[ad_1] About six years after Jammu and Kashmir last had a government, elections are set to restore the power to govern back to its people. On Friday, the Election Commission announced the poll schedule to be held in three phases from 18 September to 1 October. These are welcome as they will help re-establish democratic…
[ad_1] Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren has dismissed the speculations surrounding him joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The senior Jharkhand Mukta Morcha (JMM) leader has called the news a rumour and asserted that he is not going anywhere. “I don’t know what rumours are being spread. I don’t know what news is being…
[ad_1] The Election Commission did not announce the dates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly Elections on Friday, eliciting criticism from members of opposition parties in the state. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), while announcing the poll schedule for Haryana and J&K, cited the need for extra security forces for the J&K polls and the busy…
[ad_1] Beginning September 18, Jammu and Kashmir will witness assembly polls after a gap of ten years. The last assembly election was held in the erstwhile state in November-December 2014. Of the 87 seats that went to polls then, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won 28 while the National Conference could won only 15. The…
[ad_1] BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has moved the Delhi High Court to direct the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to make a decision on his request to cancel the Indian citizenship of Congress leader and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi. The High Court is expected to hear the plea next week. The petition…
[ad_1] Three days before violent protests erupted in Bangladesh forcing a regime change, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) declared a state of high alert along the river Padma, a geographical and political line between the two countries. Pushing his bicycle, Mukbul Haque, 34, crosses the border outpost (BOP) at Kakmarichar in Murshidabad, beyond the line…
[ad_1] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has deployed 30 ministers and 15 senior leaders as caretakers across 10 assembly seats going to bypolls across Uttar Pradesh. The Election Commission has not announced the dates of polling on these ten seats yet. The high-stakes bypoll is a litmus test for both the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance…
[ad_1] Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) leader Supriya Sule has claimed that her husband Sadanand Sule got an income tax notice after her speech in the Lok Sabha during the Budget session of Parliament that ended last week. “We have received a notice from the income tax department soon after the budget session,” she revealed,…
[ad_1] A delegation of Election Commission of India led by CEC Rajiv Kumar arrived in Chandigarh on August 12 to review poll preparedness for forthcoming assembly elections in Haryana. Election Commissioners, Gyanesh Kumar and Dr SS Sandhu also accompanied Kumar on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state, officials said. The team, and other officers…
[ad_1] The fresh allegation by Hindenburg Research against SEBI chairperson Madhabi Buch has triggered a political firestorm yet again. The opposition parties, led by the Congress, have called for Buch’s resignation and a probe by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC). The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has dismissed the charges and, instead, accused the Opposition…
