The current move by a group of 22 Congress legislators in Karnataka, mostly aligned with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, to embark on a “study tour” of Australia and New Zealand “at their own expense” has again put the spotlight on the leadership tussle in the state party dispensation amid Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s persistent…
With the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday announcing elections for 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states, which will fall vacant in early April, the ruling BJP-led NDA is looking to secure a likely boost in its numbers in the Upper House. The Opposition INDIA bloc, which is likely to see a decline in its…
After the recent students’ protest over the University Grants Commission (UGC)’s now-stayed equity regulations led to alleged violence, accusations of molestation and filing of FIRs, the Delhi University (DU) on Tuesday banned all protests and demonstrations across the campus for a month until March 16, when the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear petitions on…
Five years after it made its mark in Gujarat’s electoral landscape, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seems to be struggling to get its act together ahead of the urban local body elections scheduled for March. In 2021, the AAP gained a foothold in the BJP-dominated state, becoming the principal Opposition in the Surat Municipal Corporation…
About two months after rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir broke away from the ruling party in West Bengal to float his own outfit, Janata Unnayan Party (JUP), another prominent Muslim leader Syed Ruhul Amin has now launched the Jatiya Unnayan Party (JUP). “We aim to represent not only just Muslims but all those…
While the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government 2.0 in Uttar Pradesh focused on infrastructure expansion and employment generation in its last full Budget before the 2027 Assembly elections, the Opposition INDIA bloc’s allies Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress are headed for tumultuous negotiations to keep their alliance in place. The SP and Congress, which had contested…
3 min readNew DelhiFeb 18, 2026 09:16 AM IST As Assembly elections in Assam draw near, Congress general secretary and MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is heading the screening committee for party candidates in the state, will be travelling to Guwahati Thursday for meetings over two days with Congress leaders and the screening panel. Vadra…
(As Assam gears up for the Assembly polls, every Wednesday, Special Correspondent Sukrita Baruah decodes the electoral trends, political signals, and campaign moves shaping the contest.) From parties looking to expand their ambitions to those struggling to retain their identities or trying to reverse their fortunes, to parties attempting to mark their arrival. In Assam,…
Fuelled by a vigorous campaign across Telangana’s urban belts, the Congress secured a resounding win in the recent civic body elections, clinching a majority in 66 of 116 municipalities while emerging as the single largest party in 18 others. The Congress also bagged three of seven municipal corporations that went to polls, even as it…
Three weeks after the demise of Ajit Pawar in a plane crash, his wife Sunetra Pawar, the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, has been elected unopposed as the NCP chief. While Sunetra’s appointment as the party national president – the post held by Ajit besides being the Depuy CM – was a foregone conclusion, her elevation…