Karnataka minister promises to reintroduce old pension scheme for govt employees
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka minister promises to reintroduce old pension scheme for govt employees

New Indian Express  

MADIKERI: “The state is committed to reintroducing the old pension scheme for government employees. Plans are on to open 500 new Karnataka Public Schools in the state,” confirmed Karnataka education minister Madhu Bangarappa. Meanwhile, he confirmed that the old pension schemes for government employees will be reintroduced and assured that government-aided school teachers will also be extended pension and insurance schemes. He confirmed that the vacant teacher posts across government schools would be filled as he said, “12,000 teachers have been appointed and will soon take charge. Steps will be taken to strengthen government-aided schools.” He also confirmed that the schools across the state will restart on May 29 and shared that the government plans to open 500 public schools in the state.

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Odisha: BJP State Unit to Elect New President in January
1 week, 4 days ago

Odisha: BJP State Unit to Elect New President in January

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s membership drive and grassroots-level organisational elections in Odisha are nearing completion. The state unit of the BJP will elect its new president in January 2025, announced the party’s state in-charge, Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, on Thursday. When asked whether any BJD leaders were planning to join the BJP, Tomar remarked, “Many BJD MPs and MLAs …

BJP and Congress Candidates in Dakshina Kannada Byelection Face Scrutiny
2 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP and Congress Candidates in Dakshina Kannada Byelection Face Scrutiny

The Hindu  

Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner inspects nomination papers of five candidates for the October 21 byelection to Karnataka Legislative Council for Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities Constituency. The RO scrutinised the nominations and found that BJP's Kishor B.R. (Kishor Kumar Puttur), Congress' Raju Poojary, Social Democratic Party of India's Anwar Sadath S., and Independent candidates Mohammed Riyaz and Dinakar Ullal were in …

BJP will win Kalka seat with huge margin: Manohar Lal Khattar
2 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP will win Kalka seat with huge margin: Manohar Lal Khattar

Hindustan Times  

Reiterating that the Bharatiya Janata Party will be forming government in Haryana for the third time, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday expressed confidence in winning the Kalka assembly seat with a huge margin. Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar during BJP’s worker sammelan in Kalka. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Khattar, who was in Kalka for BJP’s “worker sammelan,” encouraged …

Power Games | RS Elections: Kushwaha, Kiran, Pratima among favourites
4 months ago

Power Games | RS Elections: Kushwaha, Kiran, Pratima among favourites

New Indian Express  

The Election Commission has set the ball rolling to fill 12 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha from nine states. Former Congress leader Ravneet Singh Bittu, who was inducted into the Union ministry even after he lost the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket, will have to be accommodated in the Rajya Sabha. Sources said among the strong contenders for …

Abhishek Manu Singhvi to be Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha by-election from Telangana
4 months, 1 week ago

Abhishek Manu Singhvi to be Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha by-election from Telangana

India TV News  

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge today approved the candidature of senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi as Congress candidate to contest the ensuing by-election to the Council of States from Telangana. Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal said, the Congress nominated Abhishek Manu Singhvi as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha bypoll in Telangana. "Congress President Malliarjun Kharge has approved the candidature …

BJP Odisha legislature party to meet on Tuesday to choose CM
6 months, 1 week ago

BJP Odisha legislature party to meet on Tuesday to choose CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The BJP legislature party of Odisha will hold a meeting on Tuesday to elect the chief minister of the state and the new government will take oath the next day, a senior party leader said. While the chance of senior Odisha MP Dharmendra Pradhan becoming the next chief minister of the state seems bleak after his induction into the …

Karnataka | Setback for BJP in Council polls, but NDA still hangs on to majority
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka | Setback for BJP in Council polls, but NDA still hangs on to majority

The Hindu  

The BJP has suffered setbacks in the Legislative Council elections as it managed to win just one of the four seats it contested. In Bangalore Graduates’ seat, Congress nominee Ramoji Gowda, who polled 36,729 votes, defeated the incumbent BJP member A. Deve Gowda by a margin of 11,841 votes. Incumbent Congress MLC Chandrashekar Patil defeated BJP nominee Amarnath Patil by …

BJP's CN Manjunath wins Bengaluru Rural against Congress sitting MP DK Suresh, who had asked for 'separate country for South India'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP's CN Manjunath wins Bengaluru Rural against Congress sitting MP DK Suresh, who had asked for 'separate country for South India'

Op India  

On 4th June, the Election Commission of India announced the results of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Dr CN Manjunath defeated Congress’s DK Suresh by 2,69,647 from the Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka. As per ECI’s data, Manjunath secured 10,79,002 votes against DK Suresh’s 8,09,355 votes. DK Suresh called for seperate country of South Indian …

Election Results news: BJP newcomers Kangana Ranaut, Arun Govil lead from Mandi and Meerut
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results news: BJP newcomers Kangana Ranaut, Arun Govil lead from Mandi and Meerut

The Hindu  

Actor Kangana Ranaut is on the way to become a parliamentarian as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi is leading by a margin of over 40,000 votes, according to Election Commission trends. In trends available till 11.45 am, "Ramayan" actor Arun Govil, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, is also ahead of …

Political fate of Ministers’ children, former CMs, Union Minister to be decided today
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Political fate of Ministers’ children, former CMs, Union Minister to be decided today

The Hindu  

As the countdown for the counting of votes has begun, all arrangements have been made by respective district administrations in the districts of Kalyana Karnataka and Kittur Karnataka for counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha elections. Two former Chief Ministers, namely Jagadish Shettar and Basavaraj Bommai, are testing their fortunes in the Lok Sabha elections for the first …

Voting underway for six Karnataka Legislative Council seats
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Voting underway for six Karnataka Legislative Council seats

Hindustan Times  

Voting is underway on Monday in the biennial elections to six seats in the Karnataka Legislative Council from teachers' and graduates' constituencies. Voting underway for six Karnataka Legislative Council seats Seventy-eight contestants are in the fray. The polls are being held for the constituencies of Karnataka North East Graduates, Karnataka South West Graduates, Bangalore Graduates, Karnataka South-East Teachers, Karnataka South-West …

7th Phase Voting: Union Minister & BJP Candidate Anurag Thakur Urges Public To Cast Vote | LS Polls
6 months, 3 weeks ago

7th Phase Voting: Union Minister & BJP Candidate Anurag Thakur Urges Public To Cast Vote | LS Polls

ABP News  

All the four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh where elections are to be held include Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra and Shimla Lok Sabha seats. The election campaign in the hill state, which was full of allegations and counter-allegations, ended on Thursday with two rallies of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Barsar and Mandi and a roadshow of Congress …

India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 7: Who votes and what’s at stake?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 7: Who votes and what’s at stake?

Al Jazeera  

Voters will decide the fate of 904 candidates from across 57 seats in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on June 1. Registered voters in the following seven states and one union territory will cast their ballots for 57 seats: Punjab: All 13 of the northwestern state’s seats Himachal Pradesh: All four of the northern state’s seats Jharkhand: …

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Caste Equations Shift as Kushwahas, EBCs, Dalits Move Away from NDA
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Caste Equations Shift as Kushwahas, EBCs, Dalits Move Away from NDA

The Hindu  

Published : May 24, 2024 17:19 IST - 11 MINS READ As the Lok Sabha election entered its final stretch, there were indications of a change in the voting pattern in Bihar across the six completed phases and the seventh remaining phase. The NDA, which won 39 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, comprises five parties in Bihar: …

Amid Prajwal row, BJP-JDS alliance likely to continue for Council polls
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Amid Prajwal row, BJP-JDS alliance likely to continue for Council polls

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Even as a section of BJP leaders feel that the alleged sex scandal involving JDS leader and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has caused embarrassment to the saffron party, the BJP and JDS are most likely to continue with their alliance for the biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council for six seats to be held on June 3. The …

Polls for six MLC posts in Karnataka to take place on June 3
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Polls for six MLC posts in Karnataka to take place on June 3

Hindustan Times  

The election to six members of legislative council seats in Karnataka, which will fall vacant following the retirement of the sitting members, will take place on June 3 and the counting of votes will happen on June 6, the Election Commission of India said on Thursday. These elections pertain to three graduates and three teachers constituencies. According to a statement …

Lok Sabha 2024: J&K’s Anantnag seat slips into political drama ahead of polls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha 2024: J&K’s Anantnag seat slips into political drama ahead of polls

The Hindu  

The upcoming election of the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency on May 7 is the most-watched election in Jammu and Kashmir for its intrigues, suspense, and drama. Fast slipping into a complex Shakespearian political drama, the National Conference candidate Mian Altaf, Peoples Democratic Party candidate Mehbooba Mufti, and J&K Apni Party candidate Zaffar Manhas — who is likely to get support from the …

Congress declares four more candidates for Punjab
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress declares four more candidates for Punjab

The Hindu  

The Congress party on April 29 declared four more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Punjab, fielding its State party president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring from Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency. Raja Warring would be facing Ravneet Singh Bittu, former Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, who recently joined the BJP, and is BJP’s candidate from Ludhiana. Apart …

With votes in EVMs for 14 out of 28 constituencies, focus now shifts to North Karnataka for May 7 polls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

With votes in EVMs for 14 out of 28 constituencies, focus now shifts to North Karnataka for May 7 polls

The Hindu  

With the high-pitched battles in the South Karnataka’s Vokkaliga-dominated Old Mysore constituencies and the coastal constituencies coming to an end on Friday, the battleground will now shift to North and Central Karnataka regions that will go into polling on May 7 as part of the third phase. What parties claim Of the 14 constituencies in South Karnataka that went into …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Bengaluru Rural key candidates: DK Suresh vs CN Manjunath. All you need to know
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Bengaluru Rural key candidates: DK Suresh vs CN Manjunath. All you need to know

Hindustan Times  

Within a few hours, the polling for the second phase of general elections will begin in Bengaluru as scheduled on Friday. Bengaluru South, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Central, and Bengaluru Rural are the four Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka’s capital. Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Bengaluru Rural key candidates: DK Suresh vs CN Manjunath Bengaluru Rural Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha seat has …

The importance of Karnataka
8 months ago

The importance of Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka is seen as an outlier in the political map of South India for its willingness to back the Bharatiya Janata Party. In all of 130 Lok Sabha seats in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala and the Union territory of Puducherry, it is the 28 constituencies in Karnataka that the BJP banks on to …

Watch | Will Congress retain Bengaluru Rural? | Election 360
8 months, 1 week ago

Watch | Will Congress retain Bengaluru Rural? | Election 360

The Hindu  

The Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha constituency is spread over three different districts of Ramanagara, Bengaluru Urban and Tumkur. This constituency will see DK Suresh of the Congress and Dr. CN Manjunath of the BJP go head to head. Suresh is the brother of KPCC President DK Shivakumar and Dr Manjunath is a renowned cardiologist, and son in law of HD …

Karnataka's rebel BJP leader K Eshwarappa to file nomination from Shivamogga tomorrow
8 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka's rebel BJP leader K Eshwarappa to file nomination from Shivamogga tomorrow

Hindustan Times  

Former Karnataka Deputy CM K Eshwarappa, who rebelled against his own BJP, said that he will be filing nomination from Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat tomorrow. Rebel BJP leader K Eshwarappa to file nomination from Shivamogga tomorrow Speaking to the news agency PTI, K Eshwarappa said, “I will be filing my nomination papers tomorrow, and my supporters will come along with …

Key leaders HD Kumaraswamy, CN Manjunath, Tejasvi Surya rush to file nominations in Karnataka
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Key leaders HD Kumaraswamy, CN Manjunath, Tejasvi Surya rush to file nominations in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru Several key political figures including JD leader H D Kumaraswamy, renowned cardiologist C N Manjunath, and Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya on Thursday submitted their papers for the Lok Sabha elections on the last day of filing nominations for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka. BJP-JDS alliance candidate for Mandya Parliamentary Constituency, H D Kumaraswamy files …

Tamil Nadu CM, Rahul to Share Stage in Coimbatore
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM, Rahul to Share Stage in Coimbatore

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Chief Minister M K Stalin will share the stage with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who will be addressing an election rally at Chettipalayam L&T bye-pass road in Coimbatore on Friday, April 12, in support of the INDIA coalition candidate. Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the State will happen amidst the continuous campaign that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had planned in …

'PM Modi-led govt only way forward for Karnataka's development': Tejasvi Surya at Vijaya Sankalpa Samavesha
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'PM Modi-led govt only way forward for Karnataka's development': Tejasvi Surya at Vijaya Sankalpa Samavesha

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Tejasvi Surya, while urging the people of Karnataka to support the National Democratic Alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, affirmed that a Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is the only way forward for the state's development. READ | Amit Shah blames Siddaramaiah for delay in drought relief funds to Karnataka "Projects exceeding ₹1.3 lakh crore …

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections | Rahul Gandhi to submit nomination papers for Wayanad constituency today

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will reach the district on April 3 to submit his nomination papers at the collectorate here for the Wayanad parliamentary constituency after leading a roadshow at Kalpetta in Wayanad. The roadshow will begin from the bus stand premises at 11 a.m. All India Congress Committee general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi and K.C. Hassan, and senior party leader …

BJP’s win essential to development in Puducherry, says Rangasamy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP’s win essential to development in Puducherry, says Rangasamy

The Hindu  

The victory of BJP candidate A. Namassivayam in Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency was essential for the overall development of the Union Territory, Chief Minister and founder leader of All India N. R. Congress N. Rangasamy said here on Monday. Campaigning for the BJP candidate in the Uppalam constituency, the Chief Minister said the National Democratic Alliance government under Prime Minister …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Samajwadi Party replaces MP's Khajuraho candidate, gives ticket to ex-MLA Meera Yadav
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Samajwadi Party replaces MP's Khajuraho candidate, gives ticket to ex-MLA Meera Yadav

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Samajwadi Party on Monday fielded Meera Deepak Yadav, its former MLA from Madhya Pradesh’s Niwari seat, from the Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency replacing Manoj Yadav. Meera Yadav previously served as a Samajwadi Party MLA from the Niwari assembly constituency, which falls within the Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency, in 2008. Phase 1: Sidhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, …

A dozen mutinies in Karnataka
8 months, 3 weeks ago

A dozen mutinies in Karnataka

The Hindu  

All the political parties in Karnataka have completed the process of ticket distribution for the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. The party nominated former Minister Govind Karjol, a trusted aide of party veteran and former Chief Minister B.S. Local party workers have also posted on social media criticising the candidature of former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar from Belagavi and former Minister …

Lok Sabha polls: BJP picks Bhartruhari Mahtab for Cuttack in Odisha
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: BJP picks Bhartruhari Mahtab for Cuttack in Odisha

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its second list of candidates for three remaining Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, picking former Biju Janata Dal MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as its candidate from the prestigious Cuttack Parliamentary seat. Bhartruhari Mahtab Apart from Mahtab, the party nominated Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak Sukanta Panigrahy and former director of the National Informatics Centre, Rabindra …

Congress CEC to Finalise Four Pending LS Seats for TS Today
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress CEC to Finalise Four Pending LS Seats for TS Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The AICC's Central Election Committee is expected to convene in Delhi on Sunday to finalise candidates for the remaining for Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana state —Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal and Hyderabad. The Congress high command has so far announced candidates for 13 out of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in three phases. In the wake of BRS Warangal Lok …

Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge gets 'death threat', alleges BJP's link
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge gets 'death threat', alleges BJP's link

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader and Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday claimed to have received a "death threat" from "manuvadis" saying that the dalits must not indulge in politics. The letter, besides abusing my family, also states that they won’t hesitate to have me killed in an “encounter” by their people," the minister said in a post on X. Kharge further claimed …

Odisha BJP to announce Assembly candidates in next two days
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha BJP to announce Assembly candidates in next two days

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: With the announcement of candidates for Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, the state unit of the BJP is expecting the central election committee of the party to clear the list of candidates for the first two phases of Assembly elections within a day or two. Attributing the delay in announcement of candidates for the three Lok Sabha seats and Assembly …

LS Polls: Congress nominee Vaithilingam files nomination for Puducherry seat
8 months, 3 weeks ago

LS Polls: Congress nominee Vaithilingam files nomination for Puducherry seat

Deccan Chronicle  

Puducherry March 27 Sitting Lok Sabha MP and Congress PCC President from Puducherry V Vaithilingam on Wednesday filed his nomination as the party's candidate from the Puducherry constituency for the upcoming Parliament polls. He was accompanied by the Congress MLA of Puducherry M Vaithianathan and leaders of the parties attached to INDIA bloc. The 74-year old Vaithilingam will lock horns …

Chickballapur seat: Moily confident of getting ticket, while Raksha Ramaiah lobbies hard
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Chickballapur seat: Moily confident of getting ticket, while Raksha Ramaiah lobbies hard

The Hindu  

Congress party veteran and former Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily says that he is confident of securing the ticket to contest Lok Sabha elections from Chickaballapur constituency. Speaking to The Hindu on Tuesday, Mr. Moily said the party’s Central Election Committee meeting is scheduled on Wednesday and the party high command is expected to clear his name. Youngster in race …

Lok Sabha polls: BJP announces four more candidates for Karnataka
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: BJP announces four more candidates for Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and former Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri are among the four candidates in the BJP's second list for Karnataka on Sunday. Lok Sabha polls: BJP announces four more candidates for Karnataka As expected, Shettar will contest from Belgaum constituency, while Kageri will fight from Uttara Kannada district, replacing sitting MP Anantkumar Hegde. According to …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Who is K Surendran, BJP’s pick against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Who is K Surendran, BJP’s pick against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad?

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded its state chief K Surendran against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Kerala's high-profile Wayanad constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections that are scheduled to take place in seven phases beginning from April 19. So far, the ruling BJP has announced 398 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The parliamentary elections for the …

BJP's fifth list for Lok Sabha polls: Arun Govil, Kangana Ranaut named
8 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP's fifth list for Lok Sabha polls: Arun Govil, Kangana Ranaut named

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday announced its fifth list of Lok Sabha contenders for the upcoming general elections, fielding among 111 candidates four Union ministers including Dharmendra Pradhan, actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil, and industrialist and former Congress leader Navin Jindal. The party also made some key exclusions, dropping Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit in UP, minister Ashwani Choubey …

Who is K Surendran, BJP's choice from Wayanad to fight Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha polls?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is K Surendran, BJP's choice from Wayanad to fight Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha polls?

Hindustan Times  

Kerala BJP president K Surendran is set to contest from Wayanad, the constituency where incumbent MP and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is running again. Kerala BJP president K Surendran fielded against Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad. BJP's 5th candidates list for Lok Sabha election | Top points • The ruling party has now finalised 398 nominees for the Lok Sabha …

BJP 5th candidate list 2024: Kangana Ranaut to contest from Mandi for Lok Sabha elections
8 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP 5th candidate list 2024: Kangana Ranaut to contest from Mandi for Lok Sabha elections

Live Mint  

BJP Lok Sabha candidate list: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday nominated Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut as its Lok Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi. Apart from Ranaut, the BJP finalised 111 candidates in the 5th Lok Sabha candidate list. About Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh is the current sitting parliamentarian from Mandi …

Lok Sabha polls | BJP fields Radikaa Sarathkumar from Virudhunagar; K.P. Ramalingam to contest from Namakkal
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | BJP fields Radikaa Sarathkumar from Virudhunagar; K.P. Ramalingam to contest from Namakkal

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday, March 22, 2024, released its final list of candidates entering the fray from Tamil Nadu for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Ms. Radikaa’s candidature came a few days after her husband R. Sarathkumar, merged his political outfit, the All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi with the BJP. Indhiya Makkal Kalvi Munnetra Kazhagam president Devanadhan …

Lok Sabha polls | PMK releases first list of nine candidates for T.N.
9 months ago

Lok Sabha polls | PMK releases first list of nine candidates for T.N.

The Hindu  

Pattali Makkal Katchi president Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday, March 22, 2024, released the party’s first list of nine candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. PMK’s spokesperson K. Balu will contest in Arakkonam and take on DMK’s S. Jagathrakshakan and AIADMK’s A.L. The DMK has allocated the Cuddalore seat to the Congress, while DMDK will contest in Cuddalore as a …

Karnataka: Ministers' children in Congress candidates list
9 months ago

Karnataka: Ministers' children in Congress candidates list

Deccan Chronicle  

Mangaluru: The Congress party has revealed its much-awaited candidate list for the forthcoming elections in Karnataka, spotlighting the offspring of five sitting Ministers including four from North Karnataka, along with the son-in-law of AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge. Samyukta Patil, daughter of Agriculture Marketing Minister Shivanand Patil, has secured a candidacy from Bagalkota, while Sagar Khandre, son of Forest Minister Eshwar …

State chief K Annamalai, Tamilisai Soundararajan part of BJP’s first list
9 months ago

State chief K Annamalai, Tamilisai Soundararajan part of BJP’s first list

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: In a surprise move, the BJP fielded its state president K Annamalai in Coimbatore constituency in the party’s first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections released on Thursday. Just minutes after BJP’s legislature party leader Nainar Nagenthran was named as the party candidate from Thoothukudi, a revised list said he would be contesting from Tirunelveli. The allies …

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list
9 months ago

Adhir Ranjan Choudhary among 56 named in Congress’s 3rd Lok Sabha poll list

Hindustan Times  

The Congress on Thursday named its Lok Sabha floor leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, former lawmaker MV Rajeev Gowda and former Bharatiya Janata Party minister Jayaprakash Hegde, who jumped ship earlier this month, in its third list of 56 candidates for the much-anticipated Lok Sabha elections this summer. Public works minister Satish Jarkiholi’s daughter Priyanka Jarkiholi has been named from Chikkodi; …

Congress releases third list of Lok Sabha candidates, 56 names included
9 months ago

Congress releases third list of Lok Sabha candidates, 56 names included

Hindustan Times  

Congress on Wednesday announced its third list of Lok Sabha candidates which includes 56 names while one seat has been marked for alliance partner. “The third list of names of Congress candidates on 57 Lok Sabha seats for the Lok Sabha elections, 2024 was released in the meeting of the 'Central Election Committee' held under the chairmanship of Congress president …

Congress’ second list for Karnataka delayed
9 months ago

Congress’ second list for Karnataka delayed

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Despite several rounds of discussion, the Congress Election Committee which met in New Delhi on Wednesday could not come out with the second list of candidates for Karnataka because of lack of consensus for four seats -- Kolar, Ballari, Chikkaballapur and Chamarajanagar. There were differences over Kolar as two factions, led by Food and Civil Supplies Minister KH Muniyappa …

Analysing BJP’s focus seats in Kerala for 2024 general elections
9 months ago

Analysing BJP’s focus seats in Kerala for 2024 general elections

Hindustan Times  

The summer heat has turned extreme in Palakkad, which recorded 41.3 degrees Celsius on Tuesday. The same day, thousands of voters in the Kerala Lok Sabha constituency that shares a border with Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, came out on the streets to witness Prime Minister Narendra Modi's massive roadshow. He was accompanied by BJP state president K Surendran, the party's …

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