Mandya: Panel to hand over cash seized in polls to owners

Mandya: Panel to hand over cash seized in polls to owners

The committee constituted by the Deputy Commissioner, Mandya for releasing the cash seized during the enforcement of the model code of conduct in the run-up to the elections to Mandya Lok Sabha constituency has convened its meeting in Mandya on Friday at 11 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Zilla Panchayat office. A … Read more

Everything has been snatched from us, don’t take away vote now: Mehbooba Mufti writes to ECI after BJP, others suggest postponing polls

Everything has been snatched from us, don’t take away vote now: Mehbooba Mufti writes to ECI after BJP, others suggest postponing polls

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. File | Photo Credit: ANI Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti was up in arms on April 26, as a group of parties, including the BJP, wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to postpone elections for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. … Read more

BJP winning Lok Sabha seat before polls isn’t a first

BJP winning Lok Sabha seat before polls isn’t a first

A BJP candidate has won his Lok Sabha seat even before actual polling was even held. However, Mukesh Dalal’s victory from Surat unopposed might be rare, but it isn’t a first. While the nomination form of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected by the returning officer, the other eight candidates from Surat withdrew their nominations. … Read more

Lok Sabha polls | Odisha’s Berhampur to witness a battle between two turncoats

Lok Sabha polls | Odisha’s Berhampur to witness a battle between two turncoats

This southern Odisha town in Ganjam district, also known as the silk city of Odisha, will witness a battle between two turncoats in the Lok Sabha elections. The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has fielded Bhrugu Baxipatra, who till last week was vice president of the BJP Odisha unit, while the BJP has named Pradeep … Read more

Lok Sabha polls | AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami campaigns during morning walk in Tirupattur

Lok Sabha polls | AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami campaigns during morning walk in Tirupattur

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami met with farmers, traders and members of the public during his morning walk in Tirupattur, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement AIADMK general secretary and Leader of the Opposition in T.N., Edappadi K. Palaniswami met members of the public and traders at the common market … Read more

Congress CEC vets Telangana list for Lok Sabha polls, clears four names

Congress CEC vets Telangana list for Lok Sabha polls, clears four names

T. Jeevan Reddy (Nizamabad LS candidate) Neelam Madhu Mudiraj (Medak Congress LS candidate)  Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy Congress party’s Central Election Committee met in New Delhi on Wednesday night and cleared four names for the Lok Sabha elections. The party has named Congress MLC T. Jeevan Reddy (Nizamabad), TPCC vice-president Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy (Bhuvanagiri), … Read more

Lok Sabha polls | Modi failed to ensure economic development of India: Dayanidhi Maran

Lok Sabha polls | Modi failed to ensure economic development of India: Dayanidhi Maran

DMK’s candidate for the Chennai Central Lok Sabha seat and sitting MP Dayanidhi Maran filed his nomination papers with Returning Officer K. J. Praveen Kumar on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has failed to ensure the economic development of India, claimed DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, on … Read more

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

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

Punjab Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP will contest on its own in Punjab Says State BJP chief Sunil Jakhar

Punjab Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP will contest on its own in Punjab Says State BJP chief Sunil Jakhar

Punjab BJP chief Sunil Jakhar. File. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy The BJP will contest the Lok Sabha polls on its own in Punjab, the party’s State unit chief Sunil Jakhar said on March 26. The announcement came amid a buzz over talks between the Shiromani Akali Dal and the BJP for re-stitching their … Read more