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- India
Kerala’s ruling CPI-M announces state-wide yatra against Centre
Thiruvananthapuram: In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Kerala’s CPI-M-led Left government appears to be the first to be out on the streets as it on Friday announced a statewide…
- India
BJP will face polls in Karnataka with development report card: Nadda
Tumakuru: Bharatiya Janata Party president J.P. Nadda has stated that his party would go to the elections with a report card on the development of Karnataka. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created…
- India
Adityanath welcomes Supreme Court order on local body polls
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on civic body elections in Uttar Pradesh and said his government will cooperate in holding the polls within the apex court…
- India
SC agrees to hear UP govt’s plea on urban local body polls on Jan 4
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea filed by Uttar Pradesh government challenging the Allahabad High Court judgment on conducting the urban local body polls…
- India
RLD MLA sentenced to jail for 15 days for violating prohibitory orders during 2017 polls
Muzaffarnagar: A special court here on Wednesday sentenced RLD MLA from Purqazi assembly constituency Anil Kumar to imprisonment for 15 days for violation of the model code of conduct for elections. Prosecution…
- Technology
“Should I step down as head of Twitter?” asks Musk, majority say “yes”
Washington: Judging by the outcome of the poll that Twitter CEO Elon Musk asked for on the microblogging site, he is on his way out of Twitter. Within a few minutes of…
- Politics
Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil to contest 2023 polls from JD(S) bastion Ramanagara
Ramanagara: JD(S) leadership on Saturday named former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s son and party’s youth wing president Nikhil Kumaraswamy as candidate from its bastion of Ramanagara constituency, for the 2023 Assembly…
- World
Peru’s new President seeks early polls amid intensified protests
Lima: Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte said she plans to meet the Congressional Constitution Committee to “shorten the timeframe” for holding the early general elections as deadly protests have intensified across the…
- India
CM Bommai visits ‘jinxed’ Karnataka dist ahead of polls, wins appreciation
Chamarajanagar: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s visit to the supposedly “jinxed” district of Chamarajanagar in the state on Tuesday has won appreciation from progressive thinkers and netizens. It is widely believed that…
- India
‘Hearing Odisha may go for early polls’: Dharmendra Pradhan
Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday claimed that assembly elections may be preponed in Odisha by 8-15 months and held next year. Pradhan, who hails from Odisha, made the surprising…
- World
Peru’s new President hints at early polls amid protests
Lima: Peru’s new President Dina Boluarte acknowledged the possibility of holding the next elections earlier than scheduled amid protests. “If the situation warrants it,” the government will be in talks with the…
- Delhi
67 per cent of councillors elected to MCD are crorepatis, says report
Delhi: At least 67 per cent of the 250 newly elected councillors in the MCD are crorepatis, according to an Association for Democratic Reforms report. In 2017, when 270 wards of the then…
- Bangalore
Karnataka Congress to hold convention for SCs/STs ahead of next year’s polls
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress has decided to hold a ‘Ikyata’ rally for Dalits and backward classes in the state next month to ensure consolidation of the traditional vote bank of the party ahead…