Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived in Lucknow on Thursday to review the party’s preparedness for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. During her three-day stay, Priyanka Gandhi will take stock of the Congress readiness for the crucial elections from the leaders and workers of the party’s state unit.
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will file her nomination papers today for the by-polls to the Bhabanipur seat. Banerjee needs to win in order to hold on to her office. 
The Odisha Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution calling on the the State Commission for Backward Classes to urge the Centre to conduct a caste-based census to enumerate the other backward classes (OBC) population.
The All India Majlis-e-Itthehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, has been booked for allegedly trying to spoil communal harmony through a ‘provocative speech in Barabanki district.
The Left Front on Wednesday announced that CPI(M) leader Srijib Biswas will be its candidate for the bypoll to Bhabanipur assembly constituency, where West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting as the Trinamool Congress nominee. The by-poll will be held on September 30 along with the elections to two seats in Murshidabad district - Samserganj and Jangipur - where polling was countermanded during the eight-phase assembly elections conducted earlier this year due to death of candidates.
The national capital saw spells of incessant rainfall in the wee hours of Friday, alongside some areas of the NCR region as well. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorm with moderate intensity rains in the coming hours.
India and Australia are set to hold a '2+2' ministerial dialogue with each other, for which Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne will arrive in India today. She will arrive at the Air Force Station in Palam at around 12PM. Payne will be accompanied by Defence Minister Peter Dutton during this visit. Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
