Preetham Gowda, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from the Hassan assembly constituency, famously wrested the seat from the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) in 2018. Hassan is the political fortress of JDS chief Deve Gowda’s family and Preetham’s win was considered a major debacle. However, the JDS managed to regain the seat in the…
Maharashtra Opposition leader Vijay Wadettiwar says the OBCs are not against Maratha reservation in the state. (X) In an exclusive interview to News18, Leader of Opposition and Congress’s Other Backward Class (OBC) leader Vijay Wadettiwar says, “The Maharashtra government should also conduct such a census which will help us gauge the population status of all…
In what could spell trouble for the Aam Aadmi Party, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the official residence – 131 North Avenue – of AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Wednesday, the day the Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to hear the bail plea of the party’s number two Manish Sisodia, who has been…
Reported By: Pallavi Ghosh Last Updated: October 04, 2023, 12:43 IST Wearing a blue scarf on his head, Gandhi arranged shoes of devotees at a counter in the temple. (Image: Congress/X) With Captain Amarinder Singh in the BJP now, the Congress is racing against time to ensure its flock stays and wins together and hopes…
Last Updated: October 04, 2023, 11:18 IST The Congress has been taking potshots at CM Shivraj Chouhan, asking whether these are his words of farewell after being ignored by his party in the elections. (PTI) BJP sources say it cannot be said for sure that Chouhan will not be put up as a candidate in…
Moments after the Bihar Government released the caste census findings, leaders from the ruling Congress party in Karnataka have also demanded that findings of the seven-year-old Karnataka caste census (named socio-economic study of castes/religion) be made public immediately. B K Hariprasad, a senior Congress leader who is now disgruntled, posted a comment on microblogging site…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said last week that the party would embark on a caste census if it comes to power in Lok Sabha elections next year. (PTI/File) The BJP has termed Rahul Gandhi’s caste census demand as hypocritical as the Congress had been against such a study for nearly 60 years till mulling one…
Last Updated: October 03, 2023, 08:00 IST Bajwa said the case against Sukhpal Singh Khaira was lodged under the Akali government due to vendetta as Khaira has always been on the wrong side of the establishment. (File photo: X) The Leader of the Opposition in Punjab and senior Congress leader told News18 that many AAP…
The collective leadership under Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the main attraction of the BJP’s campaign in all poll-bound states. (X File) Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh in his rally in Bilaspur on Saturday, while he did not mention CM Shivraj Chouhan or Vasundhara Raje Scindia in his last rallies…
Hitting out at the Telangana government over parivaarwad, corruption and farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday promised the poll-bound state a National Turmeric Board and a Central Tribal University in Mulugu, as he unveiled projects to the tune of Rs 13,500 crore. ALSO READ | PM Modi Kickstarts BJP Campaign in Telangana; Holds Mega…