Politics

The alliance faced hiccups after the grand meeting of opposition parties scheduled for November 22 was postponed.

On Sunday, some angry farmers had gate-crashed into Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum with sugarcane-laden trucks damaging the main entry. They were demanding fair price and the years’ old balance money from a factory.

Special judge Arun Bharadwaj passed the directions after he was told that the accused could not appear before the court, as per earlier direction, owing to his ill health.

The Congress had declared 152 candidates in its first list and 32 in the second list.

Addressing a rally here ahead of the November 28 polls in Madhya Pradesh, Modi said the Congress, which was seeking an account of the BJP government's performance, should explain what it did for the state during its over five-decade rule.

Chhewang was elected from Ladakh in 2014 by a narrow margin of 36 votes over his closest rival Ghulam Raza, who was a Congress leader but was contesting as an Independent candidate.

A team of Election Commission officials led by Rawat was in Bhopal on a two-day visit to take stock of the poll preparations in the state.

Victory of Dilshada Begum and Arifa Begum has come as a surprise in the restive Kashmir which witnessed a very low voter turnout in the recent civic elections.

Acting on the complaint, the Returning Officer has reportedly sought a reply from Surendra Patwa and is expected to pronounce his verdict on the issue on Tuesday.

Rajinikanth’s statement comes a day after he said 'if the opposition thinks that the BJP is a dangerous party, then of course it must be'.

BJP had announced its list of 131 candidates on Sunday, confirming that Raje would be seeking re-election from Jhalrapatan.

The six-month term of Governor's rule comes to an end on December 19.

The Congress has repeatedly dodged the question on its chief ministerial candidate in the state.

According to the affidavit, Lal Thanhawla has Rs 5 lakh in cash, Rs 1,28,06,007 worth moveable properties, Rs 2.80 crore worth agricultural land and Rs 20 lakh worth non-agricultural land.

Listing the use of cows in sectors such as agriculture and rural economy, Prabhakar, MLA in the recently-dissolved Legislative Assembly, said another proposal is to set up a 'mini-India linguistic welfare board'.

While releasing the poll manifesto, CM Raman Singh announced interest-free loans of upto Rs 2 lakh for women to establish their business.