Although the reservation is likely to be implemented only after 2029, political parties have signalled a disregard for meaningful change as voting begins soon.
The nomination papers of Nilesh Kumbhani, Congress' candidate for the Surat Lok Sabha seat, were rejected on Sunday after his three proposers claimed that the signatures on them were forged. Likewise, the nomination form of Suresh Padsala, Congress' alternate candidate from Surat, was also invalidated, effectively eliminating the main opposition party from the city's electoral contest.Returning officer (RO) Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were...
The rejection of Nilesh Kumbhani’s nomination paved the way for the BJP’s Mukesh Dalal to win the seat unopposed on April 22.
Kunwar Sarvesh Singh, who died of a heart attack, was unwell for a long time and was undergoing medical treatment in Delhi.
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...
The BJP and the Congress both stopped short of recognising marriage quality while paying ‘lip service’ to queer rights.
Madhavi Latha said that she will approach the Election Commission to challenge the first information report filed against her.
A total of 390, or 33% of the 1,192 candidates have declared assets worth more than Rs 1 crore, showed an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has nominated Tashi Gyalson, the chief executive councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in Leh, from the seat.
Lok Janshakti Party MP Mehboob Ali Kaiser joined the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal.
The Kshatriya-caste community is protesting the Union minister’s remark that erstwhile maharajas had ‘bowed down’ to the British while Dalits ‘did not budge’.
The Congress questioned the polling officer’s decision to reject its candidate’s nomination and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of ‘match fixing’.