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Former Minister Konda Surekha bats for Revanth Reddy as Telangana CM

She said that with the Congress coming to power in the state, Telangana is going to witness the "people's governance"

INDIA bloc parliamentary leaders to meet in Kharge's chamber today

The leaders of the block are expected to discuss their floor strategy in Parliament. Kharge is the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha

Assembly election results 2023: A Shivraj-sized challenge for BJP

The BJP strategically refrained from declaring its chief ministerial candidates ahead of the assembly elections

Rajasthan election results: Infighting throws Ashok Gehlot off perch

Issues like paper leak scams, instances of atrocities against Dalits, high prices, and unemployment had plagued the state, and the opposition caught on to all the protests during Congress' tenure

Shivraj's 'Ladli Behna Yojana' becomes a game-changer for BJP in MP polls

The scheme was an instant hit, and within just a few months, over 1.3 crore women enrolled in the scheme, and the first tranche starting from June 2023

SP declares highest assets among regional parties, BRS second: ADR

Samajwadi Party declared the highest assets among regional parties in the year 2021-22, followed by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a report by a democratic reform think tank said. According to Association for Democratic Reforms, during the financial year 2020-21, SP declared assets totalling Rs 561.46 crore, which increased by 1.23 per cent to Rs 568.369 crore in 2021-22. The party was followed by BRS which declared total assets of Rs 319.55 crore in FY 2020-21 and Rs 512.24 crore in FY 2021-22. Between the two years, the total assets of DMK, BJD, and JD(U) increased by 95 per cent. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam declared assets worth Rs 115.708 crore in 2020-21, which increased by 244.88 per cent to over Rs 399 crore in 2021-22. The Biju Janata Dal had declared assets worth over Rs 194 crore in 2020-21, which increased by 143 per cent to Rs 474 crore in 2021-22, while JD(US) declared assets worth Rs 86 crore in 2020-21, which went up by over 95 per cent to Rs 168 crore in 2021-22. I

'INDIA' leaders to meet in Delhi on Dec 6 to chalk out LS poll strategy

Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi on December 6 to chalk out a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Sunday. During the meeting, which will be held in the evening, the leaders are likely to discuss and finalise their plan to take on the BJP ahead of the polls, they said. The Congress was awaiting the results of assembly elections in five states -- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram -- before finalising further strategy plans. Counting of votes for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana elections began at 8 am on Sunday. Votes for the Mizoram assembly elections will be counted on Monday. At least 26 parties have come together as part of the INDIA bloc to take on the BJP in the general elections and have so far held three rounds of deliberations in Patna, Bengaluru and Mumbai. The sources said the opposition leaders would now plan joint rallies t

Rajasthan polls: Cong's Joshi trails behind BJP candidate in Nathdwara seat

BJP leader Vasundhara Raje is leading in Rajasthan's Jhalrapatan assembly seat with 7,025 votes against her Congress rival Ramlal Chouhan, according to the Election Commission website. The former chief minister has got 13,213 votes so far, while Chouhan has got 6,188, the website showed. According to initial trends for the Rajasthan assembly polls, counting for which began at 8 am on Sunday, BJP candidates are leading in several other seats. In Vidhyadhar Nagar constituency, the BJP's Diya Kumar is leading with 420 votes against the Congress' Sitaram Agarwal, the EC website showed. So far, Kumar has received 7,094 votes and Aggarwal has got 6,674 votes. In Nimbahera assembly segment, BJP candidate Shrichand Kriplani is leading with 1,220 votes against his Congress rival Anjana Udayalal. Kriplani has received 14,944 votes so far and Udayalal 13,724, according to EC data. Rajasthan minister Shakuntala Rawat is leading in Bansur seat against Rohitash Kumar of the Aazad Samaj Party

MP assembly election results: BJP ahead on 73 seats, Congress trails

Union Minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia arrives at the residence of incumbent Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, in Bhopal

Chhattisgarh poll result: Cong ahead in 6 seats, BJP trails in early trends

BJP's Kedar Kashyap is leading from Narayanpur assembly constituency as per the ECI data

Telangana election result: Early trends show Congress leading, BRS trails

According to the Election Commission of India, Congress candidate Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy is leading from Medchal and Mynampally Rohith from Nalgonda

Rajasthan Assembly polls result: Congress leading on 4 seats, BJP on one

As per Election Commission, Rajasthan Congress MLA candidate Amin Kagzi from Kishan Pole constituency is leading in early trends, as per ECI

Telangana Assembly elections: Counting of votes begins for 119 seats

The fate of 2,290 candidates from 109 parties including the national and regional parties will be revealed as the counting proceeds. A clear picture of the result is likely to emerge by noon

Madhya Pradesh elections: Counting of votes begins for 230 Assembly seats

Madhya Pradesh has been a BJP stronghold for the last twenty years, barring the 15-month tenure of the Kamal Nath-led government when Congress came to power in 2018

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Counting of votes underway for 90 seats

Counting of votes in elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly got underway Sunday morning, with security personnel maintaining a strict vigil in counting centres in the state's 33 districts, including those affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), a poll official said. The elections were held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Voter turnout stood at 76.31 per cent, which was slightly lower than the 76.88 per cent recorded in the 2018 polls. "Counting of votes for all the 90 seats started at 8 am in 33 district headquarters. A three-layer security mechanism is in place at each counting centre," Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer Reena Kangale said. "The counting of postal ballots began at 8 am. Half an hour after the postal ballots are counted, the process of counting votes from the EVMs will begin, she said. A total of 90 returning officers, 416 assistant returning officers, 4596 counting personnel and 1698 micro-observers have been appointed for carrying out the counting

Verdict will set 2024 tone for INDIA: Cong MP Gogoi ahead of counting day

Dismissing BJP's claim that it was on course to secure an absolute majority in Congress-ruled Rajasthan, Gogoi said grand old party will buck anti-incumbency trend and return to power in state

Both BJP, Congress claim Rajasthan elections win amid wait for vote count

"The people of Rajasthan made up their minds to break the age-old electoral tradition in the state and ensure the continuation of the Congress government in the state," Dotasra added

Delhi excise policy case: ED files charge sheet against Sanjay Singh

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a charge sheet against AAP MP Sanjay Singh in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said. The prosecution complaint has been filed before a local court under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). This is a supplementary charge sheet in this case as the agency had filed about five such complaints earlier. Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), was arrested in this case by the ED in October. The anti-money laundering agency had alleged that an accused businessman Dinesh Arora gave Rs 2 crore in cash at the Rajya Sabha MP's residence in two tranches. Singh has rebutted the claim. The AAP MP was arrested by the ED in connection with its money laundering probe linked to the 2021-22 Delhi Excise policy case and was the second high-profile leader after Manish Sisodia, a former deputy chief minister, to be held in this case. The AAP that rules Delhi has cal

Adhir writes to LS Speaker on ethics panel proceedings against Moitra

The Congress' Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday wrote to Speaker Om Birla on the Ethics Committee's proceedings against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in a "cash-for-query" case and demanded a relook and appropriately reviewing the rules and processes on the functioning of parliamentary committees. In a four-page letter to the speaker, Chowdhury said there is no clear-cut demarcation in the roles envisaged for the Privileges Committee and the Ethics Committee, more so in matters of exercising penal powers. Additionally, there is no clear definition of "unethical conduct" and a "code of conduct" -- though envisaged under Rule 316B of the Rules of Procedure -- remains to be formulated, he said. These issues, inclusive of the procedures being followed by the committee -- which have a significant bearing and influence on the polity -- may require deeper attention and the processes to be streamlined under the speaker's guidance, he said in the letter. Chowdhury, wh

Government convenes all party meeting ahead of Parliament's Winter session

Leaders of political parties in Parliament are meeting here on Saturday to discuss the agenda for the Winter session of Parliament beginning Monday. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi has convened the meeting which is being attended by senior leaders such as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Gaurav Gogoi, and Pramod Tiwari, Trinamool leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay, NCP leader Fouzia Khan, and RSP leader N K Premachandran among others. The Winter session of Parliament begins on December 4 and will have 15 sittings till December 22, during which it is expected to consider key draft legislations, including three bills to replace the colonial era criminal laws. The report of the Lok Sabha panel recommending the expulsion of Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra from the lower house over a "cash-for-query" complaint is also listed for tabling in the House on Monday, the first day of the session.