Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Amid reports of widespread violence across districts in West Bengal in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, Deputy Election Commissioner Sudip Jain would come to the eastern metropolis on May 12 and…
Agartala, May 9 (IANS) The opposition CPI-M and Congress are seeking directions from the Supreme Court against the Election Commission (EC) decision to hold re-polling on May 12 in only 168 polling stations under the…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday announced a re-poll at a polling booth in West Bengal’s Ketugram in Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency. The re-polling will be held on May 12, from 7…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address election rallies in Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Friday. Gandhi will address his first election rally in the hill state in Una town in…
Bankura/Purulia, May 9 (IANS) Ridiculing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for wanting to give him “a tight slap of democracy”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said her slap will be a “blessing” to…
Kharagpur (West Bengal), May 9 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday hailed his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee as a “Bengal tigress” and said she had “taught a lesson” to Prime…
Ranchi, May 9 (IANS) Nearly one-fourth of the candidates who are fighting the Lok Sabha polls in Jharkhand face criminal cases, including attempt to murder and murder. In Jharkhand, polling is taking place in four…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 9 (IANS) With a preliminary probe revealing bogus voting in the postal ballots of police officials in Kerala, the Congress party on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter while the state…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) A BJP delegation approached the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday seeking 100 per cent coverage by central forces of polling booths in West Bengal’s constituencies which are set to vote in…
Sunam (Punjab), May 9 (IANS) Calling for a vote against the Akalis who he said resorted to sacrilege to polarise communities, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday made an emotional appeal to not let…
Kolkata May 9 (IANS) The name and lines of Rabindranath Tagore took centre stage in battleground Bengal on Thursday as politicians like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vied with each other…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Attacking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Thursday dubbed BJP as the “Bahut Jhoot Party”. He accused Modi of speaking…
By Anand Singh Sonipat, May 9 (IANS) Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is looking to make a comeback to Parliament after a gap of 15 years, is pitching himself as the man…
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency may house all the Central government offices but local issues have played their role in the elections, with sealing being the…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Continuing its attack on late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the BJP on Thursday claimed that the “instructions to kill” citizens during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots came from the Prime Minister’s…
By Vishal Gulati Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) He is a veteran Bollywood actor, but when it comes to seeking votes for his BJP candidate wife, Anupam Kher does not mind hitting the streets of the…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will meet his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on Thursday as part of his efforts for closer coordination between the opposition parties after…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) With the BJP expecting major gains from West Bengal, where the party has emerged as a force to reckon with, its biggest campaigners — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and national president…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday held a road show in support of boxer Vijender Singh whom the party has fielded from the South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. Amid…
Bhind/Murena/Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), May 8 (IANS) Responding to former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s charges of discrepancies in farm loan waiver, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the brother and son of…