Jan Suraaj has fielded founder Prashant Kishor for the Bankipur bypoll, setting up a direct battle with the BJP in a constituency vacated by national president Nitin Nabin's Rajya Sabha move.
Bankipur seat fell vacant after BJP national president Nitin Nabin resigned as MLA following his election to Rajya Sabha in April. The byelection will be held on 30 July.
Rohit Pawar urges Cong to withdraw & let her be elected unopposed from the seat that fell vacant after her husband Ajit Pawar’s demise in a plane crash. Voting is on 23 April.
Bypoll was necessitated by death of Somesh Chandra's father & ex-JMM minister Ramdas Soren on 15 August. It was first electoral test of Hemant Soren in his 2nd stint in power.
It's not just in Kerala, Punjab & Gujarat that INDIA bloc allies were locked in a bitter contest. Even in West Bengal's Kaliganj, Congress-Left alliance had a candidate in the fray.
AIADMK has opted out of contest in stronghold in apparent olive branch to NDA ally PMK, say observers. But PMK asserts that coalition is intact & it’ll pick allies closer to state polls.
A man who flung ink at Dara Singh Chauhan has ‘confessed’ that he did so at the behest of a BJP leader, but police claim accused has Samajwadi Party links & held a 'grudge'.
Suar was formerly held by Azam Khan’s son Abdullah., whose disqualification necessitated the bypoll. While Apna Dal (S) fielded a Muslim candidate, SP fielded former BSP leader Anuradha Chauhan.
It is an attempt to bring Christian communities & traditions in Punjab under a single political entity, party founder says. First challenge will be to contest Jalandhar LS bypoll.
In October 1948, then-Deputy PM Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel addressed officers of the Royal Indian Air Force, highlighting MK Gandhi's teachings and explaining their significance for India and the world.
The regulator says insurance distribution has become too commission-driven. Its new proposal seeks to make sales more transparent, accountable and aligned with customer needs.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh has ruled out a separate drone force, saying that UAVs must operate with fighters and other existing technology.
Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.
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