Electors have the right to “refuse to vote” even after registering their identities before a presiding officer. File | Photo Credit: AFP At a time when the Election Commission pledges to leave no stone unturned to bring eligible voters to polling stations to exercise their franchise, not many electors are aware of their right to … Read more
Tamil Nadu Law Minister S. Regupathy | Photo Credit: SRINATH M Tamil Nadu Law Minister S. Regupathy on Saturday, March 16, 2024, said there would be no issues in the swearing-in of senior DMK leader and former Minister K. Ponmudy to re-induct him into the Cabinet, even after the dates for the Lok Sabha elections … Read more
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s remark that rumours and lies were the worst part of politics was seen in two different ways. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik on March 9 said “rumour” and “lies” are the worst part of politics. Mr. Patnaik made the remark during a conversation … Read more
India has termed Ottawa’s allegation of Indian interference in the Canadian election process as “baseless”. At a press briefing on Thursday, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal flipped the allegation around, claiming that it was Canada that has been meddling in India’s internal affairs. “We have seen media reports of Canadian Commission inquiring … Read more
AIADMK leader D. Jayakumar | Photo Credit: MANINATHAN VM Senior AIADMK leader D. Jayakumar on Monday, January 29, 2024, said there was still a lot of time for the Lok Sabha elections, and the party would make announcements on its alliances and the number of seats it would contest in, at the appropriate time. He … Read more
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PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Sunday said the party will organise a meeting of its district presidents and secretaries on December 7 in Chennai in a move towards starting preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The meeting will be held in the presence of … Read more
Minister Satyavathi Rathod. | Photo Credit: File Photo Guduru police on Friday registered an FIR against Tribal, Women and Child Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod on charges of offering money to influence voters, following a complaint by a flying squad of the Election Commission. Ms.Rathod was booked under Section 171 E and other relevant sections of … Read more
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will arrive in Telangana on Tuesday for the party’s poll campaign where she will address a public meeting in Kollapur in the evening. Ms.Gandhi, who is expected to touch down in the afternoon, will interact with women at Devarakadra in Mahbubnagar district on the six guarantees promised by the Congress … Read more
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