In what could be one of the most high voltage political battles, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will be contesting the Assembly election from Nandigram and vacate her Bhowanipore seat. In Nandigram, she will be fighting against TMC turncoat Suvendu Adhikari, who has joined the BJP and repeatedly attacked her and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee....

BJP leader Vasundhara Raje’s March 8 Dev Darshan Yatra has a multi-dimensional political objective attached to it. Raje will be on this religious tour on her birthday and it is being described as a journey to expose the failure of the Ashok Gehlot government to fulfill the aspirations of the people. Raje is keen to...

After decades of debate over the imposition of Emergency in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accepted that the move by her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was “wrong” and a “mistake”. Rahul Gandhi said this during a conversation with India’s former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu. Notably, the Emergency was imposed by...

The counting of votes for the second phase of Gujarat civic polls began on Tuesday, with the ruling BJP emerging ahead of all other parties in the fray. The saffron party is leading in majority of the 81 municipalities. It is also widening the gap with closest rival Congress in district panchayats and taluka panchayats....

The results of the second phase of local body elections in Gujarat will be declared today. Notably, in the second phase, elections were held for 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats. The BJP is confident of continuing its winning streak and once again assert its dominance in the local bodies which is...

Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Sunday cast his vote along with his family in his home district Mehsana’s Kadi taluka. Notably, voting for the second phase of civic polls is going on in Gujarat today. Average voting is reported in many districts till 12:30 pm. Ahmedabad and Surat have reported around 12 per cent...

After Gujarat BJP president CR Patil tried to mock the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its chief Arvind Kejriwal for the latter’s roadshow in Surat, the Delhi CM has retorted urging Patil “not to underestimate the power of people”. Notably, Kejriwal on Friday met the AAP candidates in Surat who have won the election and...

Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. Speaking at a rally in Hooghly, Banerjee said that PM Modi is the “biggest rioter” and his fate would be worse than former US President Donald Trump. She said, “Narendra...

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented Rajasthan’s first paperless budget. Gehlot took two hours and forty-seven minutes to complete his budget address. No new taxes have been imposed on the people. Rather gave Rs 910 crore rebate on different tax heads have been announced. With a special focus on the...

The BJP has emerged as the winner in Vadodara Municipal Corporation. The saffron party has already won 45 of the 76 seats thus crossing the majority mark with ease. The counting for the remaining seats is going on and BJP is leading in many of them. Notably, the magic figure in Vadodara Municipal Corporation is...

With the Congress government in Puducherry losing its majority, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy resigned on Monday accusing the BJP and NR Congress of toppling his government.  The CM also accused former Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi of colluding with the opposition. Notably, two MLAs exited the Congress on Sunday that resulted in the government losing the...

The voting for the six municipal corporations in Gujarat that includes Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot is over and the results are going to be out on Tuesday. Now, political parties in Gujarat are busy campaigning for zilla panchayat and taluka elections in the state. A cabinet minister in the BJP government in Gujarat, Dilipkumar...