Politics
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Assam: BJP wrests Congress-stronghold Samaguri in bypoll
Guwahati:The BJP on Saturday defeated the Congress in the closely-watched by-election to the Samaguri assembly seat, which witnessed widespread violence during campaigning. BJP candidate Diplu Ranjan Sarmah defeated Congress nominee Tanzil Hussain…
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BJP’s Archana Patil loses to Congress’ Amit Deshmukh in Latur City election
Latur: BJP nominee Archana Patil Chakurkar, daughter-in-law of former Lok Sabha speaker Shivraj Patil, was defeated by Congress MLA Amit Deshmukh, son of late Maharashtra CM Vilasrao Deshmukh, in Latur City constituency…
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Hemant Soren dodges all guns blazed by BJP, retains Jharkhand
Hemant Soren, Jharkhand’s youngest chief minister, has proved that he and his Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party (JMM) are a formidable force that can combat the BJP-led NDA, after retaining power in the…
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Priyanka Gandhi wins Wayanad by-poll with larger margin than Rahul
Wayanad: Electoral debutant and All India Congress (AICC) General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi won the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-poll with a majority of 4,10,931 votes, breaking the constituency’s record of 3.64 lakh votes…
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Regional parties future of Indian politics: KTR on Maha, Jharkhand polls
Hyderabad: Following the Congress party’s massive defeat in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR), on Saturday, November 23, said the regional parties will be…
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Karnataka bypolls: Congress leads in all 3 segments, Nikhil trails
Bengaluru: As the counting for three Assembly segments for which bye-elections were held was progressing in Karnataka on Saturday, the Congress was leading in all three seats and also taking major leads…
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Hyderabad: Advocates urge govt to reconsider shifting HC to Rajendranagar
Hyderabad: A group of advocates who formed a collective under the name “High Court Parirakshana Samithi” urged Telangana governor Jishnu Dev Varma to grant 168 acres of Hyderabad Race Club (Malakpet Race…
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‘UP AIMIM workers, women voters falsely booked,’ says Asaduddin Owaisi
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, on Friday, November 22, claimed that the party workers are being targeted by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) police and are falsely charged with cases,…
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CM Revanth inspects Telangana Thalli statue works at Secretariat
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Friday, November 22, inspected the progress of the Telangana Thalli statue, which is being constructed in the front courtyard of Telangana’s Secretariat complex. The government…
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BJP leader files complaint against Cleric for alleged ‘Fatwa’
New Delhi: A BJP leader has got a police complaint filed here against Islamic cleric Maulana Sajjad Nomani, alleging that he has issued a “fatwa” calling for the social boycott of Muslims…
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26th arrest in Baba Siddique murder case: Man held in Akola
Mumbai: A man was arrested on Friday from Maharashtra’s Akola district in connection with the Baba Siddique murder case, an official said. The NCP leader and former Maharashtra minister was shot at…
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CM Naidu to ‘study and respond’ on Adani-Andhra Pradesh solar deal
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday, November 22, said the state government is in possession of the “chargesheet reports” filed in the US related to the alleged bribery…
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Telangana HC directs speaker to take decision on MLAs disqualification
Hyderabad: In a major setback to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a division bench of the Telangana High Court has dismissed the petition filed by the…
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Exit poll predictions will be proven wrong: Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka state Congress President and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has said that all exit poll predictions regarding the Maharashtra Assembly election and Karnataka bypolls will be proven wrong and the…
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YSRCP denies any direct agreement with Adani on 7,000 MW power purchases from SECI
Amaravati: In light of the US prosecutors indicting Gautam Adani, chairman of the Adani Group and six others of offering over Rs 1,700 crore in bribe to Indian government officials to enter…
