Tag: Congress

ELECTIONS 2022
Counting on 690 Assembly seats in five states in 1,200 halls

Counting on 690 Assembly seats in five states in 1,200 halls

Votes for the 403-seat UP Assembly, the largest in the country, are being counted...

ELECTIONS 2022
Exit poll results: Return of BJP likely in UP; AAP likely to form govt in Punjab

Exit poll results: Return of BJP likely in UP; AAP likely to form govt in Punjab

According to the exit poll results, the BJP alliance is likely to get 210-275 seats...

ELECTIONS 2022
Chidambaram accuses Yogi of sinking UP into debt trap

Chidambaram accuses Yogi of sinking UP into debt trap

Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram has accused Uttar Pradesh...

ELECTIONS 2022
Samajwadi Party fields more Muslim than Yadav candidates in UP polls

Samajwadi Party fields more Muslim than Yadav candidates in UP polls

The Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) has given more tickets to the Muslims...

ELECTIONS 2022
UP polling shifts from sugar bowl to potato belt

UP polling shifts from sugar bowl to potato belt

With two phases of the UP Assembly polls now over, the focus has shifted from the...

ELECTIONS 2022
Cong promises farm debt waiver, Rs 400/quintal sugarcane price

Cong promises farm debt waiver, Rs 400/quintal sugarcane price

Congress has promised farm debt waiver and subsidized power in the UP election manifesto....

ELECTIONS 2022
BJP to release UP elections manifesto tomorrow

BJP to release UP elections manifesto tomorrow

Ahead of the crucial 2022 UP Assembly elections, the ruling BJP will release its...

ELECTIONS 2022
BJP dragging feet over giving tickets in Modi’s Varanasi constituency

BJP dragging feet over giving tickets in Modi’s Varanasi constituency

Even as the ruling BJP has announced candidates in all major religious towns of...

ELECTIONS 2022
Amritsar East hottest seat in Punjab; Sidhu dares Majithia

Amritsar East hottest seat in Punjab; Sidhu dares Majithia

Sidhu dared Majithia to fight only from Amritsar East constituency, and not also...

ELECTIONS 2022
BJP announces 59 candidates for Uttarakhand

BJP announces 59 candidates for Uttarakhand

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will contest from the Khatima constituency while...

Opinion
Return of the farm lobby on the political and economic landscape

Return of the farm lobby on the political and economic landscape

With the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the three controversial...

Opinion
Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing

Gap between farmers’ movement and politics narrowing

The sequence of events over the last month has been one that has brought the ongoing...

Opinion
National Monetisation Pipeline: Privatisation of govt-owned assets by another name

National Monetisation Pipeline: Privatisation of govt-owned assets by another name

Asset monetisation raises three sets of questions. First, are the assets identified...