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Patna, March 8 The son of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Nishant Kumar, will formally join the JD(U) on Sunday, marking a generational shift in party leadership, sources said.Nishant met party MLAs and MLCs at the residence of JD(U)'s working national president Sanjay Jha here on Friday...

Hyderabad, March 8 Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy and Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao have launched a scathing attack on the West Bengal government, alleging a "blatant violation of protocol" during President Droupadi Murmu's recent visit to the state.Kishan Reddy said he was...

Lucknow, March 7 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday that his party had wanted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to become the prime minister, but he is now set to become a Rajya Sabha member.Addressing a press conference at the party office here, Yadav said that when the SP...

Kolkata, March 6 A car belonging to BJP MLA Baneswar Mahato was vandalized during the party's "Change Yatra" in Purulia district of West Bengal on Friday.The incident occurred in Mahato's constituency, Balarampur, with the BJP alleging that members of the TMC were behind the attack.The BJP...

Chennai, March 6 The nominations of six candidates – four from the DMK alliance and two from the opposition AIADMK – were accepted after scrutiny on Friday, an official said.The papers of the six candidates – DMK's Trichy N Siva and J Constantine Ravindran, M Christopher Tilak (Congress), L K...

Chennai, March 5 Six candidates from the DMK, AIADMK, and their allies filed their nominations on Thursday for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha.Among them, four were from the ruling DMK combine and two were from the opposition AIADMK. This included two veteran politicians, Trichy N...

Mumbai, March 5 NCP (Sharad Pawar) working president and MP Supriya Sule demanded a transparent investigation into the plane crash involving former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in Baramati on January 28.Addressing a press conference, Sule said that people who hold Ajit Pawar in...

Mumbai, March 5 Six candidates from the ruling Mahayuti alliance, including Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and BJP leader Vinod Tawde, and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi nominee Sharad Pawar, are set to be elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.On the last day of filing nominations for the March...

Patna, March 5 RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to enter the Rajya Sabha was a "betrayal" of the people's mandate.Yadav, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly, alleged that the BJP has always opposed Dalits and OBCs, and with...

Chennai, March 5 AIADMK sitting MP M Thambidurai and PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss filed their nomination papers for the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.Senior parliamentarian Thambidurai was accompanied by party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami and other senior leaders...

Agartala, March 4 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha launched the BJP's campaign for the elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) on Wednesday by holding a mega rally in Khumulwng, the headquarters of the council in West Tripura.The date for the election has...

Mumbai, March 4 The Congress declared its support for Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra, where the opposition bloc is in a position to win one of the seven seats falling vacant.AICC general...

Shillong, March 3 The BJP on Tuesday released its first list of 19 candidates for the April 10 elections to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in Meghalaya.The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) announced its second list of 10 nominees, and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) declared...

New Delhi/Chennai, March 3 The AIADMK will soon begin talks with its allies regarding seat allocation, its chief Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Tuesday, and asserted that there was no confusion within the NDA led by the party in the state, as speculated in the media.Confusion seems to exist...

Bhubaneswar, March 2 The state capital of Odisha witnessed intense political activity on Monday ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections, with the ruling BJP and opposition Congress holding separate meetings with their MLAs, while the BJD-sponsored "common" candidate, urologist Datteswar Hota...

Mumbai, March 2 Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray denied any deadlock in MVA talks for the Rajya Sabha elections on Monday, asserting that the single winnable seat should go to his party due to its numerical strength.The Rajya Sabha elections for the seven seats in Maharashtra will be...

Kolkata, March 1 Supporters of the ruling TMC and the opposition BJP clashed in Netaji Nagar, a South Kolkata area, on Sunday over drawing graffiti on a wall for the upcoming state assembly elections.A BJP leader alleged that when they were drawing graffiti on a wall, TMC members attacked...

Puducherry, March 1 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi intensified his political attack on the Congress party on Sunday, stating that it had turned Puducherry into an ATM solely for the benefit of one family in Delhi, and asserted that the union territory would never vote for it or its allies.He...

Goalpara Administration intensifies election preparationsPreparations for the upcoming Assembly elections are progressing steadily in the Goalpara district, Assam. The district administration has increased its efforts to ensure the smooth conduct of the polls.Out of the total 1,010 polling...

Mumbai, February 27 The Maharashtra legislature passed a bill on Friday allowing a person elected as president of municipal councils, nagar panchayats, and industrial townships to simultaneously hold the position of councillor.The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats, and...