Nagaland Governor La Ganesan passed away on Friday, August 15, at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital, officials confirmed. He was 80 years old and had been undergoing treatment in the ICU for the past few days. The Governor breathed his last at 6:23 pm. According to reports, Ganesan collapsed at his residence in T Nagar, Chennai, on...
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and Mallikarjun Kharge, his Rajya Sabha counterpart, skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address at the Red Fort on Friday, August 15, sparking sharp criticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The ruling party labeled their absence as “disrespect” to the Prime Minister’s...
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing it of deliberately erasing the rights of marginalized communities, especially Adivasis and Bahujans. Highlighting the disappearance of forest rights records, Gandhi claimed that the BJP has made “Kagaz mitao,...
New Delhi: The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections for the academic year 2025-26 are scheduled for September 18, as announced by the university on Wednesday. The counting of votes will occur on September 19. As per a notification from DU, voting for day classes will take place from 8:30 am to 1 pm, while...
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, has claimed there is a credible threat to his life in connection with the ongoing criminal defamation case related to his remarks against Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The claim was made through a pursis submitted to a special MP/MLA court in Pune by Gandhi’s...
On the seventeenth day of the Monsoon Session, the Opposition’s INDIA bloc staged a high-decibel protest in Parliament over the contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) issue. Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge joined MPs from various parties wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan ‘124 Not Out’, symbolizing the Opposition’s united strength and...
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has commenced actions to remove an additional 476 Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs) due to their failure to participate in elections for six consecutive years. This action is part of the ECI’s persistent efforts to refine the electoral system and guarantee that only active and involved parties...
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor criticized the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday for targeting Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi regarding his allegations of poll-rigging. He stated that rather than offering explanations, the election body is focusing on formalities such as an oath and an affidavit. While participating in a protest march organized...
New Delhi: In response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of election rigging, the Congress party has introduced a web portal that allows individuals to register their demand for accountability from the Election Commission of India regarding what they term “vote theft” and to show support for the Leader of Opposition’s call for digital voter...
On Sunday, Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, accused Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha of holding two voter ID cards and being registered in the draft voter list at two separate locations. He called for the Election Commission of India to carry out a “transparent” investigation into this issue....