Justice Kurian Joseph had some praise coming his way last week for his looks.
Ahead of elections, Congress has kept its cards close to its chest in the backdrop of internal differences
After a “fake” candidates’ list featured names of Vijayvargiya and his son Akash, who is now the party candidate from Indore-3 constituency, the senior Vijayvargiya had vehemently denied that he is contesting the polls.
BJP chief Amit Shah has been systematically organising his meeting with party leaders from election-bound states.
The minister bought much of her Diwali gifts from the organic festival, and many ministry officials faithfully followed suit.
The seasoned politician that he is, Joshi wriggled out of the puzzle quite effortlessly.
While several envoys and diplomats were part of the party, among others spotted there was former chief election commissioner Navin Chawla, who wore a scary tooth.
At the launch of the book The Contenders: Who Will Lead India Tomorrow in the national capital on Thursday evening, the seating pattern of young leaders at the dais triggered curiosity in the audience.
Initially, tourists will be allowed into the court on Saturdays. They will have to register online.
Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naiduis will be in Delhi on Thursday and is likely to meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his attempt to forge a pan-India alliance against BJP.
What has surprised many in the Congress in Maharashtra is the absence of Lok Sabha MP Rajiv Satav — considered close to party president Rahul Gandhi. Satav was made AICC in-charge of Gujarat some months ago.
Almost six months have passed since the appointment of RSS leader Alok Kumar as international working president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), but he still has to clarify his new designation while speaking to mediapersons.
Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) has decided to celebrate Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birthday in every district of UP on October 31. A party member said the state SP leaders from backward castes would take part in these events as chief guests.
The President had in January issued orders disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs (eventually set aside by the court) within 48 hours of receiving the EC’s opinion.
In past visits, only a select few ministers, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and comprising the two deputy CMs and the party’s state unit president, would welcome Shah at the airport.
The Congress' legal eagles are advising the KPCC to mount a challenge in the apex court against the Sabarimala verdict.
CJI Dipak Misra retiring and Justice Ranjan Gogoi taking over as new CJI, Sibal is also back in Court Number 1.
MJ Akbar has not tweeted since October 17 and the last post is a photo of the statement of his resignation which is also the pinned tweet.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have drawn the line when he met state Congress leaders, including new state chief Mullappally Ramachandran and Leader of Opposition in Assembly Ramesh Chennithala.
When the central election committee of the BJP meets on Saturday to finalise candidates, Chhattisgarh is expected to be first on the list — the Congress has already announced candidates for 12 seats in the state.
On the significance of the date, the Prime Minister said that October 21 will mark the 75th anniversary of the announcement of the government of free India by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s Azad Hindu Fauj.
While it is clear that all of them are vying for tickets hoping that the party will come to power in the state, it also suggests that many may feel the Congress may not perform well in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Congress is mounting a stiff challenge to the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, one difficulty it faces is that both its apparent chief ministerial aspirants — Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia — are Lok Sabha MPs and have not been MLAs.
Chhattisgarh assembly polls: It also appears that neither the Congress nor the BJP wants to announce the candidate list first.
Different Dais When Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav recently shared the stage with son and party chief Akhikesh, it was seen as the patriarch finally making his stand clear in the political slugfest between Akhilesh and his uncle Shivpal Yadav. He even offered his blessings to Akhilesh for victory in upcoming elections. On Friday, […]




