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
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav and INDIA coalition candidate from Varanasi constituency Ajay Rai of the Congress during a roadshow in Varanasi on May 25. | Photo Credit: PTI For Sudhir Maurya, it’s a third consecutive Lok Sabha election campaign trip to Varanasi in the last 10 years. Mr. Maurya, … Read more
Samajwadi Party supporters during a campaign meeting in support of party candidate Dharmendra Yadav for Lok Sabha polls, in Azamgarh, on May 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Soaring temperatures do not trouble Jagananth Tiwari, in fact, it is the only time he does a brisk business. Pouring out extra sweet lassi in earthen tumblers, … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate the party’s victory in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan Assembly elections, in Bhopal on. | Photo Credit: ANI In Madhya Pradesh, where approximately 70% of the population is involved in farming and allied occupations, both the BJP and the Congress strategically focused their campaigns on agrarian concerns and economic incentives. … Read more
The United Democratic Front (UDF) has once again demonstrated its might in Puthuppally with its candidate Chandy Oommen winning by a landslide the byelection held to the Assembly constituency that was represented by his father Oommen Chandy for 53 years. When the final result of the byelection was announced, Mr. Oommen bagged 80,144 votes (61.17%) … Read more
Buoyed over by its win in the recently held Assembly election in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, the Congress party has stepped up its efforts to pose a challenge to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Haryana. Ahead of the Haryana Assembly and parliamentary elections due in 2024, the Congress, the main Opposition party in … Read more
On the face of it the BJP has resolved the mystery over who would be Chief Minister of Tripura after the election of incumbent Dr. Manik Saha by the party’s legislature party group, but the political fate of Union Minister Pratima Bhowmik who also fought and won in these Assembly polls is still under a … Read more
Even before voting for the five seats to the Maharashtra Legislative polls concluded on Monday, ‘rebel’ Congress leader Satyajeet Tambe claimed victory in the high-stakes Nashik graduates’ constituency seat with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) urging Mr. Tambe to join its ranks. The BJP local unit had thrown its weight behind Mr. Tambe – a … Read more
The counting of votes for 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat is underway. The polls were held in two phases with 89 seats voting on December 1, while the second phase of polling was held on December 5 in 92 Assembly segments. Gujarat registered a voter turnout of 64.33% for the recently-concluded elections, a drop of over … Read more
It would open up new doors of opportunities for the economically weaker sections, says Pradhan It would open up new doors of opportunities for the economically weaker sections, says Pradhan Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and Ministers on Monday lauded the Supreme Court verdict upholding the validity of the 103rd Constitutional Amendment providing 10% reservation to … Read more