By Fakir Balaji Shimoga (Karnataka), April 21 (IANS) In the battle for supremacy in Karnataka’s Malnad region, sons of two former Chief Ministers will lock horns for the prestigious Shimoga Lok Sabha seat in the…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Supporters of Delhi Congress leader Raj Kumar Chauhan on Sunday staged a protest outside party President Rahul Gandhi’s residence here over rumours that he was being denied a ticket by…
Bhopal, April 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Bhopal parliamentary consituency in Madhya Pradesh Sadhvi Pragya Thakur said on Sunday that she takes pride in the demolition of the Babri Masjid. “We…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Saturday demanded the Election Commission remove its Special Observer Ajay Nayak following his comment that the state’s present condition was akin to what it used…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi is set for a triangular fight with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announcing that alliance is not possible with the Congress as the latter wants the tie-up…
Bengaluru, April 20 (IANS) Campaign has peaked across the remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka’s western and northern regions where polling is on April 23 in the third phase of 2019 general elections across…
Rajkot (Gujarat), April 20 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Saturday claimed that the BJP and its allies together would not cross 200 seats in the Lok Sabha, even as his party would spring…
Chandigarh, April 20 (IANS) Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S. Karuna Raju said on Saturday that as per general protocol, ambulances are not stopped at security check points and are facilitated to cross security barriers without…
Guwahati, April 20 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur will cast their votes in Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency where polls will be held on April 23 in the third phase…
Chandigarh, April 20 (IANS) Sitting MP from Hisar Dushyant Chautala and Congress’ state President Ashok Tanwar were among the 39 candidates who filed their nominations for various Lok Sabha seats in Haryana on Saturday. Chautala,…
Kolkata, April 20 (IANS) The Election Commission on Saturday transferred West Bengal’s Malda district Superintendent of Police (SP) Arnab Ghosh, three days before the Lok Sabha polls in the district. Ghosh will be replaced by…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) As many as 119 (34 per cent) of 354 candidates contesting in the third phase of Odisha Assembly elections have declared criminal charges against themselves while 101 (29 per cent)…
Chennai, April 20 (IANS) The Election Commission will decide whether to hold a repoll in some polling booths following complaints from the DMK, said a senior official. Speaking to reporters, Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer…
Shimla, April 20 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dissident Mohinder Sofat on Saturday rejoined the party he had quit ahead of the 2012 assembly elections. A sizeable section in the BJP, including party…
Bhopal, April 20 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday filed his nomination papers for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat. Singh, who left the residence of former Union…
Panaji, April 20 (IANS) A week after a Goa Catholic priest apologised to the poll authorities for a hate speech urging people not to vote for the BJP, Goa’s Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao on Saturday…
Shimla, April 20 (IANS) A total of 182,890 people in Himachal Pradesh have applied for getting their names enrolled in the voters list till Friday, Additional Chief Electoral Officer D.K. Rattan said on Saturday. He…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia on Saturday said the alliance with the Congress in the national capital was not possible as the grand…
Ranchi, April 20 (IANS) Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad filed his nomination papers on Saturday for Jharkhand’s Dhanbad Lok Sabha seat on a Congress ticket. Only district level leaders were present during the occasion as Azad is…
Bhopal, April 20 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday issued a notice to BJP nominee from Bhopal parliamentary seat Sadhvi Pragya Thakur over her remarks on police officer Hemant Karkare, who was killed in…