Telangana Assemble Elections

Another MLA of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Friday joined the Congress, taking to eight the number of BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling party since the Assembly elections the previous year.

The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections ended today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories.

Ninety-six Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union territories including all seats in Andhra Pradesh, where assembly elections are also being held concurrently, and Telangana will go to polls today.

After a setback in the December 2023 assembly polls, the BJP has re-emerged as the principal challenger to the Congress, which secured the mandate to govern the state under the leadership of Revanth Reddy.

In the wake of heatwave conditions prevailing in the state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the polling hours in various assembly segments of Telangana for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled on May 13.

As the bugle is sounded for Lok Sabha polls with the announcement of the schedule, the ruling Congress in Telangana and the BJP are geared up for the electoral battle, while the BRS is struggling to bounce back after defeat in Assembly polls.

Elections were held in five states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram - in November and December.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi lawmaker K Kavitha hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Christmas morning, reviving jabs from before last month's Telangana election - in which the Congress thumped the BRS - mocking him as "Election Gandhi".

In a fierce war of words between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KT Rama Rao, the working president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), over the outcome of the Telangana assembly elections, Siddaramaiah took a dig at the BRS party's defeat.

Telangana's Gaddam Vivekanand, from Chennur (SC) constituency of Mancherial district, emerged as the richest with fortunes worth Rs 606 crore.

Acting quickly on its poll guarantees in Telangana, the new Congress government in the state has rolled out the free bus service for women.

BRS lost the assembly polls earlier this month with the Congress forming its first government in the southern state, which is also India's youngest.

The north versus south controversy has deepened after the BJP's win in three north Indian states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh and the Congress' win in Telangana, a south Indian state, in the assembly elections.

Despite its declining usage, with a notable drop from 1.41 per cent in 2018 to 0.97 per cent in recent polls, the presence of NOTA continues to impact election dynamics subtly yet significantly.

Revanth Reddy arrived for his swearing-in ceremony Thursday - the 54-year-old is now Chief Minister of Telangana - in an open-top jeep waving to a vocal and adoring crowd, and with top Congress leader Sonia Gandhi by his side.

Another MLA of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Friday joined the Congress, taking to eight the number of BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling party since the Assembly elections the previous year.

The fourth phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections ended today in 96 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union Territories.

Ninety-six Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and Union territories including all seats in Andhra Pradesh, where assembly elections are also being held concurrently, and Telangana will go to polls today.

After a setback in the December 2023 assembly polls, the BJP has re-emerged as the principal challenger to the Congress, which secured the mandate to govern the state under the leadership of Revanth Reddy.

In the wake of heatwave conditions prevailing in the state, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the polling hours in various assembly segments of Telangana for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled on May 13.

As the bugle is sounded for Lok Sabha polls with the announcement of the schedule, the ruling Congress in Telangana and the BJP are geared up for the electoral battle, while the BRS is struggling to bounce back after defeat in Assembly polls.

Elections were held in five states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram - in November and December.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi lawmaker K Kavitha hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Christmas morning, reviving jabs from before last month's Telangana election - in which the Congress thumped the BRS - mocking him as "Election Gandhi".

In a fierce war of words between Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KT Rama Rao, the working president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), over the outcome of the Telangana assembly elections, Siddaramaiah took a dig at the BRS party's defeat.

Telangana's Gaddam Vivekanand, from Chennur (SC) constituency of Mancherial district, emerged as the richest with fortunes worth Rs 606 crore.

Acting quickly on its poll guarantees in Telangana, the new Congress government in the state has rolled out the free bus service for women.

BRS lost the assembly polls earlier this month with the Congress forming its first government in the southern state, which is also India's youngest.

The north versus south controversy has deepened after the BJP's win in three north Indian states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh and the Congress' win in Telangana, a south Indian state, in the assembly elections.

Despite its declining usage, with a notable drop from 1.41 per cent in 2018 to 0.97 per cent in recent polls, the presence of NOTA continues to impact election dynamics subtly yet significantly.

Revanth Reddy arrived for his swearing-in ceremony Thursday - the 54-year-old is now Chief Minister of Telangana - in an open-top jeep waving to a vocal and adoring crowd, and with top Congress leader Sonia Gandhi by his side.