Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday declared candidates for bypolls to six UP Assembly constituencies. With this, it has declared candidates on ten of the eleven seats that are going to polls on October 21. Akhilesh Yadav said the party will not field anyone from Iglas (Hathras) and support Rashtriya Lok […]
In Uttarakhand, BJP strips 40 office bearers of posts for anti-party activities
The BJP on Sunday stripped 40 of its office bearers of their organisational posts for indulging in anti-party activities and filing nominations for the forthcoming Panchayat elections in Uttarakhand against candidates supported by the party. The action was taken by state BJP president Ajay Bhatt on the basis of reports […]
Sikkim CM gets major relief as EC allows him to contest polls; opposition targets BJP
Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang, more popularly known as P S Golay, got a major relief on Sunday as the Election Commission of India (ECI) allowed him to contest the coming state polls a day before the deadline for filing nomination. Tamang, who was sworn-in on May 28, needs […]
After PM Modi’s call, plastic water bottles replaced with glass jars at BJP headquarters
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to shun single-use plastic, his party BJP has replaced plastic water bottles with glass jars at party headquarters here. When the Prime Minister and other top BJP functionaries met for a Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting on Sunday, they were served […]
BJP announces first list of candidates for assembly bypolls in 9 states
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s Central Election Committee met on Sunday in the capital and announced the first list of candidates for by-elections to assembly constituencies in nine states. The by-polls will be held in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, […]
BJP leader recalls horrific 5 hours of being held hostage by militants in Jammu and Kashmir
The three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists eliminated in an intense gun-battle on Saturday in Batote town, probably wanted to go to Srinagar and that’s why had sought a vehicle from 65-year old Vijay Kumar Verma, the BJP’s booth president held hostage for over five hours. Recalling those horrific five hours of […]
How Shiv Sena is moving from urban to rural
Deviating from its conventional image of being an urban party, Shiv Sena is looking to woo rural voters in Maharashtra– a traditional stronghold of the state’s opposition parties –Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress. The party also faces stiff competition in the region from its chief ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which made […]
Rahul Gandhi backs Sharad Pawar, lashes out at ‘vindictive government’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday tweeted in support of Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who has been booked by the Enforcement Directorate in the alleged Rs 25,000-crore MSC Bank fraud case. “Sharad Pawar Ji is the latest Opposition leader to be targeted by a vindictive Government. The timing […]
BJP-Shiv Sena seat sharing announcement for Maharashtra assembly elections likely over weekend
The Bharatiya Janata Party has almost finalised a seat sharing agreement with Shiv Sena for assembly election due next month in Maharashtra, and an announcement is expected on Sunday, a senior BJP leader said. The BJP will retain the ‘big brother’ status in the alliance and is expected to get […]
Olympian Yogeshwar Dutt joins BJP days before Haryana assembly election
Yogeshwar Dutt, Olympic bronze medalist and champion wrestler, met Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala in Delhi on Wednesday and was formally inducted into the party. The meeting comes ahead of the ticket distribution for the crucial Haryana assembly polls. Former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh also joined the BJP on […]
BJP workers protest outside Arvind Kejriwal’s residence after his comment against Manoj Tiwari
BJP workers protested outside Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence after his comment against Manoj Tiwari on the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Arvind Kejriwal had on Wednesday said that Tiwari, who has been seeking NRC in Delhi, will have to leave the national capital if such a list was […]
Maharashtra Elections: If not for Pulwama, could BJP cross 300 in LS?: Shiv Sena
After attacking the BJP for making abrogation of Article 370 an election issue in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena has now in an editorial in mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ asked if the national party could have crossed the 300-seat mark in the Lok Sabha elections had the Pulwama attack followed by the retaliatory Balakot […]
Chinmayanand, arrested after rape allegation, no longer with BJP, says party
Chinmayanand, who was arrested last week over rape allegations, is no longer a BJP member, the Uttar Pradesh unit of the part said Wednesday. “Chinmayanand isn’t a BJP member anymore,” UP BJP spokesperson Harish Srivastava confirmed after his accuser, a 23-year-old law student from Shahjahanpur was arrested on charges of extortion by […]
Asaduddin Owaisi announces his party AIMIM will contest assembly polls in Jharkhand
All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party headed by parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday announced to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand even as holding its maiden public rally in state capital Ranchi. Though the party didn’t announce its exact plan as to whether it would contest on all seats or […]
UP law student, who accused Chinmayanand of rape, arrested; sent to jail
The 23-year-old UP law student, who accused BJP leader Chinmayanand of sexual assault, has been arrested on a charge of extortion by the special team probing the case. The law student had moved a local court for protection against arrest but did not get any immediate relief. The court had posted […]