India News: NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday hit back at Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar and said that govern.
Bollywood actress Richa Chadha, who is currently facing threats of death and mutilation, isn’t fazed by all the hate and violence.
Her crime? She was accused of stereotyping a marginalised Dalit (lower caste in India) woman in her latest political saga ‘Madam Chief Minister’. She was seen holding a broom, which many pointed to as a reductive symbol of the underprivileged doing menial jobs. Richa Chadha in Madam Chief Minister Image Credit: Supplied
While she promptly apologised for the poster as an honest oversight from the film’s makers and the promotional team, the volley of violent threats continued. Nawab Satpal Tanwar, the alleged founder of Akhil Bharatiya Bhim Sena, has now offered a reward to anyone who will chop off Chadha’s tongue. The drama comes just as ‘Madam Chief Minister’ releases in the UAE on January 21.
In a high voltage contest, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (left) and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to contest each other in Nandigram in the forthcoming assembly elections.
NEW DELHI: In a major political gambit, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday declared that she would contest the forthcoming assembly election from Nandigram. It would be a do-or-die contest for not just the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo but her party as well.
By making the announcement, Mamata has challenged TMC’s main rival, the BJP, in general and her former loyalist Suvendu Adhikari in particular. Adhikari was the sitting MLA from Nandigram till he resigned on December 16 last year.
: Monday, January 18, 2021, 11:35 PM IST
Maharashtra Panchayat polls: MVA claims it has pocketed 80% villages; BJP says it is single largest party
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Mumbai: The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi partners - Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress - have claimed that together, they have outdone the BJP by winning in 80 per cent of the villages in the gram panchayat polls. On the other hand, BJP has hinted that it was down but not out, claiming victory in over 6,000 gram panchayats. Touted as mini assembly elections, the results of the 12,711 gram panchayat polls, held on January 15, were declared on Monday. Polling was held for 1,25,709 seats, for which 2,14,880 candidates were in the fray.
BJP leaders holding party flags during a shikara election rally for District Development Council polls, at Dal Lake in Srinagar December 13.
NEW DELHI: While the year 2019 would be remembered for the victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections, 2020 would be recalled as the year when the BJP made handsome gains in the polls held for local bodies across the country. Moreover, while the BJP also won the Bihar assembly elections, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) decisively won the Delhi state polls for the second consecutive term.
The year would also be remembered for the elections which were held during COVID-19 times. The Delhi assembly elections were held in February, when the pandemic had not yet become a threat. By the time the Bihar polls were held in October-November, the coronavirus disease had started receding after reaching its crescendo.