Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Loudspeakers blaring political message turned silent on Tuesday evening as the curtains came down on the high-voltage electoral campaign for the 39 Lok Sabha seats and Assembly by-polls in 18 constituencies…
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) The campaign drums fell silent for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Tuesday for three parliamentary constituencies that will vote on April 18. With high…
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Former Chief Ministers J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi are be no more but it is still them that their parties – AIADMK and DMK respectively – invoke and rely on to…
Shimla, April 16 (IANS) The ruling BJP in Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday asked the state election commission to register a criminal case against a Congress leader for issuing threats to Bharatiya Janata Party state chief…
Imphal, April 16 (IANS) Campaigning ended at 4 p.m. on Tuesday for the Inner Manipur constituency, which goes to the polls on April 18. The BJP and the Opposition Congress are the major players in…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, April 16 (IANS) Tripura, which has traditionally witnessed a direct or triangular contest, will for the first time in seven decades see a multi-cornered battle as the ruling BJP has emerged…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was content with the Election Commission (EC) action against Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister…
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) The transport of EVMs in Telangana’s Jagtial district created a flutter as the video went viral on social media but the poll officials clarified on Tuesday that the machines were used…
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Tuesday sought Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan’s intervention to prevent rising attacks on YSRCP cadres and demand more security for the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) alleging that…
Patna, April 16 (IANS) Former RJD MP and former Union Minister Ali Ashraf Fatmi on Tuesday resigned from all the posts of the party and announced he will contest as an Independent from Madhubani in…
Bhubaneswar, April 16 (IANS) As Odisha gears up for the second phase of the Assembly elections scheduled for Thursday, 84 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves, including 68 with serious criminal cases, according to…
Ranchi, April 16 (IANS) Former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and senior BJP leader Arjun Munda, and former Union Minister Subodhkant Sahay filed their nomination papers on Tuesday. Munda filed his nomination from the Khuti Lok…
Panaji, April 16 (IANS) Far away from the ‘naamdar’ versus ‘kamdaar’ debate initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Delhi durbar, extolling the virtues of labour over lineage, in tiny Goa, the BJP appears…
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) Despite the summer heat soaring in Tamil Nadu, some people are praying for man-made power cuts at night — so that contestants can stealthily hand over cash to voters. Cash for…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) According to an official data, only four of the 44 sitting candidates contesting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections had asked zero questions in the Parliament, including…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, April 16 (IANS) Dwarfed more often than not by his peer, but more importantly Goa’s tallest BJP leader late Manohar Parrikar, the April 23 Lok Sabha polls offers Union Minister of…
Pathanapuram (Kerala), April 16 (IANS) The Congress’ Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Nyay), a minimum income guarantee scheme, will jump-start the Indian economy, party President Rahul Gandhi said here on Tuesday. Gandhi kicked off his two-day campaign…
Chennai, April 16 (IANS) The way to the seat of power in Tamil Nadu is through Kollywood, goes the saying. However, the entry of mega movie stars into the state’s politics in the future may…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 16 (IANS) High school and college students of Himachal Pradesh are daily getting tips on ways to strengthen democracy through ‘Walls of Democracy’ set up in 7,681 places, poll officials…
Sambalpur, April 16 (IANS) Making an election campaign pitch to the farming community in Odisha to vote for the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-led state government for…