Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:28:50
The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday presented the Budget for 2022-23 with a proposed expenditure of Rs 2.56 lakh crore and a projected revenue deficit of Rs 17,036 crore.
Finance Minister Buggana Rajendranath presented the ambitious budget although the government fell short of its expenditure estimates in 2021-22 by a whopping Rs 55,182 crore.
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:26:48
As many as 11 ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government failed to win in the 2022 assembly elections, despite the BJP registering an impressive victory.
According to the Election Commission website, of the 402 seats the result of which were declared, BJP won 255. Its alliance partners Apna Dal (Sonelal) bagged 12 and NISHAD Party six.
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:24:59
The Bharatiya Janata Party coasted to a clear victory in the insurgency-ridden northeastern state of Manipur, picking up 32 seats in a house of 60.
The opposition Congress in one of its worst ever performance, was reduced to just 5 seats from having the single largest party status in the 2017 elections, though Congress's former three-times chief minister O Ibobi Singh pulled off a victory from
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:23:15
Notwithstanding the political heat generated over the Tikunia violence which had left four farmers among eight people dead ahead of assembly polls, the BJP made a clean sweep by winning all eight seats in Lakhimpur Kheri.
In the results declared on Thursday, BJP posted an impressive victory in Nighasan assembly seat where violence had erupted during farmers' agitation on October 3.
BJP's Sh
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:21:41
Nearly eight lakh voters, who exercised their franchise in the five states which went to assembly polls, used the 'none of the above' or NOTA option, according to data available on the Election Commission website.
In Manipur, out of the total voters, 10,349 or 0.6 per cent used the NOTA option. Similarly in Goa, 10,629 voters (1.1 per cent) used the option.
In Uttar Pradesh, which has the ma
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:20:42
Several party hoppers including Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi, Fatehjang Singh Bajwa and Anil Joshi faced defeats in their respective constituencies on Thursday.
Ahead of the assembly polls, several leaders had switched over to other parties including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).
Former sports minister Sodhi was defeat
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:19:02
Voters in the coastal state of Goa have poured cold water, at least for now, on the Trinamool Congress' plans to expand its footprint beyond West Bengal and emerge as a nationwide party challenging the BJP.
Its show in the Goa assembly election failed to match the noise it made while entering the poll fray, with no seat to show for its efforts.
Even its pre-poll partner, the Maharashtrawadi
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:17:42
With a landslide victory in Punjab under its belt, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears set to make big inroads in Rajya Sabha.
Elections have been announced to five Rajya Sabha seats in Punjab and the AAP might bag all of them, taking its total in the Upper House to eight.
The AAP already has three members - all from Delhi - in Rajya Sabha. It stands to gain in Punjab as two different election
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Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:16:31
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and over half of his ministers have lost from the seats they were contesting as the AAP stormed to power in Punjab on Thursday with an overwhelming majority.
The Aam Aadmi Party scripted history by winning 92 of the 117 assembly seats while the ruling Congress suffered a severe drubbing.
Channi, who contested from Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district and
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