Politics

BJP national president JP Nadda has formed teams who will ensure maximum voters are reached out and top leadership conducts meetings at the booth level in five poll-bound states.

Kejriwal had ruled himself out of the race when the drive was launched last week.

Assam CM Himanta Sarma stopped on seeing the traffic snarl and called the Nagaon DC to question him as to why vehicles were being made to wait.

He also said the current situation in Uttar Pradesh is similar to that in 1993 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was stopped from occupying power in that state.

The Muslim Rashtriya Manch will raise awareness on BJP's welfare schemes for the minority community, with an appeal to look beyond being seen as vote banks.

The U.S. Marine Corps has approved its first two COVID19 vaccine exemptions based on religious reasons, something no other military service has done so far.

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.

Priyanka Maurya had wished to contest from the Sarojini Nagar seat in Lucknow. However, the seat was allotted to Rudra Daman Singh.

The federal government is moving forward with a plan to let teenagers drive big rigs from state to state in a test program.

The move to have a referendum for AAP's chief ministerial face in Punjab could make way for Bhagwant Mann. It also gives elbow room to party chief Arvind Kejriwal for a final decision and breaks open possibilities for an unconventional choice.

Senior leaders in the BJP said this was an attempt at social engineering when the opposition was targeting the party on the sentiments of these two castes.

Congress is planning to launch an interactive app where Rahul Gandhi will answer common man’s queries. A Rahul Gandhi WhatsApp group is also in the pipeline.

Kamandal vs Mandal have been on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but over the past decade, the BJP seems to have learned to synthesise the two. As elections approach, can it still hold the two in good harmony?

Not just BJP, AAP and SAD too would use the PM security breach in Ferozpur in their political discourse, however, the sacrilege and farmers’ stir will continue to dominate the Punjab election.

Raut said the TMC has roped in "unreliable leaders" from other parties and such an attitude does not suit Mamata Banerjee, who is herself fighting the BJP.

Punjab Assembly elections 2022 schedule: Voting for Punjab polls will take place on February 14. The Punjab election results will be declared on March 10 when counting of votes is held.