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New Delhi, April 9 Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose accused the BJP on Thursday of reducing women's rights to "rhetoric," and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of speaking about "women's power" while his party "lavishes praise on rapists."In a post on X, Ghose...

Bhubaneswar, April 9 Senior Biju Janata Dal leader Dr. Sasmit Patra has tendered his resignation from the post of Parliamentary Party leader of the BJD in the Rajya Sabha.The party supremo and former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik accepted Patra's resignation on Thursday."President of Biju...

April 09, New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wrote a blog highlighting the upcoming festive season across the country and calling for support for women's reservation in legislative bodies.He said that India will soon witness several festivals, including Rongali Bihu in Assam, Maha...

Guwahati, April 9 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma cast his vote for the assembly election on Thursday, asserting that people will give a decisive mandate to the BJP-led NDA.He was accompanied by his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma and their two children, Nandil and Sukanya, as they exercised...

Mumbai, April 9 Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Thursday that his party will not contest the by-election to the Baramati assembly seat, from which Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar is seeking re-election following the death of her husband, Ajit Pawar.Speaking to

April 09, New Delhi - Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wrote a blog highlighting the upcoming festive season across the country and calling for support for women’s reservation in legislative bodies.He said that India will soon witness several festivals, including Rongali Bihu in Assam, Maha...

Puducherry, April 9 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to voters in the Union Territory of Puducherry to participate in large numbers as polling began for the Assembly elections.In a message posted on X, PM Modi said, “As the Puducherry Assembly elections commence, I urge...

Puducherry, April 9. Polling began smoothly across the Union Territory of Puducherry on Thursday morning, with voters steadily turning out at booths to elect representatives to the 30-member Assembly.Election officials reported a calm and orderly start, with no major disruptions in the early...

New Delhi, April 8 Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that the Congress is committed to ensuring statehood for Puducherry, as it should not be run from Delhi, while appealing to the people of the Union Territory to give his party an overwhelming majority.A day before the polling for the Puducherry...

Chennai, April 8 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President, M. K. Stalin, launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Union government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday over the proposed special session of Parliament on delimitation, raising concerns about its implications for southern...

BJP leader and Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar led a party delegation to officials at the Election Commission of India (ECI) today to discuss the law and order situation during elections in West Bengal. The party has alleged that a climate of fear and chaos is being created in the state...

New Delhi, April 8 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lodged a complaint with the Election Commission on Wednesday regarding Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s “poisonous snake” remark and demanded that all such derogatory remarks be removed from social media and digital platforms.It also...

New Delhi, April 8: More than 6.1 crore voters are expected to cast their votes on Thursday when the states of Assam and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry will go to assembly elections in a single-phase voting schedule.The election in this round will cover 140 seats in Kerala, 126...

Chennai, April 8 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday that the southern states were demanding a fair delimitation, and that the state would not accept any decision taken by the Centre on the matter without its consent.He cautioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to "turn a...

Lucknow, April 8 Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday criticized the Election Commission over its recent social media post regarding the West Bengal elections, saying that simply removing the ECI would resolve everything.Reacting to the poll panel's post, Yadav wrote on X, "Just...

New Delhi, April 8 In response to the Election Commission's tweet about the Trinamool Congress, Arvind Kejriwal, the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party, said on Wednesday that there was no need to even suggest that the electoral body was working under the BJP and taking direct instructions...

Kolkata, April 8 – A political confrontation erupted in West Bengal on Wednesday following a statement released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) that appeared to directly address the Trinamool Congress regarding their responsibility to ensure that the upcoming two-phase state assembly...

New Delhi, April 8 Members of the Gujarati community held a protest outside the Congress office here on Wednesday, alleging that the party's national president, Mallikarjun Kharge, had insulted them during a recent election campaign in Kerala.Kharge had courted controversy during a rally in...

New Delhi, April 8 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Wednesday that the use of "abusive" language by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma against Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is "utterly shameful" and added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must clarify whether he...

Lucknow, April 7 Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav stated on Tuesday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would win the upcoming elections, despite what he alleged were attempts by the BJP to manipulate the process.He also questioned the basis of the proposed women's...