Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday denied claims of any “Toilet Tax” being imposed or proposed in the state. He called the claims as baseless and said they were being spread for political purposes. “In the light of Haryana Vidhan Sabha elections, the BJP is either playing the religion card or sometimes […]
Senior leader and former MP Ashok Tanwar rejoined the Congress on Thursday during a rally held by Rahul Gandhi in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district. The move came as a big blow to the BJP only two days ahead of the state elections. In a dramatic move, as Rahul Gandhi was concluding his address, a message was […]
Bordering national capital Delhi, Haryana is among the richest states in India, with a per capita income ( ₹2.96 lakh in 2022-23) about 1.7 times the national average. While the numbers would suggest people in the state are better off than their compatriots elsewhere, the locals do not quite see things that way. Kulana, for […]
जम्मू-कश्मीर के बिलावर में रविवार को एक चुनावी कार्यक्रम के दौरान कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे की अचानक तबीयत बिगड़ गई. अब प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे से फोन पर बात कर उनका हालचाल जाना और स्वास्थ्य की जानकारी ली. बता दें कि तबीयत बिगड़ने के बाद थोड़ा बेहतर महसूस करने पर खड़गे फिर से […]
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren, who recently switched allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has accused the Hemant Soren-led government of jeopardizing his safety by withdrawing all security vehicles assigned to him. Former Chief Minister Champai Soren, previously with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), labeled the move as a “political conspiracy” intended to […]
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in Bengaluru in August 2024. After the Congress won the State Assembly election in May 2023 with a comfortable majority, there was a vague understanding that Shivakumar would be appointed as Chief Minister sometime in the future. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives On September […]
Trouble from allies seems to be mounting for the BJP, especially from its partners in Bihar, where the Assembly election is due next year. While K.C. Tyagi of the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) suddenly resigned from the key role of party chief spokesperson on September 1, days after he made statements distancing the JD(U) […]
Jawhar Sircar speaking in the Rajya Sabha. | Photo Credit: ANI Jawhar Sircar, Rajya Sabha MP of the Trinamool Congress, dropped a political bomb on September 8, by sending his resignation letter to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee, citing the State government’s “faulty handling” of the rape and murder case at […]
The BJP was a fairly insignificant player in the political landscape of Haryana until 2014. The Narendra Modi wave in the Lok Sabha election that year was enough to carry the BJP to a convincing victory in the Assembly election held later that year; the party won 47 of the 90 seats and tasted power […]
Malwan: A Shivaji statue inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year, collapsed on August 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI When the statue of King Shivaji collapsed within eight months after it was unveiled in Maharashtra by the Prime Minister, the political wrangling began. The politics underlines the fact that it was not just […]
