Tag: EC
Google Doodle Celebrates Hindu Woman Who Fought Child Marriage
Google on Wednesday dedicated a special doodle to mark the 153rd birth anniversary of medico Rukhmabai Raut, who proved instrumental in getting the obnoxious practice of child marriages banned not only in colonial India but the entire British Empire.....
Parliament's Winter Session Will Be Held, To Be Regular Session: Jaitley
Rejecting opposition criticism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that Parliament's winter session will be held and it will be a regular session not overlapping with the Gujarat Assembly election dates.....
Modi Meets Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe in New Delhi on Thursday.....
Rahul To Accept Huge Indian Flag 'insulted' By Gujarat CM
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to accept a giant national flag made by the Dalit community that was presented to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani but which officials reportedly refused to accept citing lack of space.....
Blow To Sasikala, Ruling AIADMK Gets 'two Leaves' Symbol
In a severe blow to the AIADMK faction led by the now jailed V.K. Sasikala and her nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran, the Election Commission on Thursday allotted the hugely popular "two leaves" symbol to the faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.....
Dalit Leader Jignesh Mevani To Contest From Vadgam As Independent
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Monday announced he will contest the Gujarat Assembly elections as independent candidate from Vadgam constituency in Banaskantha district.....
Gujarat Is My Mother And I Am Its Son: Modi
Appealing to the Gujarat electorate as "son" of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lashed out at the opposition Congress, saying that people of the state would not forgive those who are "insulting the son of Gujarat" who has never had a single blot on his political career.....
Modi's Campaign All About Himself: Chidambaram
Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday accused Narendra Modi of forgetting that he was the Prime Minister of the country and said his whole election campaign in Gujarat was about himself and his past.....
Modi, Rahul To Step Up Gujarat Poll Campaign On Wednesday
As the fight for Gujarat intensifies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will descend on the poll-bound state on Wednesday, with both stepping up their campaign ahead of the first phase elections on December 9.....
Modi Bought Power From Private Firms At Higher Rates: Rahul
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of reducing the power generation capacity of government-owned power firms between 2012-16, while buying electricity from private players at a much higher rate.....
