The Centre has convened an all-party meeting on Sunday ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament. NEW DELHI: The Opposition on Sunday demanded a parliamentary discussion on bribery charges leveled against the Adani Group by US prosecutors during the customary all-party meeting ahead of the Winter Session, set to commence on Monday. Union minister Kiren…
PUNE: The passage of time seemed momentarily suspended at Bhigwan Chowk, Baramati‘s political epicentre as the constituency stepped into a new chapter on Saturday, with Tennyson’s words echoing powerfully: “The old order changeth, yielding place to new…”By noon, 65-year-old Ajit Pawar, often referred to as ‘Dada’, cemented his position as Baramati’s political heir, defeating nephew…
NEW DELHI: The BJP, which had relied heavily on Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to lead its Jharkhand campaign, has been decimated in the state. Chief minister Hemant Soren has led his party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) to its best-ever performance in the state. JMM-led ruling INDIA bloc has crossed the two-third majority mark…
The Wayanad parliamentary seat has captured national attention as Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra makes her electoral debut, contesting in the crucial bypoll from the constituency.Vadra faces competition from CPI veteran Sathyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas, with all eyes on whether she can replicate the victory of her brother, Rahul Gandhi, who vacated…
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu addressing state assembly (ANI photo) Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said that the state government will study the “chargesheet reports” filed in the US concerning the alleged bribery scandal involving the former YSRCP administration and the Adani Group and assured to take action regarding these…
NEW DELHI: The US authorities, while responding to a legal assistance request submitted by J&K police through the ministry of external affairs, seeking access to two alleged Gmail accounts of PDP MLA and terror accused Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, have posed a set of counter-queries and clarifications.Sources said the US department of justice, responding to India’s request…
The Centre is set to introduce 15 bills in the upcoming winter session of Parliament which will commence on Monday. These legislations include the waqf law amendment bill and 5 other legislations. The session will conclude on December 20.Here are some of the bills that are listed for the session: Waqf amendment bill The Waqf…
DUMKA: Police detained Wednesday the presiding officer of a polling booth in Madhupur assembly constituency of Jharkhand’s Deoghar based on a complaint about him allegedly influencing people to votes for JMM nominee Hafizul Hassan Ansari.BJP’s Godda MP Nishikant Dubey filed the complaint with EC, which replaced the official based on CCTV footage. In a post…
NEW DELHI: Exit poll results on Wednesday predicted a major win for the BJP-led Mahayuti in Maharashtra where it is likely to secure around 160 seats – well past the majority mark of 145 — while the Congress-led INDIA bloc is predicted to win around 120 seats. Jharkhand, however, may see a neck-and-neck fight with…
Jharkhand chief electoral officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar Tuesday took cognisance of press conferences conducted by both JMM and BJP during the silence period ahead of the second phase of assembly elections on Wednesday and directed the district electoral officer of Ranchi to register FIRs against the two parties. JMM and BJP held press conferences…
