Politics

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP’s) has projected Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial candidate for Punjab.  Arvind Kejriwal, party’s chief today announced Bhagwant Mann’s selection as the people’s choice after revealing the results of the tele-voting drive in which people were asked to phone in their choice for the chief minister post. Bhagwant Mann received over 93 per cent of the ...

The Election Commission of India today announced the schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Elections will be held for 690 assembly seats in these states,  403 in UP, 117 in Punjab, 70 in Uttarakhand, 40 in Goa and 60 in Manipur, said Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra. Assembly Poll ...

Two Liberal MPs Kamal Khera and Sameer Zuberi are among the Canadian politicians who recently travelled abroad despite the implementation of the strict travel restrictions in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday (Jan 4), the two Liberal MPs announced they have decided to step down from their government and House of Commons positions. Brampton-West MP ...

The former Governor of Goa and the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mridula Sinha passed away at age 77 at AIIMS in Delhi on Wednesday (Nov 18), nine days before her 78th birthday. While in Goa, she was also appointed by PM Modi as the brand ambassador of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA). Mridula Sinha was a native of ...

On Thursday (Nov 12), Prime Minister Narendra Modi will co-chair the 17th India – ASEAN Summit virtually. The summit is expected to highlight the measures to recover from the economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and further ways to expand the base of strategic connections. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the summit will review the status ...

On Wednesday (Sept 30), leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) Mr. John Horgan has announced a 10-year capital plan of $1.4 billion to build new long term care facilities, eliminate multi-bedrooms and to strengthen supervision of private operators of seniors home. He also promised to increase the wages of long term care workers in the British ...

The Election Commission today announced dates Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Voting will take place in three phases on October 28th, November 3rd and 7th. The results for the 243-seat assembly will be announced on 10 November, nearly three weeks before the term of the assembly expires on 29 November. “Elections entail large scale deployment of security forces. We have tried ...

Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Senior Congress leader , who had rebelled against party interim chief Sonia Gandhi at the recent Congress Working Committee team, has been sacked from the general secretary position in a major reshuffle, announced on Friday. Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad was the most prominent of the “dissent” letter writers seen to have questioned the leadership of ...

Amar Singh, Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader died today (August 1) at the age of 64 in Singapore due to kidney failure. He had undergone kidney transplant in 2011 and was not keeping well for some time. He was currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore. Amar Singh, was born on 27 January 1956, in Azamgarh, ...

A day after Trudeau government suspended extradition treaty with Hong Kong over recent security law, China has warned its citizens to exercise caution while travelling to Canada amid deepening tensions between Beijing and Ottawa The warning, published on Monday by the Chinese embassy in Ottawa on the WeChat messaging app platform, said Chinese citizens should pay close attention to the ...