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Centre hikes wheat MSP by 7% ahead of polls, highest increase since 2014

Wheat is a primary rabi crop in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, which are slated to go to the polls in the upcoming weeks. Here, the BJP and the Congress are locked in a close battle

A tale of three economic models: Congress bets on tried and tested schemes

The party's Madhya Pradesh manifesto combines schemes tested in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

Raman Singh asks for change in date of 2nd phase of Chhattisgarh polls

BJP vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled on November 17 in view of the Chhath festival. He said a large number of voters will not be able to take part in the electoral process due to the festival. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly are scheduled in two phases on November 7 and 17. The Chhath festival will be celebrated from November 17 to 20 this year. Singh in a post on X said the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly election is coinciding with Chhath puja festival due to which a large number of people will not be able to take part in the electoral process. I request @ECISVEEP to please postpone the second phase of voting, so that more and more voters can take part in the electoral process and exercise their franchise, he added. Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had made a similar demand in the state. A large numb

Congress responsible for 'appeasement politics' in Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah blamed the Congress for 'appeasement politics' for the lynching of a young man in Chhattisgarh's Biranpur village in April

KCR is running corrupt government in Telangana, alleges Piyush Goyal

Goyal said that KCR was trying to divide the society and fool the people of the state

Kharge trying to do damage control ahead of Rajasthan polls, claims BJP

BJP spokesperson Pratul Shah Deo also criticised Shashi Tharoor's assertion that Kharge could be a potential Prime Minister candidate

Congress to EC: Book Amit Shah for 'provocative' comments in Chhattisgarh

Amit Shah accused the Bhupesh Baghel government of lynching Bhuneshwar Sahu for 'appeasement and vote bank politics' during a rally in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Farmers across Telangana are with CM: BRS MLC K Kavitha ahead of polls

Telangana will go to polls on November 30 and the votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, will be counted on December 3

Congress will come to power in 2024 if it can retain Rajasthan, says Kharge

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed the alleged 'red diary' issues and caste census while flagging off the ERCP yatra

Rs 63 cr worth drugs, liquor, cash seized after MCC enforced in Rajasthan

Drugs, liquor, gold and cash worth more than Rs 63 crore have been seized in since the state election's model code of conduct (MCC) came into force in Rajasthan

Shah to be present while BJP candidates file nomination in Chhattisgarh

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh and three other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates will on Monday file their nomination papers in Rajnandgaon for the state assembly polls scheduled next month. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will remain present during the filing of nominations of the four candidates. Shah will later address a public rally at the State High School ground in Rajnandgaon city, a BJP leader said. Elections to the 90-member state assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. The opposition BJP has so far announced candidates for 85 seats out of the total 90, while the ruling Congress has declared candidates for 30 seats. The BJP has fielded Singh, the former three-time chief minister, from his traditional Rajnandgaon seat. Singh, a six-term MLA, won from the Rajnandagon seat thrice in 2008, 2013 and 2018. The Congress has fielded its senior OBC leader and Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation Chairman Girish Dewangan from ...

Telangana Assembly elections: BRS manifesto matches Congress guarantees

The Congress unveiled its 'six guarantees' for the state last month, similar to the ones the Congress government has implemented in neighbouring Karnataka

The opacity of transparency: A deep dive into India's electoral bond system

ARCHIS MOHAN dives into India's electoral bond system, where political finance, corporate interests, and anonymity collide, sparking debates on transparency and the pulse of democracy

T'gana polls: Rajnath, other ministers to attend BJP campaign meetings

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other union ministers, including Piyush Goyal, Parshottam Rupala and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, will address BJP campaign rallies in Telangana this week for the November 30 legislative assembly polls. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti will be meeting with fishermen at Musheerabad and Amberpet in Hyderabad on Sunday, BJP sources said. Rajnath Singh will take part in public meetings at Jammikunta in Huzurabad assembly segment, where sitting BJP MLA Eatala Rajender is expected to seek re-election, and at Badangpet in Maheswaram constituency on Monday. Rupala is set to address a rally at Kalwakurthy on Monday, while Goyal will take part in an event at Jubilee Hills on October 17 evening, the sources said.

MNF will return to power in Mizoram, hopeful of bagging 25-35 seats: CM

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Sunday asserted that his party, the Mizo National Front, will return to power and bag 25-35 seats in the upcoming polls for the 40-member assembly. He also claimed that the Congress, which was ousted by the MNF in the 2018 polls, could draw a blank in this year's election to be held on November 7. We are busy preparing ourselves for the upcoming assembly polls. We are really hopeful that we shall be able to win the majority and form the government (again)... I am expecting between 25 and 35 seats, Zoramthanga told PTI Video in an interview. As far as the Congress is concerned, if they can get one or two seats, we'll deem them lucky; otherwise they can get none... The BJP, at the most, might get two seats and they may also get nil... and our opponent, the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM), if they cross 10 (seats), the party will be lucky... Therefore, for us, there is a lot of chance to form the government, he said. The ruling MNF is vying for a ..

KCR briefs candidates ahead of polls, asks them to reach out to grassroots

Telangana Chief Minister and BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday asked the party candidates to reach out to cadres during their poll campaign for the assembly elections to be held on November 30. Addressing the contesting candidates before handing over the B Forms, KCR said that except five or six, all sitting MLAs have been given tickets to contest the assembly polls. B-Forms is proof that a particular candidate is put up by a political party in the election. K Chandrasekhar Rao is popularly known as KCR. In August, KCR announced the candidates for 115 out of the total 119 assembly seats. "Except five or six sitting MLAs, all were given tickets to contest the polls. I am happy about that. There will be several opportunities for those who did not get MLA tickets," the BRS president said. Rao asked the candidates to utilise the services of legal experts and auditors while filling the nomination papers.

Will try to continue work we started five years ago: Chhattisgarh Dy CM

The ruling party in the state has fielded Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from Patan and Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo from Ambikapur

Congress pins hope on old guards in first list for Chhattisgarh polls

The Congress has pinned its hopes on many of the old-timers and also given representation to some new faces in its first list of candidates announced for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled next month. The party on Sunday put out the list of 30 candidates, re-nominating 22 sitting MLAs, including Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, his all 12 cabinet colleagues and state assembly speaker Charandas Mahant. The ruling party in Chhattisgarh has denied tickets to eight sitting legislators, while it has fielded state unit chief and MP Deepak Baij. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Out the 30 seats for which the Congress has announced its candidates, 14 are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe and three for Scheduled Caste categories. In rest of the 13 general seats, candidates belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have been fielded in nine seats. Four women candidates, including a sitting minister and two MLAs, are i

Cong releases 1st list of candidates for Chhattisgarh, MP, Telangana polls

The Congress on Sunday announced its first list of party candidates for the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana assembly elections. While the party announced 144 party candidates for Madhya Pradesh elections, it announced 30 candidates for Chhattisgarh polls and another 55 for Telangana assembly polls slated next month. In Madhya Pradesh, the party fielded former chief minister and PCC chief Kamal Nath from his Chhindwara assembly constituency. Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh's son Jaivardhan Singh has been fielded from Raghigath seat. He was a minister in the last Kamal Nath government. In Chhattisgarh, the party fielded its chief minister Bhupesh Baghel from his Patan assembly constituency and deputy chief minister T S Singh Deo from Ambikapur assembly seat. In Telangana, the party fielded Pradesh Congress chief Anumala Revanth Reddy from Kodangal assembly seat while CLP leader Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu has been fielded from Madhira-SC seat. While Chhatisgarh assembly

Congress releases list of 144 candidates for MP polls; fields Kamal Nath

Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh's son Jaivardhan Singh has been fielded from the Raghigath seat