Patna, April 17 (IANS) Former Union Minister Ali Ashraf Fatmi formally quit the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday, a day after he resigned from all party posts. Fatmi announced his resignation from the RJD…
Shimla, April 17 (IANS) Over 2.50 lakh voters of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday asked the two national parties — the BJP and the Congress — to come out with a detailed action…
By Sirshendu Panth Siliguri, April 17 (IANS) In the backdrop of the controversy over the ruling Trinamool Congress roping in Bangladeshi actors for campaigning, three northern West Bengal constituencies, including the keenly-watched Raiganj and Darjeeling,…
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Once represented by luminaries such as DMK founder C.N. Annadurai, Union Minister (and later President) R. Venkataraman and actor Vyjayanthimala Bali, Chennai South is among Tamil Nadu’s most prestigious Lok Sabha…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) The contest seems wide open for the nine reserved Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra that are currently held by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine. Of the…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Ten of Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, including three reserved for Scheduled Castes, will go to the polls on Thursday (April 18). They are: Buldhana, Akola, Amravati (SC),…
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Bihar’s former Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V. Nayak as a special observer for West Bengal, an official said on Wednesday. “Ajay V…
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is making the most of the 72-hour campaigning ban imposed on him by the Election Commission. Adityanath on Wednesday reached Ayodhya to offer prayers at…
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has been booked for calling Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan ‘Mogambo, a popular villain character from Bollywood. The Union Minister of Minority Affairs referred to Azam…
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) An estimated 2.43 crore electorates will test Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity as 14 out of 28 constituencies in Karnataka go to the polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha…
By Gokul Bhagabati New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) In the offline world, it is not difficult to understand where you need to run your campaigns to get the attention of the voters you want to…
Dehradun, April 17 (IANS) The Uttarakhand police have arrested a Congress leader and three policemen for allegedly robbing a bag containing Rs one crore, a top police official said on Wednesday. Director General of Police…
By Vivek Tripathi Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not see the SP-BJP alliance in the state as a “threat” to it in the Lok Sabha…
Bhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) The stage is set for the second phase of polling for five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats in Odisha on Thursday. A total of 76.93 lakh voters are eligible to…
Solapur (Maharashtra), April 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi fired a fresh salvo on Wednesday at Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar for raising questions about his family. “He can say whatever he wants about…
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) All is set in Tamil Nadu for the crucial 2019 general elections with about 5.8 crore voters to decide on the fate of 822 candidates contesting in 38 Lok Sabha constituencies….
Bhopal, April 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party national General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, who was considered a strong contender from the Indore parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday said he will not contest the Lok…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) Has the BJP got its social engineering right in by forming alliance with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party in Rajasthan and roping in Gujjar community leader Kirori Singh Bainsla…
By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) With just a week to go for the polls, the three political fronts are sweating it out but also exhibiting supreme confidence that this time, it will be…
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is making good use of the 72-hour ban imposed on him by the Election Commission. Adityanath on Wednesday left for Ayodhya to offer prayers at…