scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
HomePolitics

Politics

Knives out in Delhi Congress over Udit Raj & Kanhaiya Kumar’s candidature from national capital

Party workers shouted slogans like ‘Baahari candidate nahi chalega’ during press conference chaired by Delhi Congress chief to introduce Udit Raj & Kanhaiya Kumar, it is learnt.

BJP’s Surat pick Mukesh Dalal elected unopposed to Lok Sabha after 8 nominations withdrawn, 2 rejected

BJP hails 'historic moment', while Congress accuses it of 'match-fixing'. Surat has been a BJP bastion since 1989.

Top leader of Naga insurgent group ‘impeached’, concerns mount over future of peace talks with Centre

GPRN/NSCN chief N Kitovi Zhimomi, who also headed umbrella outfit Naga National Political Groups involved in peace talks, has been accused of financial misconduct & being 'dictatorial'.

Why Samajwadi Party is swinging focus from Muslims & Yadavs to Dalit & OBC vote in UP

The SP has announced 28 OBC and 14 Dalit candidates in UP, while giving tickets to only 4 Muslims. Political experts say it’s a tactic to broaden its base and counter BJP’s ‘polarisation’.

‘Baptism by fire’ — in Cuttack, former corporate honcho Santrupt Misra is making his electoral debut

In February, the 59-yr-old left behind a job at Aditya Birla Group to contest LS polls as BJD candidate. He calls it ‘Lord Jagannath’s conspiracy’ to take him back to his roots.

Just 25 candidates out of 194 — why Kerala still lags in women’s representation in Lok Sabha polls

Experts cite patriarchal mindset & parties' view that men have more time to devote to campaigning as reasons for low representation.

Andhra Congress chief Sharmila declares assets of Rs 132 cr, owes Rs 82 cr to brother Jagan

YS Sharmila, the Congress candidate from Kadapa Lok Sabha seat, also declared in her affidavit that she owned land and jewellery worth Rs 9.29 crore and Rs 8.3 crore, respectively.

Neha Hiremath case becomes burning issue in Karnataka, accused’s mother denies ‘love jihad’

Neha, daughter of Congress’s Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death by Fayaz Khondunaik at Hubbali’s BVB College.

Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA up against Congress in dozen+ Maharashtra seats, ‘BJP’s B-team’ allegations fly

After talks with Maha Vikas Aghadi fell through, Ambedkar is projecting his party as ruling Mahayuti's main rival while fielding candidates against Congress in at least 14 seats.

How BJP has brought Tipu Sultan to Wayanad & sparked a row over a town named after his artillery

Name of Sulthan Bathery comes from 'battery' where Tipu Sultan once stored his munitions. BJP state chief & Wayanad candidate K. Surendran has kicked off row by saying it should be renamed.

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.