Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “failing to keep its promises and playing with the emotions of people”. In a series of tweets,…
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the Congress, Sujay Vikhe-Patil, son of the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, on Tuesday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sujay Vikhe-Patil was…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said that BJP’s politicization of the “surgical strikes” on terror camps in Pakistan will not help it in the Lok…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala/Guwahati, March 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party has embarked on a do-or-die battle to win as many of the 25 Lok Sabha seats as it can in eight northeastern states. For…
Shillong, March 11 (IANS) Meghalaya’s ruling alliance on Monday announced it would jointly field former Union minister Agatha K. Sangma from the Tura Lok Sabha seat and United Democratic Party’s Jemino Mawthoh from the Shillong…
Bahadurgarh/Gurugram, March 11 (IANS) After the announcement of parliamentary election on Sunday, Dipendra Singh Hooda, Rohtak MP, on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for making nationalism a poll issue and using armed forces…
Bengaluru, March 11 (IANS) The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) on Monday announced that the Common Entrance Test (CET) would be held on April 29, 30 and May 1 instead of the earlier dates of April…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, dwellers of the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans on Monday demanded immediate implementation of the Forest Rights Act in the islands and declared they would…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that the Narendra Modi government of planning another strike and indicated that the long-drawn Lok Sabha election process was intended to facilitate…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) West Bengal’s opposition BJP and CPI-M on Monday complained to the Election Commission that the ruling Trinamool Congress leaders were “threatening the voters”. “There is no democracy in West Bengal. Just…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) Continuing to take pot shots at the Election Commission for announcing a seven-phase staggered poll schedule in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress, here on Monday, alleged that the panel has…
Ahmedabad, March 11 (IANS) The Congress is all set to kick-start its campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the home turf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah with a…
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) The Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA), which comprises six parties including the BSP and the CPI, on Monday announced candidates for 12 of the state’s 13 Lok Sabha seats. Besides the Bahujan…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) A day after Lok Sabha poll dates were announced, the BJP’s top brass on Monday began discussing their election preparedness and strategies with party chief Amit Shah meeting office bearers…
Guwahati, March 11 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind, a watchdog group has been launched to map electoral violence in the northeastern states in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls. The Social Actions for New Alternatives…
By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, March 11 (IANS) With the announcement of parliamentary election schedule, both the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the opposition Grand Alliance are making claims and counter-claims of increasing their tally…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi saying it was begging the Congress to stitch an alliance because it has accepted defeat…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran for allotment of a common symbol (“pressure cooker”) to his party for the coming…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit road shows and motorbike rallies by political parties during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls as they…
By Vishav New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) With Jammu and Kashmir not going for simultaneous assembly polls with the Lok Sabha election, the decision on holding polls in the state is likely to be taken…