Daily Excelsior

BHOPAL, Jun 9: Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders on Tuesday alleged poaching attempts by the BJP ahead of the June 18 Rajya Sabha polls and said the party has decided to move its MLAs to Congressruled Karnataka to prevent crossvoting and keep its camp united. The 230-member state assembly makes up the electoral college for the Rajya Sabha election. With the assemblys effective strength at 229, a candidate requires 58 first-preference votes to secure election to the Upper House of Parliament. [] Th

NEW DELHI, June 5:Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NEET-UG paper leak issue, urging the government to issue a white paper documenting the instances of paper leaks or irregularities in NTA-conducted examinations in the last eight years and the action taken on them. Singh, who is also the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, said that at a time when lakhs of students are under []

NEW DELHI, Jun 4: The BJP on Thursday announced candidates for upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in five states, fielding party national general secretary Tarun Chugh from Madhya Pradesh and Satish Poonia from Rajasthan. The names of Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian did not figure in the list of BJP candidates. Both ministers term in the Upper House ends on June 21. While Bittu is a Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, Kurian represents Madhya Pradesh currently in the [] The post BJP

CHANDIGARH, May 3: A delegation of the Punjab BJP met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria here on Sunday and submitted a memorandum raising various concerns, including the conduct of the chief minister and the AAP governments recent action against some MPs who joined the BJP. The delegation, led by state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar and consisting of state unit working president Ashwani Sharma and leaders Preneet Kaur, Shwait Malik, Vineet Joshi and Tikshan Sud, met the governor at the Lok Bhawan. [] The pos

NEW DELHI, May 3: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday attacked the BJP-RSS over the issue of press freedom, saying their message is clear that independent journalism will be punished, and compliance rewarded. He alleged that sections of the media have been reduced to echoing the ruling establishment, while those who persist in asking questions are targeted relentlessly. In a post on X on World Press Freedom Day, Kharge said Indias position in the World Press Freedom Index has steadil