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…
Tiruchirappalli: Downplaying the BJP-led alliance in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday asserted that the contest is confined to his party and the ruling DMK, which he dubbed a “family party, a corporate company.” Launching the Lok Sabha election campaign of his party and allies, Palaniswami, a former Chief Minister said the…
Shimla: Actor Kangana Ranaut was named as the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi on Sunday, while senior party leader Dr Rajeev Bharadwaj would contest from Kangra constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Ranaut and Bharadwaj’s names figured in the fifth list of BJP candidates released on Sunday. The BJP earlier renominated Union Information…
