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West Bengal Polls: BJP picks Bhabanipur 'giant killer' Suvendu Adhikari as chief ministerWest Bengal is set for a new political era. The Bharatiya Janata Party will form the government, ending nearly two decades of Trinamool Con...
West Bengal elections: Amit Shah vows sealed borders, warns infiltrators and ‘goons’ as poll battle intensifiesUnion Home Minister Amit Shah pledged to secure West Bengal's borders and stop infiltrators within 45 days. He issued a strong warning to t...
Babri’s shadow over Murshidabad: Three seats, one explosive faultlineA proposed mosque in Rejinagar is becoming a focal point for the 2026 West Bengal polls. This project is reshaping voter loyalties and reli...
Thrissur fight under shadow of BJP's maiden LS winThrissur's assembly election is a tight contest. Padmaja Venugopal, daughter of K Karunakaran, is now the BJP candidate. This follows Sures...
NDA or INDIA? Swaminathan Aiyar on who may win Jharkhand and Maharashtra pollsEconomist Swaminathan Aiyar suggests that the Congress-INDIA bloc might hold an advantage in the Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly electio...
2024 Elections BJP Candidates Analysis: Over 25% of BJP's Lok Sabha candidates are defectorsIn the realm of Indian politics, party-switching among leaders is a common occurrence, especially during election seasons. However, the BJP...
With 3 JJP MLAs by his side, Saini claims he still has majorityCM Saini addresses media with JJP MLAs amid Opposition claims of minority government status. JJP offers Congress support. BJP confident des...
Congress defectors are beneficiaries of 'washing machine': Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh criticized leaders leaving Congress for BJP using the 'washing machine' analogy. Rahul Gandhi spoke about 'nyay' guarantees d...
Goa defection mocks crisis-management skills of the GandhisThe two-third Congress MLAs' defection also mocks at the quality of crisis-management by the Gandhis and their designated political manager...
Uttarakhand Polls: BJP shows preference for Congress defectors in first listAccording to the list released on Thursday, the party has not only chosen to field leaders who revolted against the Harish Rawat government...
Giving tickets to defectors shameful chapter of Goa Congress: Chidambaram"This is a shameful chapter of Congress history. I have come to assure you the shameful chapter has now been closed. Never again will we re...
Congress not an effective opposition now: Kapil SibalCongress MP and member of the G23 group of dissenters Kapil Sibal said the party had ceased to be an effective opposition party, with no ef...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks to Thackeray: MP team reaches Aurangabad on planeChouhan quickly dialled railways minister Piyush Goyal and sought details of the incident. Then he spoke to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray...
Karnataka bypolls: 15 constituencies go to polls tomorrowBy-elections will be held in 15 constituencies. BJP has fielded disqualified MLAs in 13 and has given tickets to party leaders in the remai...
Karnataka Congress rejoices over defectors’ defeatProminent defeated defectors include Udayanraje Bhosale, who quit the NCP and lost the Satara Lok Sabha bypoll, and Alpesh Thakor, who quit...
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje goes all out to ensure win in Jaswant warWhen Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje got Congress defector Sonaram Choudhary to fight on BJP ticket, she knew there would be resistance .
Madhya Pradesh: Two Congress defectors, three sitting MLAs in Lok Sabha poll frayTwo defectors who are in the race are - Rao Uday Pratap Singh & retired IAS officer Bhagirath Prasad - both of whom left Cong to join BJP &...