Politics

After meeting the families of the rape victims, Aditi Singh, the Congress MLA from Raebareli Sadar, went on to meet the Additional District Magistrate Dharmedra Singh and SSP Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia.

Making the announcement in Patna, Sinha said he would not be joining any political party, but work towards “protecting democracy”.

Party members say that they aim to uplift the marginalised community in a manner that no other political party could. As they await the nod from the Election Commission of India, three of Bahujan Azad Party’s members spoke to News18.

The new ministers will take oath at Punjab Raj Bhawan at 6 pm on Saturday and Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore will administer the oath at a simple ceremony.

If the motion after the inquiry by a three-member panel headed by a sitting apex court judge reaches Parliament, it would be the first instance of any CJI facing his removal and fourth judge from the higher judiciary.

Siddaramaiah filed his nomination even as speculation is rife about him choosing Badami at Bagalkote in north Karnataka as a second constituency, considered 'safer' than Chamundeshwari.

Looking at the affidavits that BS Yeddyurappa filed for the 2013, 2014 and 2018 elections, one would realize that not only has he declared far lesser assets this time, he also seems to have rid himself of the several criminal cases he had in his name.

Though MP Rakesh Singh had emerged as consensus candidate to take over as Madhya Pradesh BJP chief, party sources claim he was not the first choice for the post.

The inaugural vibes from the Hyderabad Party Congress seem to suggest that the process to formally remove Yechury as the party’s general secretary has well and truly begun.

There have been deep divisions within the party on pre-poll tie-up with the Congress in an effort to mobilise a larger coalition against the BJP.

The Samajwadi Party has already announced its support to BSP candidate Bhim Rao Ambedkar for the Legislative Council polls after he lost the Rajya Sabha elections recently.

Singh said one of the biggest challenges he faced in office was the construction of roads in the 40,000 square kilometer Maoist-hit Bastar range, a region bigger in size than the state of Kerala.

A slew of black flag protests and release of black balloons across the state over the Cauvery issue marked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's one day visit here for the DefExpo and another function.

'The Samajwadi Party will field its candidate on one seat while extending support to the BSP on the other seat for the Legislative Council," SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said.

Congress insiders claim that the Narmada Parikrama has rejuvenated Digvijaya Singh’s status in MP, something the party high command could ill-afford to ignore in an election year.

With its plans for rapid expansion on hold, and hoping to be a bigtime player in the alliance of regional parties, the AAP is taking the Lok Sabha challenge on its turf very seriously.