Thiruvananthapuram: Congress on Tuesday said its candidates were facing a bit of a financial crunch while campaigning for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls due to the party’s accounts being frozen by the Central government. Congress Working Committee member and MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor said that all party candidates “were in a financial crunch.” “The…
Chandigarh: The BJP will not go into an alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the saffron party informed today. In a video statement on his X handle, Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar confirmed the party’s decision to go solo in Punjab. “We took this decision after wide…
New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed the chief electoral officer of Karnataka to take “immediate appropriate action” on a complaint filed by JD (S) president H D Deve Gowda that Congress MP D K Suresh was allegedly planning distribution of freebies and the state poll machinery failed to take swift action. In a letter…
Puducherry: Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam, who is the BJP candidate from the lone Lok Sabha seat in the union territory, on Monday filed his nomination for the April 19 polls. He was accompanied by Chief Minister and AINRC founder N Rangasamy for filing the nomination with the District Collector A Kulothungan. BJP is in…
Wayanad: In a constituency where Rahul Gandhi won by a margin of over 4 lakh votes in 2019, his rival this time, BJP Kerala chief K Surendran who has been fielded as the party’s candidate for Wayanad, said on Monday that the Congress leader would face “the same outcome as in Amethi”. The upcoming Lok…
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday celebrated Holi with party functionaries here. At the gathering in the BJP’s Gandhinagar Lok Sabha office, located in Thaltej area here, Shah and Patel applied colours on party leaders, including Rajya Sabha MP Mayant Nayak, MLA Amit Thakar, Gandhinagar Mayor Hitesh…
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, who had quit the BJP and floated Kalyana Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP) ahead of last year’s Assembly elections in the state, will return to the saffron party on Monday morning. Reddy, an MLA from Gangavathi, today merged his KRPP with the BJP as he, along…
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): Fourteen priests, including ‘sevaks’ (assistants), were injured in a fire that broke out in the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Monday during ‘bhasma aarti’, an official said. The blaze took place in the ‘garbha griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of the temple at 5:50am, Ujjain Collector Neeraj Kumar Singh said. “Fourteen…
Kollam (Kerala): As summer sets in, the temperatures in the election campaign for Kerala’s Kollam Lok Sabha seat also continue to rise. Sitting MP and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leader N K Premachandran is facing a tough challenge from the ruling LDF’s CPI(M) MLA and film-star-turned-politician M Mukesh in Kollam, known for its famous cashew…
Gwalior: Noted archaeologist K K Muhammed has claimed the contentious Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district was a Saraswati temple and later converted into an Islamic place of worship. He stressed that Hindus and Muslims should abide by the court’s decision and honour the Places of Worship Act 1991, and sit together…
