Maharashtra Assembly polls: MVA manifesto promises caste census, ₹3000 for women, says Kharge

Maharashtra Assembly polls: MVA manifesto promises caste census, ₹3000 for women, says Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, and NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule release Maha Vikas Aghadi’s manifesto for Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Mumbai, Sunday (November 10, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday launched the joint manifesto for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for the upcoming … Read more

Maharashtra polls: ₹17 lakh unaccounted cash seized from vehicle in Ulhasnagar

Maharashtra polls: ₹17 lakh unaccounted cash seized from vehicle in Ulhasnagar

A poll flying squad seized ₹17 lakh unaccounted cash from a vehicle in Ulhasnagar in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Thursday (October 31, 2024), an official said. The seizure was made by flying squad number 6, operating in Ulhasnagar Assembly constituency, between Kalyan and Murbad at 2 a.m., he said. “The driver could not give a … Read more

BJP’s Kalidas Kolambkar is confident in winning Maharashtra polls, aims to enter Guinness Book Record

BJP’s Kalidas Kolambkar is confident in winning Maharashtra polls, aims to enter Guinness Book Record

Kalidas Kolambkar, an eight-time Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA), exuded confidence in the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections. File | Photo Credit: Vivek Bendre Kalidas Kolambkar, an eight-time Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA), exuded confidence in the forthcoming Maharashtra assembly elections, stating that he aims to enter the Guinness Book of World … Read more

Maharashtra Assembly polls: NCP releases fourth list with two names, former district head of Shiv Sena UBT fielded in Bhor

Maharashtra Assembly polls: NCP releases fourth list with two names, former district head of Shiv Sena UBT fielded in Bhor

Ajit Pawar’s NCP released the fourth list for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, with two names on it on Tuesday (October 29, 2024). File | Photo Credit: PTI Ajit Pawar’s NCP on Tuesday (October 29, 2024) released the fourth list for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, with two names in it. Tuesday (October 29, 2024) … Read more

With polls, Sena groups go for the jugular at Dasara rallies

With polls, Sena groups go for the jugular at Dasara rallies

The Dasara rallies in Maharashtra saw a face-off between Shiv Sena UBT leader Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde group) leader and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. While Mr. Thackeray’s group firmly pitched him as the CM candidate for the coming State Assembly election, Mr. Shinde took a jibe on him for his Chief Ministerial … Read more

Gurugram records second lowest turnout in Haryana polls despite special measures

Gurugram records second lowest turnout in Haryana polls despite special measures

Voters wait in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station, Sukhrali area in Gurugram district of Haryana during the State Assembly elections on October 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Despite the various steps taken by the local administration to address urban voter apathy, including setting up of special polling … Read more

LJP (Ram Vilas) to contest Jharkhand Assembly polls, in alliance or alone: Chirag Paswan

LJP (Ram Vilas) to contest Jharkhand Assembly polls, in alliance or alone: Chirag Paswan

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president, Chirag Paswan. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan on Sunday (September 29, 2024) said his party would contest Jharkhand Assembly polls and discussion was underway for all options including contesting the election in alliance or alone. Mr. … Read more

Raghu Varma is APTF candidate for N. Andhra teachers constituency polls

Raghu Varma is APTF candidate for N. Andhra teachers constituency polls

Pakalapati Raghu Varma will contest as the Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Federation (APTF) candidate from north Andhra teachers constituency in the elections to the Legislative Council, scheduled to be held in February-March, 2025. In a statement on Saturday, federation’s State president Ch. Manjula and general secretary K. Bhanumurthy said the decision was announced at a sub-committee … Read more

Can’t forecast things to follow Jammu & Kashmir polls says Tariq Hameed Karra on possibility of National Conference CM

Can’t forecast things to follow Jammu & Kashmir polls says Tariq Hameed Karra on possibility of National Conference CM

Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday (September 8, 2024) said the Assembly polls are not just about forming a government or adjusting leaders in the dispensation but about “restoration of Statehood and powers of the Assembly” as well as “our lost dignity”. Mr. Karra was also non-committal on whether the Chief … Read more

J&K polls: BJP’s Shagun Parihar files nomination from Kishtwar, exudes confidence of victory

J&K polls: BJP’s Shagun Parihar files nomination from Kishtwar, exudes confidence of victory

BJP candidate from Kishtwar constituency Shagun Parihar files her nomination papers for J&K Assembly elections in the presence of J&K BJP President Ravinder Raina, in Kishtwar district, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Confident of her victory with the support of the people of Kishtwar, 29-year-old Shagun Parihar on Tuesday (August 27, 2024) … Read more