The National Assembly (NA) Secretariat has released the timetable for the prime ministerial election to be held on March 3. Aspirants for the premiership can submit their nomination papers by 2 pm. The final list of candidates will be issued following scrutiny of the nomination papers.
With a backdrop of challenges and a recent history of turmoil since the 2020 parliamentary elections, here are the key points to consider in anticipation of the polls.
Locals and BJP karyakartas (workers) of Ratabari assembly constituency in Assam's Karimganj district on Thursday evening lit one lakh diyas or earthen lamps and welcomed Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Former Bihar CM & RJD leader Rabri Devi held a protest against the state government outside the assembly in Patna on Thursday.
Alleging that the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is indulging in corruption, she pointed out, "The BJP loots people. Whenever the BJP comes into power in the state,
Days after the speculations were rife that Congress leader Kamal Nath and his son Nakul Nath might be defecting to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nakul Nath refuted the claims, asserting that neither he nor his father has any intention of switching sides.
The newly elected members of Pakistan's National Assembly were sworn in on Thursday during a session of parliament that was marred by protests, ruckus, and pro-Imran Khan sloganeering, reported Dawn.
The inaugural session of the National Assembly was adjourned till tomorrow amid verbal exchanges between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the house, as reported by The Nation.
Kerala Law Minister P Rajeev on Thursday termed President Droupadi Murmu's assent to the Kerala Lok Ayukta Bill, passed by the assembly in August 2022, "the victory of democracy and the constitution."
"They should eventually realise that we also have weapons that can hit targets on their territory. Everything that the West comes up with creates the real threat of a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, and thus the destruction of civilisation," Putin said in his address to the Federal
Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajeev Bindal said on Thursday that the Congress has no right to stay in power after the party lost the Rajya Sabha election despite having a majority in the state assembly.