CM Stalin pitched expansion of DMK-led alliance during informal talks earlier this week. Congress welcomed proposal but PMK and DMDK are yet to make their stand clear.
Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, a govt teacher, took voluntary retirement to contest Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections from the seat held by his brother for two consecutive terms earlier.
Dominant communities such as the Bagri and Deswali Jats, Yadavs in Ahirwal and Meo Muslims in Mewat will determine which way the political winds blow in 5 October assembly elections.
Polling began at 7 am across 3,502 stations in 26 Assembly constituencies in Kashmir's Ganderbal, Srinagar, Budgam, and Jammu's Reasi, Rajouri, and Poonch districts.
Choudhry, whose election seems a foregone conclusion, is the daughter-in-law of former CM Bansi Lal. BJP is hoping to leverage that political legacy in critical Haryana assembly polls.
The Bhartiya Janata Party secured 78 seats in the 147-seat assembly. The BJD secured 51 seats way behind the majority mark of 74 and the Indian National Congress secured 14 seats.
Though Viveka murder case is hot topic again in YSR family home-turf, locals appear disinclined to vote on its basis. Some also dismiss Jagan-Sharmila rivalry as a 'family matter'.
The party has fielded 14 candidates who are over the age of 70, as compared to the Congress which has fielded only nine septuagenarians for the 17 November assembly polls.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.
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