The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an election petition challenging the election of DMK MP Kanimozhi from Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi constituency in 2019 general elections. Kanimozhi had challenged a Madras High Court order which had refused to dismiss the petition against her.
"This is a totally false case and his disqualification has come to keep him away from Parliament. But, we will fight it both legally and politically," he told reporters outside Parliament.
Congress party is set to march at Vijay Chowk against the two years imprisonment verdict announced in Rahul Gandhi's defamation case.
Surat District Court sentenced Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to two years of imprisonment in the criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged 'Modi surname' remark'.
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. In the run-up to the 2019 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used Twitter to portray a culturally strong India buoyed by nationalism to attract the urban middle class and enthuse his party cadre, a study led by an NRI professor has concluded.
A non-bailable warrant has been issued by a Rampur court against veteran actor and BJP leader Jaya Prada in a violation of model code of conduct case of 2019.
The ECI announced that it would implement directions of the Supreme Court concerning criminal antecedents of candidates. Adding more, the apex elections conducting body made it clear that from now political parties have to upload detailed info regarding individuals with pending criminal cases against their candidates.
India’s star women’s badminton player Saina Nehwal has joined the BJP. She along with her sister Abu Chandranshu joined the party in a formal ceremony conducted in New Delhi. Saina’s sister also joined the BJP. After the induction, Nehwal said, “I can see Prime Minister Narendra Modi does so much for the country, I want to do something for the country with him," the shuttler said, wearing the BJP scarf.
The ace badminton player joined (long) list of sportspersons who entered the world of politics. Several sportspersons joined politics in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and in the state assembly polls.
The CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and came to India on or before December 31, 2014.
Congress General Secretary and incharge for eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is celebrating her 48th birthday on Sunday. Congress leaders wished Gandhi scion who resembles late PM Indira Gandhi.
From Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphatic win in India, to his UK counterpart Boris Johnson's crushing victory against the Labour, 2019 would go down as the year when voters round the globe posed faith in their incumbent leaders rather than vying for alternatives. Here are five poll outcomes that kept the world watching.
The most tweeted about hashtag in India this year was #loksabhaelections2019 used before and after the results of the General Elections 2019. The 17th General Elections, known as Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in India, was held from April 11 to May 19 and the counting was done on May 23, 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tweet celebrating the Bharatiya Janata Party's re-election victory in 2019 was the most retweeted and liked tweet of the year, making it the "Golden Tweet" in India, the microblogging platform said on Tuesday.
The plea, filed by former Border Security Force (BSF) constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, sought the disqualification of Modi from his Lok Sabha membership, alleging violation of norms by the Election Commission in the conduct of polls in the parliamentary segment.
Five months after the Lok Sabha victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has suffered a loss in its vote share in Haryana and Maharashtra.