Politics

PM Modi will address a rally in Bastar district's headquarters Jagdalpur, while Rahul Gandhi will address five rallies in two days.

Hundreds of members of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) continued their picketing in front of the CEO's office from 8 am on Wednesday.

The winning margin of the Congress seems to have shocked the saffron party which is gearing up for the general elections due early next year.

In Brahmin-dominated Maihar seat in Satna, Congress has opted for Srikant Chaturvedi to take on Narayan Tripathi who had deserted the grand old party after a rift with Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh.

The BJP seems to be quickly shifting the focus back on the contentious and disputed issue of Ram temple. And more than any other leader, it's Yogi Adityanath who has become the face of this shift in the political discourse.

The threat was received through a letter, sent by speed post from Maharashtra, a BJP release said. The letter, dated October 29, was sent to the party's headquarters here and carries the name of a Keralite, Mohan K Nair.

In all the five constituencies, the Congress-JDS coalition partners have fielded joint candidates. Congress fielded its contestants in Bellary and Jamakhandi seats, while the JDS fielded in Shivamogga, Mandya and Ramanagaram.

Karnataka Congress MLA Roshan Baig also admitted having made a reported statement that Indian Muslims were not opposed to the construction of a Ram temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.

On Wednesday, Dhinakaran had said in Madurai that the 18 disqualified MLAs will not appeal against the Madras High Court verdict upholding their disqualification, as decided by them originally.

Justifying his claim by showing a satellite picture of stubble burning in Punjab as well as Haryana, Kejriwal rejected the claims that Delhi's air quality had worsened due to its traffic or industries.

The Congress leader tweeted a picture of PM Modi standing next to Sardar Patel's 182-metre tall Statue of Unity, which was unveiled on Wednesday, and asking: 'Is that bird dropping?'

The BJP on Sunday had finalized names in a marathon Election Management Committee meeting in Bhopal.

Ramanagara is one of the old Mysuru districts where the rivalry between the Congress and JD(S) is legendary.

Senior advocate Anoop George Chaudhari, appearing for the NSUI student leader, said that according to the Lyngdoh committee guidelines on elections, if a post fell vacant within two months of declaration of results, then fresh polls would be held.

The demands to take the ordinance route were spurred by the Supreme Court decision that the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute cases will not be taken up now, but in January.

he attack on Reddy, who escaped with a 'deep' cut on his left shoulder led to a political slugfest between the ruling TDP and the opposition YSR Congress.