PG Medical courses in Karnataka: Counselling from November 18; 500 additional seats  

PG Medical courses in Karnataka: Counselling from November 18; 500 additional seats  

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The counselling process for admission to Post Graduate (PG) Medical courses will begin in Karnataka from Monday (November 18, 2024) and this year, 500 additional seats have been added.  Further, the Medical Education Department has increased the fee for the PG medical seats in private colleges … Read more

Rajasthan Assembly bypolls: Congress declares candidates for seven seats

Rajasthan Assembly bypolls: Congress declares candidates for seven seats

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during a campaign in Jaipur, Rajasthan. File photo for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: PTI The Congress has declared candidates for bypolls on seven assembly seats in Rajasthan. The list was released by the AICC late on Wednesday (October 23, 2024) night, according to which the party has fielded Amit Ola, … Read more

MVA party high commands will decide remaining 40 seats: Nana Patole after seat-sharing spats

MVA party high commands will decide remaining 40 seats: Nana Patole after seat-sharing spats

Maha Vikas Aaghadi Leaders Nana Patole, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar during the MahaVikas Aghadi Party Workers Meeting held in Mumbai ahead of Maharashtra Assembly Elections on Friday (October 19, 2024). | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini The Maha Vikas Aghadi, Maharashtra’s Opposition coalition, still needs to resolve internal differences regarding almost 40 of the State’s … Read more

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Voting to begin in 49 Lok Sabha constituencies; 35 Odisha Assembly seats

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 5 Voting Live: Voting to begin in 49 Lok Sabha constituencies; 35 Odisha Assembly seats

Shortly before the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls are slated to begin, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appealed to voters, especially women and young individuals, across the 49 constituencies to exercise their franchise.  As 49 seats across 8 states and UTs go to the polls today in the 5th phase of … Read more

RJD, Congress hold talks to iron out differences over seats

RJD, Congress hold talks to iron out differences over seats

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav speaks to the media in New Delhi on March 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leaders held talks on Tuesday to sort out the differences that have emerged between the two allies over the seat-sharing arrangements in Bihar. The much-awaited meeting took … Read more

Nine LS seats, where DMK, AIADMK and BJP are fighting it out, saw a mixed bag of results in 2009 and 2014

Nine LS seats, where DMK, AIADMK and BJP are fighting it out, saw a mixed bag of results in 2009 and 2014

A mixed bag of results was witnessed in nine Lok Sabha constituencies in the 2009 and 2014 polls where the three lead parties of their respective fronts – DMK, AIADMK and BJP are contesting now.  In 2009, the ruling DMK won in six while the AIADMK-headed front, three. The former bagged North Chennai, Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, … Read more

AIADMK nominates Jayavardhan for South Chennai, Saravanan for Madurai Lok Sabha seats

AIADMK nominates Jayavardhan for South Chennai, Saravanan for Madurai Lok Sabha seats

AIADMK candidate for South Chennai Lok Sabha constituency J Jayavardhan. | Photo Credit: M. Karunakaran The AIADMK on March 20 named its first set of 16 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. J. Jayavardhan, who represented the South Chennai Lok Sabha constituency during 2014-19, and P. Saravanan, who was elected on the DMK ticket from Thiruparankundram Assembly constituency … Read more

Election Commission readies plan to increase voter turnout in 10 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh

Election Commission readies plan to increase voter turnout in 10 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh

The voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections was quite low at 59.11%, even though the State has the highest number of voters. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA The Election Commission has devised a plan to encourage voters in Uttar Pradesh, which recorded a tepid turnout of 59.11% in the … Read more

MVA says discussions complete on all 48 seats in Maharashtra

MVA says discussions complete on all 48 seats in Maharashtra

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut with other leaders addresses a press conference after a Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders meeting. | Photo Credit: PTI Stating that the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) had completed discussion on all 48 Lok Sabha seats, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) spokesperson Sanjay Raut on Thursday reiterated there were … Read more