Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) Jayant Chaudhary, president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal will be the third candidate supported by the Samajwadi Party for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Congress will take a final call on the leadership issues in Rajasthan, where tussle between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot continues, after June 10 Rajya Sabha polls in order to avoid the Punjab-like situation to hit the party.
Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) The first state budget of the re-elected Yogi Adityanath government on Thursday, will focus on fulfilling the promises made in the BJP's 'Sankalp Patra' for the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) Walking barefoot on Goan beaches may lead to trouble as "tar" has surfaced on the seashore.
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Wednesday formally announced the candidature of Kolhapur District party President and hard-core grassroots Sainik Sanjay Pawar as its nominee for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh minister Jitin Prasada took a dig at former Congress leader Kapil Sibal when the latter filed his nomination papers for Rajya Sabha as an independent supported by Samajwadi Party.
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that 10,000 claims of forest land dwellers, pending under Forest Right Act, would be cleared off within the next two and half years, provided there is cooperation from panchayats and other departments concerned.
Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) In the run-up to elections, as in Gujarat later this year, various theories are floated and considered by political parties on the method of candidate selection -- like not repeating nominees, a three-term bar, keeping out those above 70 will be excluded. Politicians differ on them, with some saying none may be fool-proof, while others say they do achieve one key goal.
Mysuru (Karnataka), May 25 (IANS) Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh while commenting on the textbook row said on Wednesday that everything relating to syllabus was being changed.
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) The Lucknow University Teachers' Association (LUTA) has written a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking action against the culprits involved in the "unfortunate" attacks on Dalit Professor Ravi Kant Chandan on the campus on May 10 and 18.
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) The rift between Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and senior party MLA Mohd Azam Khan is now getting wider and meetings between Azam Khan and another estranged leader Shivpal are getting increasingly frequent.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 25 (IANS) The process of sealing of properties of a slain gangster Vikas Dubey and his relatives, has begun.
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Sukamal Chowdhury was a top level executive in the private sector in Delhi. After his retirement in 2008, he returned to his ancestral home in Barrackpore, about 30 km north of Kolkata. He cast his vote in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency for the first time in 2009.
Panaji, May 24 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday discussed the possibilities of encouraging private landowners to lease their land for industrial purposes.
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) On anticipated lines, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday shunned Yuvraj Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati and will field its Kolhapur party chief Sanjay Pawar for the second Rajya Sabha seat in next month's elections to the upper house of Parliament.
Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) Telangana's minister for industry and information technology K. T. Rama Rao called on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Maharashtra's minister for tourism and environment Aaditya Thackeray.
Gandhinagar, May 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party has launched the 'Kamal Pushp' programme, aimed at connecting the present generation workers with unsung heroes of the party.
Chennai, May 24 (IANS) The AIADMK and BJP have come out strongly against the Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin for trying to suppress freedom of press.
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) India has taken a measured stance on the situation in Myanmar since the military took over power in February 2021. This stance is necessitated by the need to keep in mind the China factor in ties with Myanmar and continue to keep that nation at the centre of its Act East policy.
Cambridge, May 24 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was left stumped and emotional at the University of Cambridge by a question linked to his father Rajiv Gandhi's assassination on May 23 evening.
Patna, May 24 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday inaugurated a 504 bed women hostel in Magadh Mahila College Patna and during the programme he made such a remark that is being discussed a lot.
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Congress leader Kapil Sibal, whose term as Rajya Sabha member has expired, may get re-elected to the upper house of Parliament from Jharkhand or UP, with the support of JMM or Samajwadi Party, respectively.