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‘BJP wants to crush the voice of Maharashtra through defections’

Aaditya Thackeray (HT Photo)

Updated 14 days ago

Mamata, Uddhav, Kejriwal have one big question. The answer may come via Goa

Supreme Court of India has in a 2023 case observed that MPs alone are not the whole party, but that was not part of a direct verdict on mergers as such.

Updated 24 days ago

Shadow of Op Tiger: Four Sena (UBT) legislators skip party meeting

21 out of 25 Shiv Sena (UBT) MLAs attended the meeting at party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s residence on Monday (PTI)

Published 25 days ago

Another UP minister claims defections likely from SP, Congress: 'Two dozen MPs…'

Uttar Pradesh minister and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad .

Updated 28 days ago

‘Shift of non-Yadav OBC and non-Jatav SC votes dented BJP’

The party also saw various internal and external forces waging a ‘pseudo war’ to harm the party that had been hegemonic in UP’s politics since 2014. (Pic for representation)

Updated 728 days ago

LS polls: Talwar, Pandey in the race for Cong ticket

Among the frontrunners in this race are Sanjay Talwar, the district Congress president; Rakesh Pandey, a former MLA; and Gurvinder Lapran, a senior Congress leader. (HT photo)

Updated 839 days ago

Zeeshan Siddique removed as Mumbai Cong youth wing chief amid speculation of exit

Congress lawmaker Zeeshan Siddique. (X)

Published 877 days ago

One more Shiv Sena (UBT) leader, Babanrao Gholap, joins Shinde

HT Image

Updated 883 days ago

In damage control mode, BJP sends Punjab in-charge Rupani to take feedback

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters hold party flags. (ANI File)

Updated 1003 days ago

Keeping up with UP| Snub to defector is Ghosi bypoll’s biggest takeaway

Samajwadi Party workers celebrating the victory of party candidate Sudhakar Singh in the Ghosi constituency by-election, in Lucknow. (FILE PHOTO)

Published 1039 days ago

Defections require a political response

The current NCP defection petitions might also take a year and by then, elections will be so close that the entire proceeding will be infructuous, at least politically.

Published 1109 days ago

Legislators slam ‘rampant’ defections, call for revisiting anti-defection law

Mumbai, India - June 17, 2023: Former vice president M. Venkaiah Naidu with Former Minister of Home Affairs of India Sushilkumar Shinde, former president of Central Tibetan Administration Lobsang Sangay, CPI (M) leader Brinda Karat, Meira Kumar, during the closing day of the National Legislators' Conference at Jio Center, BKC in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, June 17, 2023. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Updated 1126 days ago

Karnataka elections: Parties battle it out to woo crucial Lingayat vote bank

The politically influential Lingayat community accounts for around 17% of the state’s population. (HT photo)

Updated 1184 days ago

Despite Ajit’s clarification, unease in Pawar family, Ajit-Raut verbal war continues

On Tuesday, Ajit slammed Raut for the article without naming him. “Spokespersons from other parties are speaking as if they are from the NCP,” he said. “I will raise the issue in the party meeting. They can speak about their own party. We don’t need advocates from other parties.” (HT PHOTO)

Updated 1185 days ago

Karnataka independent candidate from Yadgir deposits Rs. 10k in coins

K'taka: Independent candidate from Yadgir deposits 10k in coins

Updated 1185 days ago

What drama in K’taka reveals

Interestingly, Karnataka is perhaps the only state in the country where the party has consciously avoided corruption as a campaign issue (PTI)

Updated 1192 days ago

V-P Naidu says 'loopholes in anti-defection law, needs amendments'| Video

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu speaks during an event 'Media's Role in New India' at Press Club of Bangalore in Bengaluru,

Published 1545 days ago

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