Politics

The Trinamool Congress won the Noapara Assembly and Uluberia Lok Sabha bypolls with a big margin despite BJP leader Mukul Roy’s efforts to swing votes away from his former party.

It’s a close contest between the BJP and the Congress in Rajasthan’s Alwar Lok Sabha by-elections with both the parties taking leads alternately.

The flag is said to have yellow color on top, white in the middle and red at the bottom with the state emblem - coat of arms in the center of the white band.

The committee headed by former IAS officer Srinivasa Murthy submitted its report to the chief minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday also recommending an equal hike for pensioners in the state.

The cautious bunch of politicians also includes former Prime Minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda, who performed a Sathyanarayana Pooja at his house in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

"Till the end of polling at 5 pm Uluberia Lok Sabha recorded 76.7 per cent polling whereas Noapara recorded 75.3 per cent. The polling was completely peaceful," the senior official said.

The move to withdraw rioting cases against minorities had drawn sharp criticism from various quarters, with the opposition BJP calling it "Muslim appeasement" ahead of the assembly polls.

He also suggested creating an independent, statutory body to ascertain the affordability of the move and the need for an increase in financial compensation for MPs.

The Commonwealth Prize winner said that the "master race" that is now trying to be "produced in India" comes from "the ideology of Hitler and Mussolini.

Padmanabha Prasanna Kumar alleged that his life is at risk as he possesses a CD with visuals of “Shobha’s marriage with BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa in a temple in Kerala”.

Voicing his opposition to IPL auction, senior Congress leader Manish Tewari tweeted that such auctions used to take place in “barbaric ages”.

The Congress government and Bedi have been at loggerheads over a host of issues, including medical admissions and induction of three nominated MLAs, ever since she assumed office in 2016.

The Sanvidhan Bachao Rally was attended by Alpesh Thakur, Hardik Patel, Sharad Pawar, Sharad Yadav, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja and Sushilkumar Shinde. The rally was convened by Swabhimani Sanghatana leader Raju Shetti. NCP leaders Praful Patel and D P Tripa...

Lalu, Jagannath Mishra and 50 others were accused of using fake bills and vouchers of procuring livestock feed for withdrawing Rs 37 crore from Chaibasa Treasury.

Chandrababu Naidu may have big plans for Amaravati, but his troubles are not just limited to opponents like Jagan. Within his own party, he faces criticism for not being able to seek higher assistance from the central government for the youngest state.

The union home ministry on Friday said that after analysing a request from the Bihar government with central security agencies, the ministry has decided to include him in the central list of ‘Z-plus’ protectees.