Lucknow: The stage is set for bypolls in nine assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday with stakes high for both the BJP and the Samajwadi Party in the first electoral contest after the Lok Sabha polls. While the Congress is not contesting and supporting its INDIA bloc partner Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party…
New Delhi: Stakes could not be higher for several regional heavyweights in Maharashtra as the state goes to the polls on Wednesday in what promises to be a make-or-break election for satraps like Sharad Pawar, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray and deputy CM Ajit Pawar. The two Pawars, Shinde and Thackeray are…
Mumbai: Bahujan Vikas Aghadi leader Hitendra Thakur on Tuesday, the eve of the Maharashtra assembly elections, alleged that senior BJP leader Vinod Tawde distributed money to voters in a constituency in Palghar district. The BJP has, however, rubbished the allegations, saying Thakur’s claim was nothing more than a publicity stunt and the Maha Vikas Aghadi…
New Delhi/Rio De Janeiro: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi deliberated on the next steps in India-China ties, in the first high-level engagement weeks after militaries of the two sides disengaged from friction points of Demchok and Depsang in eastern Ladakh. Jaishankar and Wang held delegation-level talks on the sidelines…
Ranchi: A day after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren charged the BJP with “launching a whisper campaign to influence voters”, he hit out at the saffron camp again on Tuesday, alleging that the opposition party in the state spent over Rs 500 crore in “malicious campaigns” against him. Soren also accused the BJP of being…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda on Tuesday said that an appeal will be filed in the Supreme Court soon challenging the interim bail granted to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who is an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. The 47-year-old had walked out of Ballari jail on October 30 after being imprisoned for more…
New Delhi: Thick grey haze choked Delhi for the third straight day on Tuesday, with the pollution levels remaining alarmingly high at 488 in the ‘severe plus’ category. Calm winds and dropping temperatures made the dispersion of pollutants difficult and the cold air traps dust and smoke from stubble burning in neighbouring areas of Delhi….
New Delhi: The Congress paid rich tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary on Tuesday with Rahul Gandhi saying that it is from his grandmother that he learned that real strength is to fearlessly walk on the path of national interest. Indira Gandhi, often described as the ‘Iron Lady of India’,…
New Delhi: In a massive setback to Aam Aadmi Party months ahead of Delhi Assembly polls, senior minister and long-term party leader Kailash Gahlot has resigned. Sources said he is likely to join the BJP. Gahlot was in charge of key portfolios in the Delhi government, including Home, transport, IT, and Women and Child Development….
Srinagar: PDP leader Iltija Mufti accused the ruling National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday of “murdering” meritocracy, saying “false promises” made by the party on rationalising reservation could not be “further from the truth”. “Meritocracy is being murdered in broad daylight by the party that pulled a fast one on J&K’s youth…
