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Ex-Union minister Birender Singh, ex-MLA wife Prem Lata join Congress

Birender Singh (78) is the maternal grandson of the farmer leader Sir Chhotu Ram and had quit the Congress in 2014 to join the BJP

Polygamy, child marriage not LS poll issues in Assam, says Assam CM Himanta

Asked if topics like polygamy or child marriage are election issues, Biswa replied in negative

BJP leaders trying to placate party candidates upset over denial of tickets

After announcement of tickets to all six Congress rebels for assembly bypolls, resentment was visible among BJP leaders who had lost the elections in 2022 to these Congress MLAs

PM campaigning intensively in Bihar as BJP-led NDA is jittery: Tejashwi

The Lok Sabha polls in Bihar have been staggered across all the seven phases, and Modi has already held two rallies at Jamui and Nawada

EC asks CBDT to verify Rajeev Chandrasekhar's poll affidavit details

According to procedure, the EC has directed the CBDT to verify any mismatch in affidavit details submitted by Chandrasekhar, the sources said

AAP begins door-to-door campaign in Delhi under 'Jail ka Jawab Vote se'

Gopal Rai, the AAP's Delhi convenor, kicked off the campaign in Shahdara. He was accompanied by the party's East Delhi candidate Kuldeep Kumar

Cong insulted Lord Ram by refusing invite for 'pran pratishta': PM Modi

Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi also said that the Congress is immersed in the swamp of appeasement and can never come out of it

Constant battle: Why is Delhi L-G Saxena upset with AAP's ministers now?

Since coming into power, the Aam Aadmi Party has been engaged in a constant struggle with the Lieutenant Governor's office over division of authority, alleging lack of control over key departments

LS polls: 1,210 candidates to contest across 13 states in phase two

A total of 2,633 nominations were filed for 88 constituencies across 12 states and UTs going for polls in phase two

LS elections: Women voters in Lakshadweep demand attention to basic issues

The women voters want their concerns to be incorporated into the broader political discourse, and solutions should be devised accordingly

Youth taken for ride by BJP's double-engine govt in UP, alleges Congress

He said that last year, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath promised that he would create two crore new jobs in the state over the next three-four years

Chhattisgarh liquor scam: SC ruling exposed Centre and ED, claims Baghel

The ED registered a case in the alleged liquor scam just before the 2023 assembly polls to defame the previous Congress government and give a political weapon to the BJP, he alleged

India needs more leaders like Manmohan Singh to propel growth momentum

The standard critique of Singh mingles this lack of legitimacy with his retiring manner and stilted speechmaking to create a picture of a weak man who just happened to make history

TMC delegation meets Bengal Guv, slam EC for detention of leaders in Delhi

The delegation pointed out that they had provided indisputable evidence to the EC about an NIA official meeting a BJP leader after the announcement of the poll dates

AAP govt slams 'total confusion' in L-G's office over transferred subjects

L-G Secretariat, in a letter to MHA, said Delhi ministers refused to attend a meeting called by Saxena to discuss functioning of their ministries following arrest of CM Arvind Kejriwal

BJP trying to bring Delhi under President's rule: AAP MLAs in assembly

"An emergency-like situation has been created in Delhi where the L-G (VK Saxena) is saying he will not allow Kejriwal to run the government from jail," AAP MLA from Kasturba Nagar Madan Lal said

K'taka drought funds: Let there not be contest between govt, state, says SC

The apex court, which observed that various state governments were required to approach the court, initially asked the Centre to file a response to Karnataka's plea

'Muslim League blueprint': War of words over Cong manifesto for LS polls

The Congress' Nyay Patra purportedly has a solution to every problem that the Modi government has imposed on this country over the past decade, said Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate

ED questions Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Amol Kirtikar in 'Khichdi' scam case

Kirtikar, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena's nominee from the Mumbai Northwest Lok Sabha constituency, appeared before the agency at its office in south Mumbai at around 11.30 am, an official said

TMC leaders holding protest outside EC office detained by Delhi Police

A 10-member delegation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) had announced the dharna after meeting a full bench of the Election Commission (EC) to press their demand