New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Call it opportunism or political astuteness, some parties and leaders in Indias political spectrum have shown ideological flexibility and made deft moves enabling them to become a part of governments…
Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged the Congress and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) to join hands with the AAP in Haryana to defeat the BJP in…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) It’s election time and can the stars – from the film world and the sports field, be far behind? Some names have been declared from Kerala and West Bengal and…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (IANS) The Chief Electoral Officer in Kerala on Wednesday told political parties that under no circumstances should votes be solicited in the name of the Sabarimala temple. Tikka Ram Meena, who on…
Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) The Karnataka coalition government led by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has “failed” to deliver on its promise of farm loans waiver, BJP state unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa said on Wednesday. “The…
Mumbai, March 13 (IANS) Sujay R. Vikhe Patil, who made a high-profile entry into the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday, and Parth A. Pawar, the NCP candidate, took their first political steps on Wednesday in…
Chandigarh, March 13 (IANS) Nearly one-third of the sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) in Punjab and Haryana have turned “rebels” in this general election against the parties with which they won the 2014 Lok Sabha…
Chennai, March 13 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the UPA will reserve 33 per cent government jobs for women and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill giving 33 per cent of seats in…
Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) TDP MP Thota Narasimham and well-known businessman Potluri Vara Prasad were among those who joined the YSR Congress Party on Wednesday. Narasimham, a leader of the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP)…
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) A war of words erupted between Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged several prominent personalities to encourage…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, March 13 (IANS) Call it an irony or sheer coincidence. Rajasthan has been witness to winning and losing all its 25 Lok Sabha seats elections the two separate tenures of senior…
Amaravati, March 13 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Wednesday postponed the announcement of its first list of candidates for the Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Lok Sabha polls to March 16. The main opposition…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, March 13 (IANS) The thunder of all the bombs dropped by the IAF on Balakot may not politically echo in the BJP’s favour in Goa where it appears to be caught…
Guwahati, March 13 (IANS) Expressing his displeasure over the Asom Gana Parishad’s (AGP) decision to rejoin the BJP-led alliance in Assam ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, AGP leader and former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla…
Lucknow, March 13 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for doing nothing to clean the Ganga, a promise he had made in the run up to the…
Guwahati, March 13 (IANS) Despite opposition from its grassroots workers, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections in Assam together with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bodoland…
Amaravati, March 13 (IANS) The election authorities in Andhra Pradesh have received an online application for deletion of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s name from the voter list. An unidentified person submitted…
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) An important characteristic of multi-phase elections is the traction the political rhetoric gets. Extended elections in multiple phases allow political parties and formations malleability and ductility. Size is obviously the…
Shillong, March 13 (IANS) Ahead of the first phase Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday transferred two Meghalaya officials, including Returning Officer for Shillong parliamentary seat, Matsiewdor War Nongbri and replaced her…
Gurugram, March 12 (IANS) While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is striving to return to power at the Centre, it could not be that easy for it in Haryana as majority of poll promises, say…