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

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

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

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

2024 poll result a moral, political defeat for the BJP: Yogendra Yadav

2024 poll result a moral, political defeat for the BJP: Yogendra Yadav

Yogendra Yadav, political analyst and national convener of Bharat Jodo Abhiyan, speaks at the Asian College of Journalism in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: R. Ravindran The 2024 Lok Sabha election result was a moral and political defeat for the Bharatiya Janata Party and a personal defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Yogendra … Read more

Ajit sounds poll bugle in Baramati; ‘don’t fall prey to fake narratives of MVA’

Ajit sounds poll bugle in Baramati; ‘don’t fall prey to fake narratives of MVA’

In a massive show of strength, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday kickstarted his campaign for the upcoming Assembly election from the Pawar clan bastion of Baramati in Pune district. After suffering a humiliating drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha poll at the hands of his uncle … Read more

Bengal BJP leaders allege female worker was assaulted in ‘post poll violence’

Bengal BJP leaders allege female worker was assaulted in ‘post poll violence’

The West Bengal unit of BJP alleged that a female leader of the party’s Minority Morcha was beaten up by TMC supporters in the Cooch Behar district. | Photo Credit: DIBYANGSHU SARKAR The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged on Friday that a female leader of the party’s Minority Morcha was … Read more

Sharad Pawar’s NCP to celebrate foundation day in Pune days after Lok Sabha poll results

Sharad Pawar’s NCP to celebrate foundation day in Pune days after Lok Sabha poll results

NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar with AICC in-charge of Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala, Leader of Opposition in the State assembly Vijay Waddetiwar, newly-elected Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad and other party leaders during a meeting at Pawar’s residence, in Mumbai, on June 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) faction will … Read more

Nitish Kumar leaves for Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha poll results

Nitish Kumar leaves for Delhi ahead of Lok Sabha poll results

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. File | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha poll results on June 4, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on June 2 left for Delhi. The reasons for his Delhi visit have not been given officially, however, party leaders said he would meet top BJP leaders in … Read more

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election 2024 Exit Poll Result: Date, time, where to watch Exit Poll predictions

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election 2024 Exit Poll Result: Date, time, where to watch Exit Poll predictions

The Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections 2024 were held in the fourth phase of the Indian General Election 2024 on May 13, 2024. Amid a tight contest, the residents of Andhra Pradesh are eagerly looking forward to the Exit poll and the Election result. The election for the 175 members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly … Read more