Politics

Barely a week before the 2017 assembly elections, Gandhi had, during a party gathering in Majitha, announced Capt Amarinder Singh as the chief ministerial candidate of the party.

The Samajwadi Party on Tuesday declared Pawan Pandey as its candidate from the Ayodhya assembly constituency for the upcoming elections in the state. Tej Narayan Pandey alias Pawan Pandey was a minister in the council of ministers headed by Akhilesh Yad...

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of assaulting students and vandalising their hostel in Prayagraj for allegedly protesting against unemployment in the city. Sharing a purported video of the inc...

The poll panel has imposed some restrictions on holding rallies and other electioneering activities in a bid to check the spread of Covid-19.

hile extending ban on physical election rallies till January 31 to curb the spread of COVID19, the EC had on Saturday allowed video vans for publicity with usual COVID19 restrictions at designated open spaces with a maximum of 500 viewers.

The Congress on Saturday took all its 34 candidates in a special bus to a temple, a church as well as a dargah in the state and made them take the 'anti-defection' pledge.

Facing a bleak national picture, President Joe Biden on Friday embraced the old adage about politics being local highlighting his plans from the $1 trillion infrastructure deal for the United States Conference of Mayors.

President Joe Biden launched into his second year in office Thursday with a new focus on making fatigued Americans believe theyre better off under his leadership as he embraces a paredback agenda before the midterm elections.

The Mexican president's bid to tighten state control over power generation was in focus on Thursday as a top U.S. energy official visits, under pressure from her party to move Mexico toward policies more conducive to use of renewable energies.

While BJP candidate from Loni Nand Kishore Gurjar says he has banned meat, and crime has come down in the constituency, RLD’s Madan Bhaiya promises communal harmony and development.

Five years ago Mulayam Singh Yadav had disapproved of an SP-Congress alliance and his brother Shivpal had rebelled against Akhilesh.

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday accused the BJP-led central government of hatching a conspiracy to trap him in the case in which raids were conducted by the ED.

In Nanded's Naygaon nagar panchayat, Congress has won all 17 seats. The BJP won three and 14 seats in Nanded and Latur, respectively, an official said.

The main opposition party has so far announced party tickets for 24 candidates for the single-phase polls to the 40-member Goa Assembly.

The first list of Congress’ 86 candidates also has newbies Malvika Sood, sister of actor Sonu Sood, contesting from Moga and Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moosewala contesting from Mansa.

Three more Florida men, one with connections to a rightwing extremist group, have been arrested on charges related to storming the U.S. Capitol during the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, officials said.