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13 May 2023, 10:26

Congress ahead of BJP in initial counting trends for K'taka Assembly polls

Opposition Congress in Karnataka forged ahead of its rival, the ruling BJP, according to the initial trends of counting of votes polled for the ...

05 May 2023, 15:38

NCP junks Sharad Pawar's resignation, wants him to remain President

On expected lines, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday unanimously rejected the resignation of party's national President Sharad Pawar and requested him in one voice to continue in his post.

20 Apr 2023, 16:11

Age no bar, elections baar baar: 91 year old galloping horse ready to contest Karnataka state polls

At 91, Congress party has nominated Shamanuru Shivashankarappa, the oldest sitting legislator, as a candidate from Davangere South. The five-time MLA, former Lok Sabha member and an educationist, Shivashankarappa is also a Lingayat heavyweight, a politically strong community in Karnataka, holding interests in sugar distilleries, and a producer of a Kannada movie. He is confident of winning with the highest margin in the coming election as the BJP party tries to hold its only bastion in the South.

22 Feb 2023, 11:27

Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announces Republican bid for President in 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Indian-American tech entrepreneur, announced that he's running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

28 Dec 2022, 12:20

Chandrababu Naidu's son Nara Lokesh to go on a 4,000 km-padyatra from Jan 27

Gearing up for 2024 Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Wednesday announced that its general secretary Nara Lokesh will embark on a state-wide padyatra from January 27.

15 Dec 2022, 09:41

From Raghuram Rajan to Medha Parkar to Swara Bhasker – top celebs at Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra

Here are some of the top celebrities and activists who have joined the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra....

14 Dec 2022, 10:47

Udhayanidhi Stalin sworn-in as minister in Tamil Nadu

Udhayanidhi Stalin, son of Chief Minister M.K. Stalin was sworn-in as a minister in his father's cabinet on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi ...

04 Jul 2022, 11:28

Lalu Prasad hospitalized again after a fall from the stairs

Rashtriya Janata Dal president and former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad was admitted to Patna's Paras hospital on Monday morning after his condition worsened following a fall from the stairs.

04 Jul 2022, 10:00

Eknath Shinde's newly formed government to seek vote of confidence today

he trust vote for the Shinde-led government -- sworn-in on June 30 after the collapse of the 31-month-old Maha Vikas Aghadi regime -- comes on the second day of the two-day Special Session of the Assembly convened by Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on July 3-4

02 Jul 2022, 10:51

It’s not the CM seat but the one who wields ‘bow and arrow’ will be the Sena head

The newly crowned CM of Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde, called himself, ‘the original Sainik’. Uddhav doesn’t have to claim to b...

16 Mar 2022, 11:46

Punjab Congress chief Sidhu quits with a one-line resignation

Days after facing humiliating defeat in Punjab from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday resigned from the post. The AAP came to power by sweeping the Assembly polls with a three-fourths majority as heavyweights fall by wayside. In a one-line resignation to party President Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu wrote, "I hereby resign as President (PPCC)."

22 Feb 2022, 17:36

BJP UP has spent over ₹3 crore on Facebook ads last month, Congress spent ₹6 lakh

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has spent over ₹3 crore on Facebook advertisements in Uttar Pradesh (UP) ahead of the state assembly elections, Facebook Ad Library data has revealed.

18 Sep 2021, 19:00

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh resigns amid ongoing turmoil in Congress

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned from the post after a day-long political drama and said he resigned as he felt humiliated. At the same time, he said the "future politics option is always there and I will use that option".

11 Sep 2021, 16:52

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resigns

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday resigned from the post, over a year before the state goes to polls. Elections are scheduled in Decemb...

27 Aug 2021, 13:53

Electoral bonds worth over ₹3,400 crore redeemed by parties in 2019-20, says ADR report

Electoral bonds worth Rs 3,429.56 crore were redeemed by parties in 2019-20, and 87.29 per cent of this was received by four...

14 Aug 2021, 12:36

Twitter restores Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's account

A week after temporarily suspending his account, Twitter restored Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's handle Saturday, but not before the principal opposi...

13 Aug 2021, 11:33

Rahul Gandhi says Twitter is a 'biased platform' after his account gets blocked

Rahul Gandhi on Friday released a video statement slamming Twitter for blocking his account and alleged that Twitter was tak...

12 Jul 2021, 11:31

Actor Rajinikanth to reconsider political entry, to talk to members of Rajini Makkal Mandram

Top star Rajinikanth on Monday said he would consult his Rajini Makkal Mandram functionaries on whether or not to join polit...

08 Jul 2021, 11:47

A former Karnataka minister accused of a Ponzi scam may see his assets frozen soon

Karnataka government has submitted to the High Court that it has issued order to attach the movable and immovable assets of ...

07 Jul 2021, 18:18

President Ram Nath Kovind accepts resignations of 12 union ministers, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar and Harsh Vardhan

President Ram Nath Kovind accepted the resignations of 12 Union ministers, including Ravi Shankar Prasad, Pra...

15 Apr 2021, 21:13

India's largest opposition party blames national media for its lack of influence — but its new YouTube channel may only be targeting the Hindi belt

The Indian National Congress launched a new YouTube channel today as a way to v...

03 Feb 2021, 20:27

New citizenship law pulls India down in the democracy rankings — and 2021 is not looking better

India slipped two places to come in at the 53rd position on the Democracy Index 2020 as compared to last year. The dip in it...

28 Jan 2021, 13:52

AAP to contest elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in 2022, says Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest ...

29 Dec 2020, 13:33

A 'warning from God' makes Rajinikanth break the promise of launching a political party

Actor Rajinikanth announced that he will not be taking the political plunge and launching his own party as promised in 2021 ...

03 Dec 2020, 15:27

Rajnikanth announces plans to float his political party in January next year

Time has come to change the fate of Tamil Nadu, while political and government change in the state is important and compulsion of time, said actor Rajinikanth on Thursday.

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