Politics

NEW DELHI: The Austrian parliament on Thursday voted to legalize assisted suicide from January. The decision came after a court ruling said that its ban breached fundamental human rights. Assisted Suicide Act gives the option of an advance directive similar to a living will. This would be applicable only to people above 18 years of […]

NEW DELHI: Days after former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi played a major role to douse the tensions in poll bound Uttarakhand, state party in-charge Devendra Yadav on Monday said that state unit chief Ganesh Godiyal will be the grand old party’s face in the state. Speaking to the media after launching the party theme song […]

CHANDIGARH: There seems to be another political row in offing in Punjab — and it’s over election symbol, an old one at that. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab MLA and Kisan Wing State President Kultar Singh Sandhwan strongly condemned Harsimrat Kaur Badal for comparing Shiromani Akali Dal’s (Badal) election symbol ‘takkadi’ with the ‘Takkadi’ of […]

UTTAR PRADESH: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been assigned the task of reviving the party in Uttar Pradesh where it has been out of power for the last three decades on Wednesday said that the women are being exploited and they are not getting their deserved rights and urged them to come […]

Even with different Covid variants looming over and causing a frenzy among the general public, 2021 was a year with major political developments. From farmers all across the country protesting against the three draconian farm laws to the BJP government triumphing with four new chief ministers in four states to Aam Aadmi Party winning its […]

LUCKNOW: To check the poll preparedness in Uttar Pradesh that will witness a hot contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the other opposition parties including the Samajwadi Party and the Congress among others, a delegation of the Election Commission of India led by Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra held a review meeting on […]

KANPUR: Looks like the political battle is intensifying in Uttar Pradesh, as incidences of possible disruptions seem to be cropping up more frequently. The Kanpur Police claims to have foiled an attempt to disrupt Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme on Tuesday. The Police have arrested the office bearers of Samajwadi Party (SP) in this connection […]

PUNJAB (CHANDIGARH): Former cricketer Dinesh Mongia joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a ceremony held in the party office in Delhi on Tuesday. It is expected that Mongia will start his political innings from Punjab and may contest the Punjab assembly polls which is due early next year. Besides Mongia, two other MLA’s Fateh Jung […]

KANPUR/NEW DELHI: Adding impetus to the infrastructural push of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the completed section of Kanpur Metro Rail Project. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had sanctioned for the construction work of the Kanpur metro project to begin on November 15, 2019. The […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on the occasion of the party’s 137th foundation day on Thursday, asserted that it has confronted several challenges and demonstrated resilience. In her speech she mentioned that divisive ideologies anchored in hate which had no role whatsoever to play in our freedom movement are now causing havoc on […]