Tag: Former Chief Minister

Verdict 2019: Former Chief Ministers contesting Lok Sabha elections and their chances

Not only does it become a prestige battle for the party and the former CM, the outcome also indicates the shift in voters’ sentiments.

May 22, 2019

Former SP’s arrest confirms BJP’s allegations of lawlessness in HP: Dhumal

Former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Thursday slammed the government for lawlessness in Himachal and said the arrest of former Shimla SP DW Negi in Gudia case proves BJP’s allegations. Talking to mediapersons here, Dhumal said BJP had already raised question on Congress government’s laxity in the gangrape and murder of 16-year-old girl in...

November 17, 2017

Bypoll to Maha council seat vacated by Rane on Dec 7

The by-election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council seat, vacated by former chief minister Narayan Rane after he quit the Congress, will be held on December 7, according to the Election Commission of India. As per the election schedule announced by the EC on Tuesday, the result will be declared the same day after the polling....

November 15, 2017

Gujarat Assembly polls: Vaghela’s front to contest on another party’s symbol

Congress’ former leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Wednesday said his new political front will contest all the 182 seats of Gujarat Assembly on the election symbol of a Rajasthan-based party. The polling for the two-phase elections will take place on December 9 and 14, and votes will be counted on December 18. According to Vaghela, a former...

October 25, 2017

Kerala to probe ex-CM Chandy in Solar Scam case

The Kerala government on Wednesday decided to initiate a criminal and vigilance probe against former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and others in the Rs 7 million Solar Scam case Chandy’s cabinet colleagues Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Aryadan Mohammed and former Congress legislators Thampanoor Ravi and Benny Behanan would also be probed in the scam that surfaced in...

October 11, 2017

N D Tiwari suffers brain stroke, hospitalised: Son

Former Union minister N D Tiwari admitted today to a private hospital here after he suffered a brain stroke, his son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari said. Sources at Max Hospital in Saket said the condition of 91-year-old Tiwari, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, is serious and is being kept under observation in...

September 20, 2017

Manesar land deal scam: CBI books former top Haryana bureaucrat for DA case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked former Haryana Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer and Principal Secretary (PS) to former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Murari Lal Tayal in a disproportionate assets (DA) case. The Central probing agency has booked Tayal along with his family members under Section 13 (2), read with 13(1)...

September 5, 2017