Nivedita Dash

The Opposition and the Congress state government have engaged in a war of words over the unfolding crisis.

Smriti Irani who won the 2019 Lok Sabha polls defeating leader Rahul Gandhi had repeatedly challenged the Congress leader to contest from Amethi without allying with Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati.

The speaker had, in an order on January 10, declared the Shiv Sena bloc led by Shinde as the "real political party" after its split in June 2022. He had also rejected the Thackeray faction's plea to disqualify 16 MLAs of the ruling camp, including Shinde.

The Congress has not declared any candidate so far. Last week, the BJP came out with its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.

Ten people were injured in the blast at the popular eatery at Brookefield area near Whitefield.

The Andhra Pradesh leaders are likely to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda also.

Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma, a scion of the Tripura princely family, floated Tipra Motha in February 2021.

In 2019 general election, he lost to BJP's Smriti Irani. He is now MP from Kerala's Wayanad.

Sandeshkhali has been in the news after a large number of women have alleged that now-suspended TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and his "gang" captured swathes of land by force, besides "sexually harassing" them.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, this is PM Modi's third rally in the last six days.

The Uddhav-Balasaheb Thackeray faction Shiv Sena (UBT) is demanding 22 seats for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

VHP International Working President Alok Kumar had earlier requested the Muslim side to hand over the shrines in Mathura and Kashi to Hindus.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Aap Ki Adalat also rooted for Akhand Bharat and cleared that I.N.D.I.A bloc never wanted him in the alliance.

According to the STF, the gang provided question papers for police examinations by taking huge amounts of money.

The raids, spanning 20 locations including Kanpur, Delhi, Mumbai, and Gujarat, have exposed alleged discrepancies in the company's reported turnover, with sources revealing a staggering difference between the declared income and the actual turnover.

Gautam Gambhir, the cricketer-turned-politician, is an MP from the East Delhi constituency. He joined the BJP just before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Gambhir won the elections due to Modi-wave against Arvinder Singh Lovely and Atishi.

The question papers were shared an hour after the exam began in the second shift.

Bharat Bind quit had joined RJD in 2020.

Lok Sabha elections: As per sources, Manoj Tiwari can contest elections from North East Delhi, and Mansukh Mandaviya from Bhavnagar. Arjun Munda has also been finalised.