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Itanagar, March 7 The long-awaited Rime bridge over the Hijum river in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh has been completed, ending years of isolation, an official said on Saturday.The 15-meter bridge has been constructed under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive State Road Development...

Mumbai, March 6 Senior Shiv Sena leader Anandrao Adsul has expressed his displeasure at his party for not nominating him as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Shiv Sena's Jyoti Waghmare filed her nomination papers on Thursday, making her the sole candidate of the party...

New Delhi, March 6 – Former Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Delhi, the President's office announced.Taranjit Singh Sandhu will replace former Delhi L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena, who has been holding the position since May...

Kolkata, March 5 The ruling TMC and the opposition BJP filed nominations on Thursday for five Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, setting the stage for a largely predetermined Upper House election, which nonetheless carries political symbolism ahead of the high-stakes assembly polls.Four...

Kolkata, March 3 Senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha asserted on Tuesday that his candidature for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from West Bengal was a testament to the party’s recognition of dedicated workers.Sinha also said he would raise issues of “misgovernance” by the ruling Trinamool...

Sandeshkhali (WB), March 2 Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday criticized the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over the law and order situation, and alleged that it was sheltering infiltrators.Addressing a 'Poriborton Yatra' rally in...

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...

Chennai, March 2: Negotiations between the AIADMK and the BJP regarding seat allocation ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections are being primarily driven by "win-ability" rather than simply the number of constituencies each party is allocated.The BJP, a key partner in the...

Bhubaneswar, February 28 BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced senior party leader Dr Santrupt Misra and doctor Datteswar Hota as its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on Saturday.Misra had unsuccessfully contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Cuttack and currently serves...

Hyderabad, February 27 Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao said on Friday that the Kejriwal government was brought down under the guise of the "so-called liquor scam", and the political casualty of that narrative was the BRS, in both the Assembly and Lok Sabha...

Mumbai, February 23 – In a moving yet resolute address following her unanimous election as the NCP's national president, Sunetra Pawar declared on Thursday that the welfare of Maharashtra and the expansion of the party are now her primary priorities.Speaking to party workers at the national...

Patna, February 26 Bihar Minister Vijay Choudhary said on Thursday that it was the collective responsibility of politicians across party lines to "prevent" and "control" liquor consumption in the dry state.He was speaking in the Legislative Council during the ongoing Budget session...

Kolkata, February 26 – According to an initial estimate by the Election Commission of India (ECI), approximately 2,500 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) would be needed if the Bengal Assembly elections are held in a single phase.The proposal for a single-phase election had...

New Delhi, February 25 – The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Delhi Police in response to a petition filed by Congress leader and All India Mahila Congress President Alka Lamba, seeking the quashing of a First Information Report (FIR), chargesheet, and the order framing...

New Delhi, February 24 In an effort to improve transparency, the Election Commission has ordered that from now on, the random assignment of state police personnel to polling stations on election day will be carried out in the presence of central police observers deployed in the constituencies...

February 24, New Delhi – The Election Commission organized the National Round Table Conference of the ECI and State Election Commissioners at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi today. This conference is being held after a 27-year gap.Speaking about the contribution of over a crore of officials...

Thrissur (Kerala), February 23 The Congress in Kerala on Monday criticized Union Minister Suresh Gopi over the updated voter list published in the state according to the SIR, indicating that he had voted from two different locations.The Congress alleged that the sole BJP MP from the state has...

Kochi, February 23 – With Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to visit Kochi on March 6 to release the NDA’s election manifesto, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally launched its election campaign in Kerala on Monday by inaugurating its regional office in Ernakulam.The...

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...

Thrissur, February 23 – At 66, Padmaja Venugopal is gearing up for another electoral battle, her fourth, but this time under a different political banner.A three-time Congress candidate in the past, she is now set to contest on a BJP ticket, marking a significant shift in a career shaped as...