Politics

PIL in SC seeking steps against candidature of criminals

New Delhi: A PIL was filed before the Supreme Court on Monday seeking directions to the Election Commission to take effective measures to ensure that every political party publishes details regarding criminal cases of each candidate along with reason...

Assembly elections in Goa between Congress and BJP: Chidambaram

Panaji: Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Monday claimed that the contest in assembly elections in Goa is between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress would only fracture the non-BJP vote.In a...

TMC accuses Meghalaya CM of flouting COVID protocol

Shillong: Meghalaya’s opposition Trinamool Congress (TMC) has accused Chief Minister Conrad Sangma of violating COVID protocol by organising a sports tournament in Tura, the district headquarters of West Garo Hills. In a statement issued here, the TMC claimed that Sangma...

Denied ticket, SP leader attempts self-immolation in Lucknow

Lucknow: A Samajwadi Party leader from Aligarh attempted self-immolation on Sunday in protest against not getting an assembly ticket.  Waiting for a long time in the hope of getting a ticket, Aditya Singh Lodhi tried to set his body on...

Nadda heaps praise on PM on 1 yr of vaccination drive

New Delhi: BJP national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Sunday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a year of vaccination drive and said the task was made possible under the stellar leadership of the latter."Exactly a year ago, India...

Agra man files nomination for 94th election of his life

Agra: A 75-year-old ex-revenue staff is all set to contest his 94th election, as he filed his nomination on Friday for the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.Hasnuram Ambedkari, a former revenue department clerk, has already contested and lost 93 elections...

BJP rebels join SP, Akhilesh smells victory

Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Ministers Swami Prasad Maurya and Dharam Singh Saini and MLAs Bhagwati Sagar, Vinay Shakya, Roshan Lal Verma, Mukesh Verma and Brajesh Kumar Prajapati -- all of who quit the BJP -- and Apna Dal MLA...

ECI notification for first phase of UP polls

Lucknow: Election Commission of India(ECI) issued notification for the first phase of polls in 58 assembly segments covering 11 districts in western Uttar Pradesh at 1100 hours on Friday thus kickstarting the poll process in the state.The state will...

Third Minister quits Yogi government

Lucknow: Minister of State Dharam Singh Saini on Thursday became the third Minister to resign from the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, dealing a blow to the BJP ahead of Assembly elections. He sent his resignation to...

CEO Manipur convenes meeting with political parties

Imphal: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manipur Rajesh Agrawal Thursday convened a meeting with recognized national & state political parties at the Conference Hall of Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur, Lamphelpat. CEO informed that meetings with political parties will be...

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DC Bishnupur distributes livelihood equipemnt to IDPs

Bishnupur: In a significant step towards rehabilitation and self-reliance, the Deputy Commissioner of Bishnupur, Pooja Elangbam, led a distribution...