Month: January 2022

Addressing the media, RPN Singh, without mentioning the Congress, lamented that the party he was associated with for 32 years is not what it used to be Congress leader and former union minister RPN Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, backing his decision by saying it’s “better late than never”. Singh, who was the Congress party in-charge in Jharkhand and named as a star campaigner by the party for the assembly elections starting next month, is among several Congressmen who switched over to the BJP in recent…

Covid-19 shadow looms over R-Day parade, only 5,000-8,000 people to be allowed to attend event Taking into account the rising number of Covid-19 cases across the country, the number of people allowed to attend the Republic Day parade this year is likely to be curtailed to approximately 5,000-8,000, with special seats reserved for autorickshaw drivers, construction workers, sanitation workers and, frontline health workers. Only double vaccinated adults and children above the age of 15 who have taken at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine will be allowed to enter, senior…

Assembly election 2022: The Congress CEC will meet virtually today at 5 pm to decide candidates for 100 seats for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. The BJP is also likely to finalise its candidates for the last 3 phases of UP polls. Meanwhile, in a major setback to the Congress, its star campaigner, RPN Singh, resigned. He is likely to join the BJP. ​Elections in five states — Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Goa — will be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. Stay tuned…

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday slammed Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for his comments that Pakistan is a “political enemy” which is targeted by the BJP for “vote politics”. Without taking the name of the former CM, Adityanath said that this shows Akhilesh’s mindset. “Those who do not think Pakistan is an enemy, Jinnah seems to be a friend. What can be said about his education and vision. They call themselves socialists, but the truth is that ‘tamanchawad’ is in their blood,” he tweeted in Hindu. The Samajwadi Party…

The Samajwadi Party on Monday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will contest the election from Karhal seat in family bastion Mainpuri. Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in seven phases starting from February 10 and will end on March 7. The results will be out on March 10.  (Constituency- Candidate) Karhal – Akhilesh Yadav Behat  – Umar Ali Khan  Nakud – Dharm Singh Saini  Saharanpur City – Sanjay Garg Saharanpur Rural -Ashu Malik  Deoband  – Kartikeya Rana Gangoh –…