SRINAGAR: The People’s Democratic Party has dismissed the rival National Conference’s allegations that all three of its MLAs voted for the BJP in the October polls for four federal assembly seats in Kashmir.The current war of words between the NC and the PDP stems from an RTI reply stating that the Mehbooba Mufti-led party did … Read more
assam When Gaurav Gogoi stepped into Jorhat during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he had hailed him as “amar lora” (our son), treating him as a son of the soil. Gogoi is not only the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha but also the chief ministerial representative of the party and the … Read more
New Delhi: The Strait of Hormuz remains technically open but commercial shipping is far from normal, said Anil Devli, chief executive of the Mumbai-based National Shipowners Association of India. The National Shipowners Association of India is a nearly century-old body that represents most aspects of the Indian shipping industry.The stakes are high as 14 Indian … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to postpone the hearing on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Election Commissioners Appointment Act, 2023, making it clear that the issue is “more important than any other”.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma rejected the plea of ​​Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, … Read more
Akhilesh Yadav sajwadi party leader Akhilesh Yadav The party said on Wednesday it had terminated ties with the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), citing financial constraints rather than political reasons.Addressing a press conference, Yadav clarified that the party had briefly engaged with I-PAC as part of its early preparations for the 2027 general elections uttar … Read more
New Delhi: On the counting day of the just-concluded parliamentary polls, there were more than 6.8 million malicious clicks on the Election Commission’s online platforms, including the results portal, originating from within India and abroad. However, European Commission officials said on Wednesday that all such attacks had been successfully countered by strong cybersecurity protocols.The EC … Read more
TVK chief Vijay meets Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar and claims to form government New Delhi: Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chairman Vijay on Wednesday met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to stake his claim to form the next government after his two-year-old party emerged as the single largest party in the recent assembly elections. … Read more
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday alleged that “goons” from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked and vandalized a statue of communist icon Vladimir Lenin in Murshidabad district, where the saffron party’s Gouri Sankar Ghosh won the assembly elections by a margin of over 30,000 votes.The party said it lodged a … Read more
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday attributed Congress’s rout to its attempts to politicize the singer Zubin GargAfter the death of state president Gaurav Gogoi, he tasted a “miserable defeat” for dragging his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma into the passport controversy.“No political party should include Bhupen Hazarika or Zubeen Garg in their poll manifesto… … Read more
