New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Congress decision to nominate star boxer Vijender Singh for the prestigious South Delhi constituency has come as a surprise to many but former chief national coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 24 (IANS) After polling for the Lok Sabha elections at a few places in Kerala was extended much beyond the official closing time, the final voter turnout tally stands at 77.68 per cent,…
Panaji, April 24 (IANS) Even as polling for Goa’s two Lok Sabha seats and three Assembly bypolls ended on April 23, the coastal state is already readying for the bypoll to the Panaji Assembly constituency,…
Agartala/Guwahati, April 24 (IANS) With the conclusion of the third phase of voting in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, polling in all the 25 parliamentary constituencies of the eight Northeastern states have been completed, Election…
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Maharashtra recorded a moderate 62.37 per cent voting for the Lok Sabha constituencies in the state that voted in the third phase on Tuesday, election officials said on Wednesday. Voting was…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) After he was denied a ticket for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), outgoing Delhi MP Udit Raj on Wednesday joined the Congress. Udit Raj,…
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Election Commission has reiterated that its decision to ban the release of the biographical film on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ongoing polls is valid,…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 24 (IANS) The road to political success that six-time Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram, both Congress veterans, have followed throughout their lives has…
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) The ‘shoe-war unleashed by Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi has taken politics to new depths. The Minister has distributed shoes in some villages of the constituency after she saw the…
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will be campaigning in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. At around 12 noon, the leaders will reach Kheri parliamentary constituency, where Rahul…
By Binita Das Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Words are being shot like arrows in West Bengal as various parties take part in the country’s biggest political Game of Thrones, the Lok Sabha elections. Be it…
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) With an annual income of over Rs 12 crore, cricketer-turned-politican Gautam Gambhir is among the richest of all the candidates in fray for the Lok Sabha election in Delhi. Gambhir,…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday called the Congress a ‘vote cutter party’ saying voting for the grand national party in Delhi will mean voting the BJP. Speaking to the…
Arambag/Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Going on the offensive against the Central forces, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress on Tuesday moved the Election Commission, accusing the troopers of influencing the electorate to vote for the BJP…
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) Electioneering in Goa had a green touch to it this time round, with bamboo products replacing plastic items, as far as bulk of poll-related paraphernalia is concerned. According to Chief Electoral…
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) Holiday mood may have dampened the voting spirit in Goa, poll officials said, as the coastal state polled a relatively low 72.04 per cent (provisional) voting for the two Lok Sabha…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Denied a ticket, BJP Lok Sabha member Udit Raj on Tuesday attacked the party, saying candidates are being chosen on the basis of “some inscrutable internal standards” while ignoring the…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday released a list of 20 star campaigners for Haryana, with party Chief Arvind Kejriwal topping the list. Apart from Kejriwal, senior AAP leaders who…
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, April 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party is betting on retaining its hold in Karnataka in the 2019 general election despite facing the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) jointly in all…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Even as a Congress worker died outside a polling booth and reports of violence came in, West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Aariz Aftab on Tuesday said the third-phase elections across…