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Telangana polls: ECI sends notice to Karnataka govt for MCC violation 

KOLKATA: Following the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) complaint to the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding the Karnataka government’s advertisement for the Telangana Assembly elections, the commission issued a notice to the Congress government on Monday. The commission’s notice was made regarding “violation of MCC (Model Code of Conduct) Advertisement by Government of Karnataka in […]

Telangana polls: “Will get majority,” says Congress leader, former cricketer Azhar

TELANGANA: As Congress arms itself to face off against the incumbent government of the Bharat Rashtriya Samiti in Telangana, which has remained in power for almost a decade, former cricketer-turned-politician Mohammed Azharuddin remains hopeful of the Grand Old Party claiming a landslide victory, ahead of the state’s assembly elections. “Nothing can be said as of now […]

Rajasthan polls: Sonia Gandhi’s ‘brother’ mentioned in Red Diary

NEW DELHI: The Rajasthan government’s Red Diary of infamy has caused a massive stir in the state’s politics which allegedly mentions Sonia Gandhi’s brother within its pages as well.   According to excerpts from the diary, Sonia’s brother had attended the marriage programme of the owner of Hotel Shiv Vilas’ son. Incumbent Chief Minister Ashok […]

BJP urges ECI to suspend Rahul Gandhi’s X account over Rajasthan poll violations

NEW DELHI: As Rajasthan heads to the polls for the 2023 Assembly Elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI), seeking the suspension of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s social media account, X. The BJP alleges violations of the Representation of People Act 1951 in a post […]

Rajasthan Assembly polls: Congress vs BJP, who holds the key in 2023?

In the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections, Congress secured 99 seats out of 200, continuing the curse that no party could win the same seat again while BJP could only manage to win 73 seats.

Local women of Rajasthan want Sachin Pilot as their Chief Minister

JAIPUR: At a time when there is no consensus in the BJP over its CM candidate in Rajasthan, the women voters in several parts of the desert state are rallying behind the 48-year-old Congress leader who missed the bus for the top job in the state. The Gujjar leader, Sachin Pilot, who’s following in the state […]

Left pins hope on Nava Kerala Sadas extravaganza ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls

THIRUVANTHAPURAM:  Emulating the ‘Jana Sambharkha Yatra” formulated by former Chief Minister and Congress veteran Oommen Chandy, the present Kerala government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is leaving no stone unturned to make the “Nava Kerala Sadas” public outreach programme a massive success.  This development arrives when the Left Democratic Front leadership is […]

Jan Ghoshna Patra: Congress releases party manifesto ahead of Rajasthan elections

NEW DELHI: Having already declared seven guarantees in the run-up to the Rajasthan Assembly elections, the Congress party released its manifesto in the presence of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Tuesday. Among the ones present were party President Mallikarjun Kharge, state party in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, state party President Govind Singh Dotasra, manifesto committee chairman […]

ECI observes 7 fold increase in monetary seizures across 5 poll bound states

KOLKATA: There has been a sevenfold increase in monetary seizures has been recorded in the five states heading for their assembly elections, according to the Election Commission of India.  A cumulative amount of Rs 1760 crore has reportedly been seized from Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana since the elections were announced.  Earlier, according […]

India vs Australia and its effect on Lok Sabha Elections 2024

NEW DELHI: As Australia defeated India decisively in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on Sunday, questions arose regarding the politicisation of the tournament with the Lok Sabha elections being only five months away in 2024. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of the Congress party, during a rally in Telangana, had highlighted that following the 1983 World […]