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AIMIM to contest Bengal elections with Humayun Kabir’s party
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi, on Sunday, March 22, announced that the party will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with Humayun Kabir’s Aam…
- India
Former Puducherry minister quits BJP after being denied poll ticket
Puducherry: BJP functionary and a former minister in the AINRC-led coalition government, AK Sai J Saravanankumar has quit the national party, days after being denied a poll ticket to contest the April…
- India
BJP names one more candidate for April 9 Puducherry polls
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday, March 22, named one more candidate for the April 9 Assembly polls in Puducherry, fielding M Arulmurugan from Karaikal South. On Saturday, the BJP had released…
- Hyderabad
Raja Singh writes to Amit Shah, seeks security for family
Hyderabad: Former BJP leader and Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah claiming that he has been receiving death threats repeatedly through phone calls and…
- Kolkata
SIR fallout gives TMC edge in Bengal polls, says Sagarika Ghose
Kolkata: TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose said anti-incumbency in West Bengal, which was localised, has largely been obscured by the fallout of the SIR exercise, giving the party a distinct edge…
- Telangana
BJP announces Telangana Assembly siege to protest Congress govt’s failures
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced that it will lay siege to the State Assembly on Monday, March 23, protesting what it calls the failures of the Congress government. The…
- Hyderabad
Petition filed in HC against Speaker’s verdict on Danam Nagender
Hyderabad: A petition has been filed in the Telangana High Court challenging the recent decision of the Assembly Speaker regarding Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender and his party affiliation. It may be recalled…
- India
Those targeting Bengal go to hell: CM Mamata lashes out at Eid gathering
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Centre, accusing it of trying to snatch away voting rights through the SIR, describing Prime Minister…
- India
4 arrested over Iftar leftovers dumped near temple in UP
Shravasti: Four people were arrested here on Friday for allegedly dumping leftovers of non-vegetarian food in a freshwater drain near an ashram’s temple, police said. The incident took place near Sonpathri Ashram…
- Hate Crime
Varanasi iftar party row: Owners claim youth forcibly took boat
Varanasi: In a significant development, the owners of the boat where 14 youth held an iftar party have claimed that their canoe was forcibly taken against their will. The statements made by…
- India
RG Kar rape victim’s mother eyes BJP ticket in West Bengal polls
Kolkata: The mother of RG Kar victim on Thursday, March 19, said she wants to contest the West Bengal Assembly election as a BJP candidate, asserting that she aims to take the…
- Kolkata
Political interference of the highest order: Mamata on transfer of 50 officials
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, March 19, expressed alarm over the “arbitrary removal of more than 50 senior officials” in the poll-bound state, terming it a “political interference…
- India
US commission suggests sanctions on RSS, RAW; BJP rejects report as ‘baseless’
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday, March 17, termed a report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommending sanctions on the RSS and RAW as “baseless” and alleged…
- India
It’s Mamata vs Suvendu in Bengal polls, CM vows to reduce BJP’s tally
Kolkata: The ruling TMC on Tuesday, March 17, announced its list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, with party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declaring that the party…
- Hyderabad
Officers who do not apply tilak spoil atmoshpere: Raja Singh refuses protection
Hyderabad: Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh has refused police protection for the Sree Ramnavami Shobha Yatra scheduled on March 27 in Hyderabad, alleging that non-Hindu officers spoil the atmosphere. “Police personnel who do…
