November 25, 2021 11:19 pm
TMC is aiming to spread its footprint nationally following its resounding victory in the Assembly elections held earlier this year.
November 24, 2021 3:25 am
The TMC hopes that by winning most of the 42 seats in Bengal and picking up at least a few in some other states, it can put itself in a position to disrupt the conventional national political scene.
November 23, 2021 5:41 pm
"I will work under her leadership till I retire from politics. Will resist all attempts to divide society," Azad said after joining TMC.
October 23, 2019 8:12 pm
Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad was named as chairman of the campaign committee. Earlier, Azad was touted as a frontrunner for the post of Delhi Congress chief.
October 22, 2019 8:10 am
The statement comes days after Azad’s name emerged as one of the top choices of the Delhi Congress chief post. Though the party’s final decision is awaited, this is the first public statement he has made on Delhi politics.
May 24, 2019 9:02 am
Five former Indian sports stars contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections and here is how they fared.
May 11, 2019 6:59 am
Around 5.30 pm, Azad reached Pondru village in Chas block of Dhanbad constituency. He repeated the same thing: the 1983 World Cup, fish curry and rice, Modi’s promise of Rs 15 lakh, and Singh’s inaccessibility, when he was interrupted by a resident.
April 08, 2019 10:13 pm
Azad, a former BJP MP from Dharbhanga in Bihar had to shift out after the seat was given to the RJD as part of the seat sharing arrangement for the alliance in the state.
March 17, 2019 1:00 am
2019 will be the first election when the BJP leaders once described by the media as the party’s Gen Next will be mostly out of the fray. Student leaders who came into prominence during the JP movement and the Emergency, they are now in their mid- or late.
March 11, 2019 5:54 am
Like Azad, Mukesh Sahni of the Vikasheel Insaf Party is another leader who has switched sides.
February 24, 2016 10:28 pm
With the row over the JNU sedition case and the death of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula setting the stage for a stormy start to the Budget session.
January 07, 2016 2:09 pm
BJP veterans LK Advani, Yashwant Sinha along with former BJP leader Kirti Azad were at the book launch of party MP Shatrughan Sinha. Shatrughan Sinha's book titled "Anything But Khamosh" was unveiled by Advani and Yashwant Sinha at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday.
January 15, 2016 9:39 am
New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI) : The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kirti Azad, seeking a reply from them in the civil defamation suit filed by the Delhi and District Cricket Board (DDCA) against them. DDCA Lawyer Sangram Patnaik said that the HC has issued the notice and now the matter will come for hearing on March 2, 2016, where the defendants have to file a reply. He further said that once they will get the reply, they will work accordingly.
January 15, 2016 9:39 am
New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI) : The Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kirti Azad, seeking a reply from them in the civil defamation suit filed by the Delhi and District Cricket Board (DDCA) against them. DDCA Lawyer Sangram Patnaik said that the HC has issued the notice and now the matter will come for hearing on March 2, 2016, where the defendants have to file a reply. He further said that once they will get the reply, they will work accordingly.