Politics

Nepal elections: RSP leading in 23 seats as per initial results

Kathmandu: Rastriya Swotantra Party is leading in 23 seats, while Nepali Congress and CPN-UML are leading in three each as per the preliminary election results. Vote counting started late on Thursday, March…
BJP veteran Shiv Pratap Shukla appointed new Telangana Governor

Hyderabad: Shiv Pratap Shukla, currently serving as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, has been appointed the new Governor of Telangana in a major reshuffle announced by the President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday night,…

Telangana CM’s Harvard course paid by Education Dept, a portfolio he holds

Hyderabad: A Right to Information (RTI) query raised by an activist has revealed that the expenditure of the “leadership for the 21st Century program” attended by Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy…
Voting concludes peacefully in Nepal

Kathmandu: Tens of thousands of Nepalese voted on Thursday, March 5, in the crucial parliamentary elections to elect a new prime minister, six months after violent Gen Z protests toppled the K…
Hyderabad activist urges CM Revanth to halt Bum-Rukn-Ud-Dowla lake’s inaugural

Hyderabad: Social activist Dr Lubna Sarwath on Thursday, March 5, urged Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy not to inaugurate what she termed the “fraud, destruction and wastage of public money” carried…
Hyderabad Musi activists write to AICC in-charge against Gandhi Sarovar Project

Hyderabad: Activists of the Musi Jan Andolan (MJA) on Thursday, March 5, wrote a letter to All India Congress Committee’s (AICC) in-charge of Telangana Meenakshi Natarajan, expressing serious objections and grave concerns…
Nitish Kumar: Longest serving CM of Bihar, whose party never got a majority

Patna: Nitish Kumar may well go down in history as an astute politician who managed to occupy the post of Bihar chief minister for longer than all his predecessors, despite his JD(U)…

Telangana: Kavitha to announce new political party in two months

Tirupati: Telangana Jagruthi President K Kavitha on Thursday, March 5, said she will announce a new political party within two months. She made this announcement at Tirupati during her visit to Sri…
Nitish Kumar announces Rajya Sabha entry, ends historic CM tenure

Patna: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday, March 5, announced that he will be contesting the Rajya Sabha polls, bringing the curtain down on his tenure as the longest-serving CM…
Telangana: Abhishek Singhvi, Vem Reddy nominated for Rajya Sabha seats

Hyderabad: The Congress party has decided to nominate Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Telangana. Singhvi is a sitting member from Telangana, while Reddy…
Nepal holds first election since Gen Z–led protests against govt

Kathmandu: Nepalese started reaching polling booths on Thursday, March 5, morning to cast their votes in thecrucial general elections, the first since a violent Gen Z-led protest that toppled the K P…
Amit Shah, Telangana CM meet; fuel speculation on Maoist Ganapathy surrender

Hyderabad: Muppala Lakshmana Rao alias Ganapathy, the ideological head of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) and arguably the most consequential figure in the organisation’s history, has reportedly been taken into custody…
Bihar buzz: Will Nitish Kumar quit as CM and head to Rajya Sabha?

Patna: Bihar was abuzz with speculation on Wednesday, March 4, over rumours that Janata Dal (United) president and the state’s longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may move to the Rajya Sabha, paving…
Congress extends support to Sharad Pawar for Rajya Sabha polls

Mumbai: The Congress on Wednesday, March 4, declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra, where…
TTD chief’s alleged inappropriate video goes viral, Jagan slams Naidu

Amaravati: Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday, March 4, alleged that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu had compromised the sanctity of TTD by appointing individuals…