Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday signed her nomination papers for the Wayanad by-polls. This marks the Congress leader’s electoral debut. She will file her nomination at 12 pm after a road show in the city. The Election Commission announced the by-poll to Wayanad Lok Sabha seat last week. Her electoral debut could her enter Parliament five … Read more
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday warned of strict action against those involved in spreading fake narratives about polls using Artificial Intelligence and deepfakes. Kumar said the commission tackled the issue successfully during Lok Sabha polls through continuous monitoring from control rooms. “Deepfake is a serious issue. It is disturbing all elections world over. … Read more
While both Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir threw up clear-cut verdicts, it is the latter that stands out. J&K had incident-free polling, free of boycott calls and intimidation, and registered a double-digit voter turnout across seats, including in the Valley and border districts. Also, no repoll was held – unthinkable in 2019 when ECI’s expert … Read more
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, Sajjad Kargili, along with several other protestors, were released by Delhi Police on Wednesday evening and allowed to go to Rajghat on Gandhi Jayanti as the government informally promised to resume dialogue with the representatives of Ladakh. Wangchuk, Kargili and other protestors were detained on Monday evening near the Delhi border, … Read more
Bulandshahr: An MP-MLA court here has summoned Lok Sabha member and actor Kangana Ranaut on October 25 over a case filed against her for making objectionable remarks about the 2020-21 farmers’ protest, a lawyer said Friday. The complaint filed by a functionary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Kisan Shakti) pertains to Ranaut’s remarks during media … Read more
In a signifcant step towards the implementation of ‘One nation, One election’, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday accepted former President Ram Nath Kovind-led high-level panel’s recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies in a phased manner. Sources said that during the Union Cabinet meeting, PM Narendra Modi briefed the … Read more
Shambhavi Choudhary (left) and Bansuri Swaraj in conversation at News18 SheShakti. (News18) The Lok Sabha MP and daughter of late external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said post the census and delimitation, women’s reservation was the next obvious step The second edition of News18 SheShakti began with a promise by MP Bansuri Swaraj that the 19th … Read more
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived at the Washington Dulles International Airport, on Monday (local time).The Congress leader is scheduled to meet with students at Georgetown University, followed by a diaspora event in Virginia. Rahul Gandhi will be in Washington for two days before heading back to Delhi. Calling the … Read more
Gadchiroli: Noting that society doesn’t like rifts in families, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said he experienced it and has already admitted his mistake, an apparent reference to the contest between his wife Sunetra and cousin Supriya Sule in the recent Lok Sabha polls. This is the second time in less than a … Read more
In the last term of the Lok Sabha, given its overwhelming majority, the BJP had control of most of the important standing panels. (PTI) With the Congress having 99 MPs in Lok Sabha and Samajwadi Party standing at 37, both parties have demanded that they should be given appropriate representation in terms of chairs of … Read more
