Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is in favour of lowering the minimum age limit for contesting Assembly and Lok Sabha elections from 25 years to 21 years, to enable youth to step into legislatures. He told IANS that when individuals at the age of 21 are being appointed as civil servants and becoming mayors, why can’t they be allowed to contest Assembly and Lok Sabha elections?He demanded an amendment to the relevant law to allow contesting for the Legislative…
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Bengaluru, June 3 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday announced its candidates for four of the seven seats going to polls in Karnataka. The list, released by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), includes B.K. Hariprasad, P.V. Mohan, Shivanna Malavalli and Tippannappa Kamakanur.The candidate selection has also drawn attention as the Congress has fielded members from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) for all the four seats.The move is being viewed as a significant political decision by the Congres…
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) The ruling MahaYuti ally, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), legislators, on Tuesday, in the State Legislative Council, voiced concerns on the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion Bill, 2026. “While implementing the Freedom of Religion Act, if anyone is targeted, we will have to take a different stand,” NCP MLC Idris Naikwadi said, while delivering a sharp critique to the government from within the ruling MahaYuti alliance.After being passed in the Maharashtra Assembly on M…
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) The Maharashtra government, on Friday, told the State Legislative Council that in the year 2025, 166 tiger deaths were recorded in the country, of which 41 occurred in the state. Independent MLC Satyajeet Tambe along with others had raised questions on the death of tigers in Maharashtra in the year 2025 and steps taken by the state government to curb the deaths.State Forest Minister Ganesh Naik in a written reply said that of the 166 tiger deaths in the country, 41 occurr…
Bengaluru, Feb 17 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for RDPR, IT and BT Priyank Kharge, son of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, on Tuesday sought to downplay the controversy over the foreign trip of some Congress legislators amid the ongoing leadership tussle. He said legislators had gone on a similar foreign trip last year as well, and whether permission was required for a private trip.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Kharge said, “I don’t know who has asked them not to go on th…