5, to launch first salvo on Shinde’s ‘rebels’

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Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray to start poll campaign on Nov 5, to launch first salvo on Shinde’s ‘rebels’

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray. File | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will begin his campaign trail for the Maharashtra Assembly polls on November 5 from Konkan and Vidarbha with focus on constituencies of MLAs who were part of the 2022 rebellion led by now Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Mr. … Read more

Congress begins to rebuild party in Odisha after poll drubbing

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Congress begins to rebuild party in Odisha after poll drubbing

Representative image | Photo Credit: ANI Three months after the All India Congress Committee (AICC) dissolved the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) in the wake of the party’s poor performance in the 2024 elections, the Congress has begun deliberating on leadership and organisational reforms to revitalise the State unit. The AICC has appointed Charan Das … Read more

J&K poll verdict disapproval of unilateral changes of 2019, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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J&K poll verdict disapproval of unilateral changes of 2019, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Hurriyat Conference Chairman and Chief Cleric of Jammu and Kashmir Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. File | Photo Credit: PTI Hurriyat chairman and Valley’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday (October 11, 2024) described the recent verdict of the J&K elections as “strong disapproval of the drastic unilateral changes made in August 2019.”  The Mirwaiz, who … Read more

Man shot dead in UP’s Sultanpur, cops suspect poll rivalry led to killing

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Man shot dead in UP’s Sultanpur, cops suspect poll rivalry led to killing

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images A 35-year-old man was shot dead by some persons suspected of poll rivalry in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur on Wednesday (October 09, 2024), police said. “The incident took place in Asarakhpur village in the Baldisarai area when Icchanath Yadav went to the fields this … Read more

Ahead of poll, credit war breaks out in Maharashtra over classical language status to Marathi

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Ahead of poll, credit war breaks out in Maharashtra over classical language status to Marathi

The Union Cabinet’s decision on Thursday to grant classical language status to Marathi, a demand pending since 2013, has set off a political credit war in the State ahead of the Assembly election due this year. After Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X to state that “Marathi is India’s pride” and “this honour acknowledges … Read more

77 years after migrating, jubilant West Pakistan refugees vote for first time in J&K Assembly poll

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77 years after migrating, jubilant West Pakistan refugees vote for first time in J&K Assembly poll

Ruldu Ram’s joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition. He was among the hundreds of West Pakistan refugees in the border town of RS Pura who cast their votes for the Assembly election … Read more

EC team to visit Maharashtra to review poll preparedness

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EC team to visit Maharashtra to review poll preparedness

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar. | Photo Credit: PTI An Election Commission (EC) team headed by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar will be in Mumbai from September 26 to September 28 to assess the preparations for the upcoming election in Maharashtra. The visit comes as political activity ramps up in the western … Read more