External Affairs Minister Jaishankar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday filed his nomination papers for elections to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. | file phot | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday filed his nomination papers for elections to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and BJP Gujarat unit president C.R. … Read more

Collective leadership ‘only way’ forward going into Assembly polls, says Sachin Pilot

Collective leadership ‘only way’ forward going into Assembly polls, says Sachin Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot made it clear on July 8 that he has buried the hatchet with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the advice of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, saying collective leadership was the “only way” forward going into the Assembly polls. In an exclusive interview with PTI just days after the crucial Rajasthan … Read more

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Priyanka Gandhi to take campaign for M.P. polls to vital Mahakoshal region

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Priyanka Gandhi to take campaign for M.P. polls to vital Mahakoshal region

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is scheduled to attend a State-level event on June 10, 2023, during which he will credit the first monthly installment of ₹1,000 into the bank accounts of financially weak women under the Ladli Bahna Yojana. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Big-ticket political events featuring Chief Minister Shivraj Singh … Read more

Activists seek early polls to rural local bodies

Activists seek early polls to rural local bodies

All major schemes like MGNREGA, rural housing, Jal Jeevan Mission and rural roads are suffering in villages in Belagavi district,” according to Vishveshwarayya Hiremath, coordinator of the Grameena Koolikarara Sangha. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Some activists and political leaders want the new State government to begin the process of conducting rural local body elections … Read more

More than 50 Muslim candidates have won on BJP symbol in local body polls, says U.P. BJP

More than 50 Muslim candidates have won on BJP symbol in local body polls, says U.P. BJP

A file photo of a Muslim meeting organised by the BJPs minority wing in Lucknow. More than 50 Muslim candidates out of the 395 fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh, including five for posts of Nagar Panchayat Chairpersons.  | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA More … Read more

Don’t have magic lamp to predict Opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Farooq Abdullah

Don’t have magic lamp to predict Opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Farooq Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) President Farooq Abdullah said during a press conference in Jammu on May 1 that attempts are on to unite non-BJP parties ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections. | Photo Credit: ANI National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on May 1 said he does not have a magic lamp that can … Read more

3,632 candidates file nominations for May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka

3,632 candidates file nominations for May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka

BJP supporters at a roadshow in support of party candidate for Hebbal constituency Katta Jagadish before filing of his nomination papers in Bengaluru on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI A total of 3,632 candidates filed nominations for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly elections, as per data from the Election Commission till Thursday, the last day … Read more

‘Ladli Behna Yojana’ | Madhya Pradesh CM launches scheme for women with eye on polls

‘Ladli Behna Yojana’ | Madhya Pradesh CM launches scheme for women with eye on polls

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday reached out to women in the BJP-ruled State by launching a scheme to provide ₹1,000 monthly aid and slammed the previous Congress Government for “stopping” welfare measures meant for women, months ahead of the Assembly polls. Mr. Chouhan, who is celebrating his 65th birthday on Sunday, … Read more

Local body polls | Supreme Court seeks response from U.P. govt., State Election Commission

Local body polls | Supreme Court seeks response from U.P. govt., State Election Commission

The Supreme Court on Friday, March 3, 2023, sought responses from the Uttar Pradesh government and the State Election Commission on a plea by a group of 14 Mayors to intervene in a case concerning the holding of local body elections in the State. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud … Read more

Madhya Pradesh Budget | Polls in sight, focus on women, jobs and tribal welfare; no new taxes

Madhya Pradesh Budget | Polls in sight, focus on women, jobs and tribal welfare; no new taxes

Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Jagdish Devda presents the State Budget 2023-24 in the Assembly, in Bhopal on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is also seen. | Photo Credit: PTI The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh has kept its last Budget of the outgoing Assembly a youth-and women-centric … Read more