Politics
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UP Assembly polls: AIMIM announces third list of candidates
Lucknow: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Wednesday released the third list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The list has the names of…
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Sushil Modi cites spurious liquor deaths in BJP-ruled states
Patna: While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing huge criticism over Nalanda liquor tragedy, former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, now a Rajya Sabha member, on Monday made an indirect…
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Asaduddin Owaisi denies receiving letter from AIMPLB about UP polls
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday denied receiving a letter from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) about Uttar Pradesh elections and said that the Board has nothing to…
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No BJP wave in UP like in 2017 polls: BKU chief Naresh Tikait
Muzaffarnagar: Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) president Naresh Tikait on Monday said that there is no Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wave in the state like there…
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EC to discuss Punjab parties’ demand to postpone assembly polls
New Delhi: The Election Commission is meeting on Monday morning to discuss demands by various political parties to defer the February 14 assembly polls in Punjab in view of Guru Ravidas Jayanti.…
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Even in Covid era, the well-offs got wealthier: Yechury
Bhopal: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday that even during the pandemic, some companies have earned billions of dollars through vaccines. Inaugurating the 16th state convention of…
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UP polls: BJP meeting to discuss poll strategy, election manifesto today
New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is scheduled to hold an important meeting on Monday in the national capital to discuss poll strategy and election manifesto for…
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Won’t let any more BJP MLAs, ministers join SP: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday announced that he would not let any more Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs or ministers join the SP. “Let me tell BJP that…
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‘Not offered RS seat’: Chiranjeevi rules out return to politics
Amaravati: Tollywood megastar Chiranjeevi on Friday clarified that he is staying away from politics. He termed as speculative some media reports that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy offered him…
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Congress’ Shakeel Ahmad slams Owaisi for delivering inciting speeches
Patna: National Secretary of Congress and member of Bihar Assembly Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan in a recently held awareness rally in the state has slammed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for delivering inciting…
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SP leader sends air ticket for Yogi Adityanath, Aligarh lock for BJP
Lucknow: First he booked an air ticket for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for March 11 to Gorakhpur and now he has ordered a lock from Aligarh for Swatantra Dev Singh…
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UP polls: BJP finalises candidates for first three phases
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in its Core Committee meeting on Wednesday, finalised the names of candidates of 172 seats that are going to polls in the first three phases…
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Battle for UP: Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya quits BJP
Lucknow: In a major jolt to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly elections, Cabinet Minister Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from office on Tuesday. His daughter Sanghmitra Maurya is a…
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UP: MLA Radha Krishna quits BJP, joins SP ahead of polls
Luckow: Ahead of upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, an MLA from Bilsi assembly constituency Radha Krishna quit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to join Samajwadi Party (SP). In the last assembly polls…
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Actor Sonu Sood’s sister joins Congress in Punjab
Chandigarh: Actor-philanthropist Sonu Sood’s sister Malvika Sood on Monday joined the Congress, with the party’s Punjab chief Navjot Singh Sidhu describing the development as a “game-changer” ahead of the February 14 assembly…
