BJP retains Arunachal Pradesh, SKM sweeps Sikkim with resounding victory in Assembly polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party returned to power in Arunachal Pradesh for second consecutive term by winning 46 seats while the ruling Sikkim Karantikari Morcha (SKM) retained its position by registering a thumping victory in the Himalayan state as counting of votes for the Assembly polls was held on Sunday, just two days before the results of the Lok Sabha polls will be declared.
SKM core committee to carry on with protests; demands govt talks to farmers
New Delhi/UNI: A meeting of the core committee of farmer unions under the banner of Samyukt Kisan Morcha was held on Saturday, and farmer leaders reiterated that their protest plans for the coming day remain unchanged.
30 Punjab locations affected by 'Rail Roko' called by SKM against Lakhimpur incident
New Delhi/UNI: At least 30 locations in Punjab alone were affected as the six-hour long 'Rail Roko' agitation called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) began on Monday calling for the arrest and dismissal of Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
SKM blames Nihangs for Singhu border killing
New Delhi/UNI: The body of a man with a hand chopped off, and found tied to a barricade in Kundli, close to the main stage at the farmers' protest site along the Delhi-Haryana Singhu border on Friday, is the works of Nihang Sikhs, alleged the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM).
SKM-BJP alliance emerges victorious in the Sikkim by-polls, SDF decimated, Golay wins Poklok Kamrang
Gangtok/IBNS: Sikkim Krantikari Morcha(SKM) founder and Chief Minister PS Golay(Tamang) sealed his victory with a majority of 8,953 votes from the Poklok Kamrang Assembly seat in the by-polls which took place on Oct 21 last.
PS Golay becomes eligible to contest by-elections
Gangtok, Sep 29 (UNI/IBNS) Chief Minister PS Golay has now become eligible to contest the Sikkim Assembly by-elections, after the Election Commission of India reduced his term of disqualification from six years to one year and a month.