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Assembly session on Oct 20-21: Punjab Guv says bound to be illegal

The session is widely expected to discuss the recent Supreme Court directive over the construction of the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal in Punjab

New revelations in Adani row indicate Rs 12K cr siphoned off in 2-yrs: Cong

He also accused the ruling BJP government of "helping" the Adani group acquire assets and "the BJP is kept flush with electoral bond funds which allows it to buy MLAs at will and break opposition

Excise policy: AAP protests near BJP headquarters against Singh's arrest

The protest came hours after the Delhi High Court agreed to list during the day a plea by Singh against his arrest

AAP releases third candidate list with 11 names for Chhattisgarh polls

The Aam Aadmi Party has now declared a total of 33 candidates in the state for the Assembly elections that will take place in two phases on November 7 and 17

BRS appoints 54 in-charges for constituencies; party manifesto on Oct 15

K T Rama Rao suggested to the in-charges that they should go to the people requesting them to vote highlighting the achievements of the BRS government

Sena disqualification row: SC says Maha speaker cannot defeat its orders

A visibly irked CJI said decision on disqualification pleas has to be taken before next assembly elections or the whole process will become infructuous

Not in the run for CM in Rajasthan, says BJP MP Gajendra Shekhawat

The Union minister predicts that BJP will cross its record 2013 tally of 163 seats in the 200-member Rajasthan House this time

Protests over party tickets in Rajasthan, BJP begins damage control

The BJP had released its first list of 41 candidates for the Rajasthan assembly elections, fielding MPs and Union Ministers

Telangana Congress demands CM KCR's resignation, governor rule in state

In light of the transfer of many police, revenue, and excise officials by ECI on Wednesday, the CM has no moral right to continue in the post

Telangana HC declines to rule on published post-revision electoral rolls

The court said that all those not satisfied with the final publication of the electoral rolls have remedies either under Section 22 or 23 of the Representation of People Act

Assembly polls: Congress to vacate its Delhi 'war room' running since 2008

This bungalow is allotted in the name of former RS MP Pradeep Bhattacharya whose tenure ended on August 18, 2023

Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai get INDIA bloc letters seeking 'neutrality'

The letters, signed by 14 leaders of the Indian National Inclusive Developmental Alliance (INDIA), including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who posted these on X, and party leader Rahul Gandhi

Mizoram Cong leader accuses CM Zoramthanga of misleading debt calculations

Zoramthanga and his favored ministers receive most of the benefits, whereas the majority of the population has to struggle against misery, MPCC leader Zodintluanga said

Gave inflation, corruption and unemployment: Kamal Nath's jibe at Chouhan

Veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath said that his party's priority for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly election is employment

EC orders transfer of key bureaucrats, senior police officials in Telangana

Director of Prohibition and Excise Department Musharaff Faruqui, and Secretary of Transport K S Srinivasa Raju were among the bureaucrats whose duties stand transferred

Telangana was first to give potable water connection to all residents: KTR

He said that the NDA government in the centre had taken inspiration from Telangana's scheme to launch 'Har ghar jal'

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP fields 29 OBC candidates, more likely to be added

The Congress has promised a caste enumeration exercise similar to Bihar's if it returns to power in Chhattisgarh, a move aimed at wooing OBC voters

Telangana Elections: BJP to release first candidates' list on October 15

On October 9, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the election schedule for the five poll-bound states

BJP supporters protest near AAP office, demand CM Kejriwal's resignation

Raising slogans and carrying placards, the protesters were moving towards the AAP office on the DDU Marg, but were stopped by the police at a barricade at some distance

Height of loot, hypocrisy: Congress slams centre over GST on Ganga water

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertaking a day-long visit to Uttarakhand on Thursday, the Congress also asked when will he visit violence-hit Manipur