Dehradun, March 11 (IANS) The Congress, which lost all five Lok Sabha seats in 2014 in Uttarakhand, on Monday said its High Command will take the final decision on the selection of the five candidates…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) has formed a committee comprising three “eminent” members to assess the situation on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir before it takes a decision about holding…
Guwahati, March 11 (IANS) Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the BJP and its allies will win between 19 and 21 seats out of the Northeast’s 25 Lok Sabha seats. He also…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Hindi heartland, where the BJP had done well in the 2014 elections and where the strikes on a terror training camp in Pakistan are seen to have a lot…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) With the Election Commission announcing the Lok Sabha poll schedule on Sunday, political parties are expected to expedite the process of candidate selection as also that of forming alliances in…
Agra, March 10 (IANS) Polling in Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra and neighbouring districts of Mathura, Firozabad, Hathras, and Aligarh will held in the second phase on April 18. Agra District Magistrate N.G….
Panaji, March 10 (IANS) With the Model Code of Conduct in place for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls, the Goa Police on Sunday said that they will be strictly monitoring gambling operations…
Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) For the first time in India’s electoral history, polling for one Lok Sabha seat – Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag constituency – will be held in three phases, the Election Commission announced…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Opposition parties, including the Congress, on Sunday welcomed announcement of Lok Sabha election schedule and said the poll outcome will see the Narendra Modi government out of power. However, the…
Lucknow, March 10 (IANS) Elections for the high-profile Amethi and Rae Bareli parliamentary constituencies in UP, represented by Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, respectively, will be held in the fifth phase…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) has formed a committee comprising three “eminent” members to assess the situation on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir before it takes a decision about holding…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Voting for Madhya Pradesh’s 29 parliamentary constituencies will take place in four phases between April 29 to May 19, the Election Commission announced on Sunday. The first phase of voting…
Amaravati, March 10 (IANS) With the Election Commission announcing the Lok Sabha poll schedule on Sunday, election authorities in Andhra Pradesh said they were ready to conduct simultaneous elections to the state Assembly and the…
Chennai, March 10 (IANS) Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said there should be peace between India and his country but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not a man for peace. In an interview…
Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Maharashtra’s political leaders on Sunday exhorted voters to come out in large numbers to vote in the Lok Sabha elections scheduled next month in the state. Welcoming the election schedule announcement,…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) A poll survey on Sunday predicted that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) may get a thin majority with 285 seats, 13 more than the magic figure of 272, while…
Shillong, March 10 (IANS) Political parties in Meghalaya, here on Sunday, welcomed the announcement of single-phase election to the two Lok Sabha seats – Shillong and Tura – on April 11, and said they expect…
New Delhi/Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) West Bengal will have a staggered seven-phase polling for its 42 Lok Sabha constituencies, the Election Commission announced on Sunday. Only two other states – Uttar Pradesh and Bihar -…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) For the first time in the Lok Sabha polls, candidates with criminal antecedents are required to publish information in this regard in newspapers and through television channels on three occasions…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) Polling for the 28 Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka will be held in two phases — on April 18 and 23, and vote count on May 23. “Polling will be…