Overseas Indians showed great enthusiasm in registering as electors, with nearly 1.2 lakh enrolling in the voter list, but a minuscule turned up to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections this year. According to the data released by the Election Commission, as many as 1,19,374 registered as overseas electors in 2024, with Kerala … Read more
New Delhi: The Constitution 129th (Amendment) Bill on simultaneous polls has proposed that the beginning of the ‘One nation, One election’ exercise will be possible only after 2029. ET, in its Friday edition, had reported that Article 82, 83, 172 and 327 are proposed to be amended. The bill proposes to amend Article 82 by … Read more
Former president Ram Nath Kovind on Friday asserted that the concept of holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies was the brain child of the country’s founding fathers and not the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also said that then president Pranab Mukherjee was supportive of the idea of simultaneous polls and … Read more
Chandigarh: The BJP on Tuesday announced three candidates, including former state minister Manpreet Badal, for the November 13 bypolls to assembly seats in Punjab. The bypolls to four assembly seats — Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal and Barnala — were necessitated after MLAs representing them were elected to the Lok Sabha. BJP leader and former … Read more
Last Updated: October 13, 2024, 12:10 IST Charuni issued a strong warning to the Congress leadership, cautioning them not to entrust Hooda with future responsibilities if they aim to secure the position of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Haryana Assembly. (Screengrab) Charuni, who is also the founder of the Sanyukt Sangharsh Party, exclusively told … Read more
Former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique, who was shot dead in Mumbai, was a popular figure in Bollywood circles and had earned praise for supplying life-saving medicines to patients during the Covid pandemic. During the peak of the pandemic, the 66-year-old leader had arranged highly sought-after medicines for needy patients. He was also known for his … Read more
Congress general secretary Sachin Pilot on Sunday said he sees Rahul Gandhi as a leader who will lead the country in future and the entire opposition will stand unitedly behind him when the next Lok Sabha elections happen. In an interview with PTI, Pilot said Gandhi, following the historic Bharat Jodo Yatras and a good … Read more
Herndon (Virginia): Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress, Sam Pitroda on September 10 raised question on EVMs and Elections process in India. He said that “I am those who believe that elections were not fair. I know unfortunately little too much about the electronic voting machine process, the entire logistics and what could go wrong and … Read more
Curated By: Shobhit Gupta Last Updated: August 04, 2024, 16:47 IST Union minister Amit Shah (Image: ANI) Amit Shah also lambasted the opposition parties and said that the INDIA bloc wants to spread instability and they must learn the way of working in the opposition properly. Union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on … Read more
AAP MP Raghav Chadha. (Image: PTI) “We are a young country with old politicians, we must aspire to be a young country with young politicians,” the AAP MP said in the Rajya Sabha Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha, while speaking at the Rajya Sabha, made a strong pitch to reduce the minimum age for … Read more
