Veteran leader Sharad Pawar of the NCP sought an urgent hearing before the Supreme Court of the plea against the order of the Election Commission of India (ECI) officially recognising the Ajit Pawar faction as the 'real' Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar backed up his decision to declare the Deputy CM Ajit Pawar-led faction as the real NCP on Thursday by saying that no stand in the decision is "unconstitutional" or "arbitrary".
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday dismissed the plea of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif against his defeat in NA-15 Mansehra constituency in the recently held general elections, ARY News reported.
The Supreme Court on Thursday will deliver its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the legal validity of the Central government's Electoral Bond scheme which allows for anonymous funding to political parties.
Pandey, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service of the 1984 batch, Uttar Pradesh cadre superannuated as Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh in August 2019.
Taking to his social media handle, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X, "The INDIA parties have been requesting for an appointment to meet the Election Commission since June 2023, on the issue of the greater use of VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) in the election
The grand old Congress party announced on Wednesday the first list of candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha Biennial Elections to be held in various states.
While speaking in the State Assembly, Chief Minister Stalin said, "The Legislative Assembly House urges the Union Government not to implement the 'One Nation, One Election Policy' as the theory of one nation, one election is against the basis of democracy, impractical and not enshrined in
Witnessing a series of political developments in Maharashtra including the Election Commission order recognising Eknath Shinde as official "Shiv Sena" and Ajit Pawar-led faction of the Nationalist Congress Party as the "real" NCP as well as the recent departure of former Chief Minister of
"And I am not saying this because he is my father. I am saying this because the country is in a huge crisis at the moment and if anyone has the capacity to douse this fire, it is Asif Ali Zardari," Dawn quoted Bilawal as saying.
Last month, the election commission declared the schedule for the Rajya Sabha elections for 56 seats in 15 states, including five from Madhya Pradesh, to be held on February 27. The nomination for the same to be filed till February 15. Voting will take place from 9 am to 4 pm and the resu