Politics

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Friday hit back at Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his jibe that `there is no wrestler to fight with’ in the Maharashtra Assembly polls, saying one doesn’t fight with “kids”. The NCP patriarch was speaking at a campaign rally at Ambejogai in Beed district. “The […]

Two members from the family of Maharashtra’s longest-serving chief minister Vasantrao Naik of the Indian National Congress — both from opposing parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) — will contest for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra slated on October 21. Indraneel Naik, 37, from […]

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no understanding of the economy and the world is mocking India due to his government’s divisive politics that pitted people against each other. Addressing a rally in Mahendergarh in the place of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who […]

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will not address the election rally in Haryana’s Mahendergarh on Friday, a senior party leader said hours before the programme ahead of Monday’s state polls. The Congress president will not attend the Haryana rally and Rahul Gandhi will stand in for her, confirmed a party leader […]

For her seemingly sizzling dance videos on romantic songs, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Sonali Phogat is warmly called a social media sensation in this citadel of the clan of former two-time chief minister Bhajan Lal. Aware of her internet-driven popularity that gave her the much-needed toe-hold to launch her […]

The Meo-Muslim-dominated Punhana assembly constituency in Haryana’s Mewat region is all set to witness a keenly-fought contest between a debutante Hindu Dalit woman candidate and four Meo-Muslims. The BJP, which has never won a seat in the Mewat region, has experimented by fielding a Hindu Scheduled Caste woman candidate, Nauksham […]

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally in Haryana on Friday, her first after she took over the reins of the grand old party in August following her son Rahul Gandhi’s resignation owning responsibility for the drubbing in this year’s Lok Sabha polls. Sonia Gandhi, who turns 73 […]

A day after former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane merged his party, Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray slammed Rane at a rally in Kankavli in Sindhudurg district, without naming him. Rane’s son, Nitish […]

With just five days to go till the October 21 elections, political parties across Maharashtra raised their campaign pitches on Wednesday. Addressing three rallies, including one at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an attack on the Opposition — the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance. Modi targeted […]

From an aggressive campaigner to a subdued speaker, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has changed tack in five months. His aggression and his unique style of campaigning specially crafted for the April-May Lok Sabha elections are missing in the state polls. Though the MNS did not contest the […]

It is early morning and Mumbai’s famous Shivaji Park in Dadar is crowded with joggers, cricket enthusiasts, and men and women exercising. Sahib Rao works in finance in a private sector firm. He has just finished his walk and opens up when asked about the upcoming polls. “This falls within […]

At least three Congress functionaries in Gurgaon and Badshahpur constituencies have joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) this week, protesting the pattern of distributing party tickets and sidelining of ground-level workers for the 2019 assembly elections. On Monday, Congress’ Pradip Zaildar joined the BJP at its headquarters in Rohtak, […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing an election rally in support of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates in Haryana’s Charkhi Dadri. This is PM Modi’s second rally in the poll-bound Haryana in two consecutive days. Follow highlights here: – I don’t come to Haryana for election rallies, I don’t campaign for […]