The Election Commission of India (ECI) is cracking its whip on political parties across states for activities such as black money and hawala transactions and illegal tax benefits. Parties from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh are on the ECI radar. One of the first things Chief…
The Biju Janata Dal has found itself facing an unexpected alliance of political parties recently — the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party — united against it in launching an unusual ‘egg attack’. After BJP supporters hurled eggs at the convoy of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Puri on Wednesday,…
New Delhi: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped today’s opposition meeting about Pegasus scandal, but at a press conference later, she made it clear that her party is at the forefront of the battle over the issue, pointing to her brush with the spyware. “All political parties in the…
Washington: An Indian-American engineer and entrepreneur has announced that she will be running for the US House of Representatives from a Congressional District in California. Shrina Kurani, born to Indian immigrant parents in Riverside, will be challenging 15-term Republican incumbent Ken Calvert for the…