The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced the schedule for upcoming bye-elections to fill vacant Assembly seats in Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal. Polling will take place on June 19, with the counting of votes scheduled for June 23. Gujarat In Gujarat, the bye-election will be held in the Kadi and Visavadar constituencies…
However, accountability remains elusive, given the countryâs lack of good-quality and timely data on the actual subsidy expenditure of states. This makes it difficult to distinguish between justifiable welfare measures and politically motivated giveaways. The Comptroller and Auditor General has consistently underscored the need for such differentiation, but this requires a fundamental improvement in Indian…
Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal received criticism over his opulent security convoy during his Punjab visit for Vipassana. Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, and even AAP leaders targeted the former Delhi CM for using VIP convoy without any constitutional post. While BJP leader and Delhi minister Manjinder Singh Sira accused Arvind Kejriwal of wasting âPunjab’s…
Punjab Minister and AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema slammed Congress’ Partap Singh Bajwa for his comment â32 AAP MLAs were in touch with him to switch sidesâ. Cheema claims Bajwa is participating in âlow-level politicsâ as he wants to join BJP and assures that they standing strong with Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann Following the controversy…
In the intervening 40 years, much has happened. First, these four states have become seven states, with Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand having been carved out in 2000 from Bihar, MP and UP respectively. Since birth, Uttarakhand has been a well-performing state in terms of state GDP per capita (GSDP per capita) as well as HDI….
Activists of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (SADA) shout slogans as they protest against the release of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’ outside a cinema complex in Amritsar on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) | Photo Credit: NARINDER NANU Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency was not screened at most cinemas in Punjab on…
The working committee of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Friday accepted the resignation of Sukhbir Singh Badal as party chief, party leaders said. The move came over a month after Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh asked the SAD to implement the December 2 edict at the earliest, while referring to the direction of accepting…
