In Delhi, former Congress MLAs Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh quit the party, citing its alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition that sought to compel the Election Commission of India to develop a mechanism allowing political leaders and candidates to campaign virtually with reasonable restrictions.The bench, consisting of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora, termed the plea as "highly adventurous" and against the fundamental principles of law. The court emphasized that it is not within their jurisdiction to make policy decisions, as...
Arvinder Singh Lovely, who stepped down from his post as the Delhi Congress chief, said he will not join any party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party expelled its leader KS Eshwarappa for six years for contesting the polls as an Independent candidate from Karnataka’s Shivamogga.
Murshidabad: There is something unique about a majority of villages in Murshidabad constituency. They are ghost villages with hardly any youth left to even bury the dead. 80-90% of the men from Raninagar, Jalangi and Domkal assembly segments under Murshidabad constituency are in Kerala, Karnataka, Hyderabad and Maharasthra where they work as migrant workers. Lack of employment opportunities have forced most of the young to middle-aged men to head South for better wages.Hasibul Rehman from...
While the final numbers are not yet out, polling figures for the first two phases are likely to be lower than those at the corresponding stages in 2019.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar are among the prominent candidates in the fray.
This came a week after the BJP won the Surat seat unopposed as the polling officer disqualified the Congress candidate and others withdrew their nominations.
TIRUPATI: Dr Suneetha Narreddy, daughter of former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy, whose sensational murder case is being investigated by the CBI, has intensified her campaign on ground for her cousin sister YS Sharmila, who is making her electoral debut by contesting from the prestigious Kadapa Lok Sabha constituency on a Congress party ticket.After kickstarting her election campaign at her home district Kadapa, YS Sharmila has embarked on a whirlwind election tour across the state to revive the...
Sitting Lok Sabha member from Mandya A Sumalatha said on Friday that she had sacrificed the seat to the JD(S) to extend her support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reports DHNS from Mandya.
.Speaking to reporters after casting her vote at Doddarasinakere village in Maddur taluk on Friday, Sumalatha said that at a time when several leaders in Karnataka were not ready to spare their constituencies for other candidates despite being defeated there, she parted with Mandya seat, which she...
On April 22, Mukesh Dalal was declared the winner after the Congress’ candidate was disqualified and others withdrew their nominations.
The BJP will scrap reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes by 2025 if re-elected, Congress’ Revanth Reddy claimed.