Jammu, April 15 (IANS) Registration for this year’s Amarnath Yatra started on Wednesday as pilgrims rushed to various registration counters in large numbers. Devotees thronged registration counters as both online and offline registration began. The advance registration is open in both modes.The 57-day pilgrimage will commence from the twin tracks, the traditional 42-km-long Pahalgam route in Anantnag and the 14-km shorter, but tougher Baltal route in Ganderbal district.Devotees using …
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New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Malda district to launch his party’s campaign on Tuesday ahead of the 2026 Assembly election in West Bengal reflects an attempt at a toehold where the ground has fast been eroding under its feet since over a decade. Malda is crucial for the Congress, once its bastion, which has since witnessed shifting political equations over the years. That shift, hopes the Congress, can be turned somewhat, riding on the work of party stal…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), on Friday, announced its decision to withdraw from its previously announced alliance with former Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir and the new political outfit floated by the latter for the forthcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal.AIMIM’s decision comes after a video-cum-audio clip was released by the Trinamool Congress on Thursday, where Kabir was reportedly seen making controver…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 (IANS) With less than 24 hours for voting to commence in Kerala in its 140 Assembly constituencies, the sheer scale of the exercise underscores both its complexity and significance.A total of 883 candidates are in the fray, translating to an average of six to seven contestants per seat, though several constituencies have turned into crowded battlefields with rebels and Independents adding to the mix.The electorate stands at a formidable 2.7 crore voters, spread across…
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), April 6 (IANS) Spiritual leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that India has finally received strong and decisive leadership after a long wait, which has helped address several long-standing issues facing the country since Independence.Speaking to IANS, he said, “After a long wait, India has finally received strong leadership in the form of Narendra Modi. Since the country’s Independence, Narendra Modi has addressed many of th…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda is of the opinion that a party needs “political will at a national level” to work towards education and healthcare for citizens in the country.Speaking to IANS on Thursday, Pitroda called AAP national Convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s free education model “bogus”.”It is all bogus. They have no idea. No, what I’m saying is you need the political will at a national level. You can’t do these things in isolation in one college here or two…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Indian Overseas Congress chief, Satyanarayan Pitroda, popularly known as ‘Sam’, on Thursday commented on the electoral process in India, saying he is “not convinced that elections in the country are conducted in a free and fair manner.””There is something not right with the whole process. Whether it is Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), electronic tampering, software modifications, voter lists, video recording, when you put th…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday launched his Assembly election campaign in West Bengal, addressing a rally in Murshidabad district in support of Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP).At a public meeting in Naoda, Owaisi accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having a political understanding.“The Trinamool Congress supremo and the Prime Minister are hand in glove in New Delhi and Bengal. In 2005, Mamata Banerjee thr…
Bengaluru, March 30 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka on Monday criticised the Congress government for removing Hindi as a third language for Class 10 students, alleging that the move has harmed the future of students. He said the decision was not driven by love for Kannada but was purely political.Speaking at a press conference in Bengaluru, Ashoka said the Education Department had suddenly removed Hindi as a third language. “This decision has been taken at a time when students are wr…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 27 (IANS) The allegation of a tacit understanding between the BJP and the CPI(M) has escalated into a central flashpoint in Kerala’s Assembly election campaign, triggering a sharp exchange between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan.It has been going on for the past two days, and on Friday, while dismissing the charge, CM Vijayan asserted that the CPI(M) would not indulge in “petty political manoeuvres” for a handful of votes or…