LS polls: Maoist-hit areas of Singhbhum to witness voting for first-time
Come May 13, many interior areas in the Maoist den of Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat in Jharkhand will witness voting for the first time, or after decades-long gap, as polling teams and materials will be air...
View ArticleCongress indulged in corruption, did not carry out water works: Shekhawat
Union minister and BJP candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has claimed that he got budget worth thousands of crores sanctioned by the Centre for water works in Rajasthan but the previous Congress...
View ArticleLok Sabha polls: Minorities likely to support TMC in Bengal, say leaders
Minorities in West Bengal, constituting nearly thirty per cent of the electorate, are likely to vote for the TMC to halt BJP's advance, despite the presence of a secular alternative in the form of...
View ArticleManipur LS polls: Over 24k displaced people to vote from relief camps
Eleven months of conflict, over 50,000 displaced people and an anti-poll sentiment among few---the Election Commission in violence-hit Manipur is gearing up for the challenging task of holding Lok...
View ArticleConsider weather, climate inputs while planning one nation, one poll: IMD
With the government contemplating the idea of simultaneous Lok Sabha and state elections, India Meteorological Department chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the authorities should certainly take weather...
View ArticleFully confident Himachal will support us, truth will prevail, says Priyanka
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls to be held simultaneously in Himachal Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday expressed confidence that people of the...
View ArticleLS polls: Guarantees of Modi troubling INDIA bloc members, says PM in Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched a stinging attack on the Congress, charging that its recently released manifesto smacked of "politics of appeasement" and read as if it was brought out...
View ArticleWill provide statehood to Puducherry if INDIA bloc wins LS polls: Stalin
DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday said that the INDIA bloc, if voted to power after Lok Sabha polls, will provide statehood to Puducherry. Addressing an election rally...
View ArticleKhajuraho LS seat candidates being pressured to withdraw from poll: Cong
Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari on Sunday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was pressuring some of the candidates in the Khajuraho Lok Sabha seat to withdraw from the poll fray....
View ArticleSuvidha portal gets 73,000 applications for campaign-related activities
The Election Commission on Sunday said its Suvidha portal has received over 73,000 applications since the Lok Sabha polls were announced, seeking permission for various campaigning activities. The...
View ArticleLS polls: Oppn missed chances, BJP may win 300 seats says Prashant Kishor
Validating the BJP's claims, eminent political strategist Prashant Kishor said the ruling party will add significantly to its seats and vote share in south and east India, the two regions where its...
View ArticleLok Sabha polls: Unemployment imposed by BJP biggest issue, says Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the biggest issue in the Lok Sabha elections is the unemployment "imposed by the BJP", claiming the youth are struggling to find jobs and the...
View ArticleBJP trying to ensure people don't question rising petrol prices: Kanhaiya
Terming the BJP's '400 paar' slogan "perception management", Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar says such claims are a "malicious attempt" to alter the reality and are reflective of the ruling party's fear...
View ArticleTMC smells unholy alliance between NIA-BJP, BJP refutes allegations
Alleging an "unholy alliance" between National Investigation Agency (NIA) and BJP, Trinamool Congress on Sunday said the Election Commission remains "conspicuously silent" to the issue. TMC national...
View ArticleLS polls: INDIA alliance wants to save corrupt people, says BJP's Nadda
BJP national president J P Nadda on Sunday charged that the INDI Alliance leaders, who are either on bail or in jail, were keen on protecting the corrupt people whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi was...
View ArticleNew India knows how to protect its borders, keep people safe: CM Adityanath
The new India knows how to protect its borders and safeguard its people, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said during an election rally in Rajasthan on Sunday and asked people if it was...
View ArticleCentral agencies asking TMC leaders to join BJP or face action: CM Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged the central investigating agencies were asking TMC leaders to either join the BJP or face action. Addressing an election rally in Purulia...
View ArticleLS polls in Kerala: INDIA bloc allies CPI(M), Cong trade allegations on CAA
The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala and the opposition Congress, both part of the INDIA bloc, on Sunday traded allegations against each other on various issues, including the CAA and the recent Kannur blast,...
View ArticlePDP announces candidates for 3 seats, Mehbooba to contest from Anantnag
Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Anantnag constituency, the party announced on Sunday as it declared candidates for the three seats in the...
View ArticlePM Modi launches BJP's LS campaign in Madhya Pradesh with Jabalpur roadshow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday kickstarted the BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign in Madhya Pradesh with a roadshow in Jabalpur. He was accompanied by MP Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, state PWD...
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