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MUMBAI: In the wake of the controversy generated by NCP president Sunetra Pawar’s letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) which omitted the organisational posts held by senior party politicians Praful Patel and Sunil Tatkare, sources said that she and her sons Parth and Jay have reached out to Tatkare and sought a meeting….
A non-binary transgender Indian and former PhD student, born in Tamil Nadu, has become the first person to be elected as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) despite being a foreign citizen who does not have a permanent visa to live in the UK.Indian national Q Manivannan won the Edinburgh & Lothians East seat…
GUWAHATI: Himanta Biswa Sarma was unanimously re-elected as the BJP legislature party leader for a second consecutive term during a meeting held in Guwahati on Sunday.The BJP legislature party meeting took place in the presence of central observers JP Nadda and Nayab Singh Saini.The oath-taking ceremony will be held on Tuesday and will be attended…
CHENNAI: As many as 56 (24%) of the newly elected MLAs out of 233 have serious criminal cases — including murder cases, attempted murder cases, crimes against women — pending against them, finds an analysis by Association for Democratic Reforms.While 19 out of 107 winning candidates from TVK have serious criminal cases against them, 14…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke with Nepal’s newly elected leader Balendra Shah, who is set to become the Himalayan nation’s youngest Prime Minister.“Had warm telephone conversations with Mr. Rabi Lamichhane, Chairman of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and Mr. Balendra Shah, Senior Leader of the RSP,” wrote PM Modi on X.PM…
NEW DELHI: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday formally elected Maharashtra deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar as its new national president, nearly a month after the death of her husband, Ajit Pawar, who held both positions at the time.Ajit Pawar died in a private plane crash in his hometown of Baramati on January 28….
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday frowned on Himachal Pradesh HC’s repeated interference in the state govt’s decisions and said it appeared that the high court was not allowing the elected govt to function. SC warned that it would view such interference seriously in future.Despite these oral remarks, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant…
Sanjay Ghadi and Ritu Tawde (PTI image) NEW DELHI: BJP corporator Ritu Tawde is set to become Mumbai’s next mayor after being elected unopposed, marking the party’s return to the post after 44 years and ending the Shiv Sena’s uninterrupted 25-year hold over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The contest turned uncontested after the Uddhav Thackeray-led…
Devpt Comes As President’s Rule Set To Complete 1yr Manipur’s NDA lawmakers have been summoned to New Delhi, triggering fresh speculation that an elected govt could be restored in the violence-scarred state as President’s rule nears its first anniversary.More than 35 NDA MLAs and party functionaries left Imphal on Sunday after being asked by BJP’s…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Nitin Nabin has been elected unopposed as the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party and will formally take charge on January 20. The transition ceremony, scheduled for 11.30 am at the party headquarters, will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home minister Amit Shah, and defence minister Rajnath Singh,…
