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New Delhi, February 24 – With a Delhi court sending the National President of the Youth Congress (IYC), Uday Bhanu Chib, to four days of police custody following his arrest in connection with the shirtless protest held during the India AI Impact Summit, opposition leaders on Tuesday criticised...

New Delhi, February 23 In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to restrain a one-member committee appointed by the Andhra Pradesh government from reviewing an independent Special Investigation Team's (SIT) report on the Tirumala laddus controversy.The top court, on...

Kolkata, February 23 – Mourning poured in from all corners of West Bengal's political spectrum on Monday for veteran leader Mukul Roy as both Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari mourned the death of the state's "Chanakya."Roy, 71, died of cardiac arrest...

Kolkata, February 23 Mukul Roy, a key strategist once hailed as the "Chanakya" of West Bengal politics, defined an era of silent political coups and shifting loyalties as a master of defection, yet ironically, he came to embody the very politics he perfected.With the passing of the founding...

Guwahati, February 19 – Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reacted to reports on Thursday that former veteran party leader Bhupen Borah was expected to switch to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), stating that political movements before elections are not uncommon and asserted that the Congress...

New Delhi, February 18 Opposition leaders on Wednesday said that the display of a commercially available Chinese robot as an in-house innovation by an Indian university at the AI Summit was "shameful" and slammed IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for sharing the image on a social media platform...

Kolkata, February 18 With numbers firmly stacked in its favor, the ruling TMC is set to win four of the five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, while the opposition BJP is expected to secure one, as the announcement of the election schedule set off political maneuvering and administrative...

Gandhinagar, February 17 – The political parties in Gujarat strongly reacted on Tuesday following the release of the state's final voter list. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defended the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), while the Congress raised concerns about transparency and procedural...

Ahmedabad, February 17 The total number of voters in Gujarat now stands at 4.40 crore, according to the final electoral rolls published on Tuesday by the Election Commission (EC) following the nearly three-and-a-half-month Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, officials said.The final...

Hyderabad, February 16 – The Congress government in Telangana secured power in 84 out of 105 municipalities, along with six out of seven municipal corporations, where chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, mayors, and deputy mayors were elected on Monday.Although elections were held for 116...

Hyderabad, February 16. Elections for the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of 11 municipalities in Telangana were postponed on Monday as both the ruling Congress and the main opposition BRS accused each other of using undemocratic means to gain power in the urban local bodies.Elections in...

Jaipur, February 16 – Rajasthan BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Madan Rathore confirmed on Monday that local body elections will be held on time in Rajasthan, as per the High Court directions, emphasizing that development will be the central issue.In an exclusive interview with IANS...

New Delhi, February 15 In response to the India-US interim trade deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, alleging that "we are witnessing a betrayal" of the country's farmers.Gandhi, who has been attacking the BJP-led government and accusing it of...

New Delhi, February 13 The Congress on Friday demanded that Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri resign, citing his name's appearance in the "Epstein files" released in the United States and questioning who he was interacting with on behalf of – Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of crimes against...

Kolkata, February 13 CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby said on Friday that his party was willing to cooperate with the Congress wherever possible, including in West Bengal, provided it "realizes" the importance of working with secular, democratic, and progressive forces.Addressing a press...

Surat, February 12 Two Congress leaders from Surat have filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, alleging widespread violations of rules and the "arbitrary deletion" of voters' names.The petition, filed...

New Delhi, February 12 Union Minister Giriraj Singh launched a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, calling him a "liar and troublemaker" and alleging that the Congress leader wants to initiate a civil war in the country because his party is unable to regain power at the Centre.Singh...

Sunil Jakhar, the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Punjab, has invited farmer organizations from the state to a dialogue regarding the India-US trade agreement. He stated that if farmers identify any shortcomings in the agreement, they should opt for discussion rather than...

Mumbai, February 11 – Ritu Tawde, a corporator from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was elected as the 78th Mayor of Mumbai on Wednesday, marking the end of the Shiv Sena's 25-year-long dominance in the post and signifying a significant shift in power within the administration of Mumbai...

Kolkata, February 11 The Congress' decision to contest the West Bengal assembly elections independently has narrowed the opposition space, reinforced the state’s existing TMC-BJP dynamic, and shifted the focus from coalition arithmetic to vote consolidation in an increasingly two-cornered...