Oldest at 94, Parkash Singh Badal files nomination for Punjab polls
A five-time MLA from the Lambi constituency, the elderly Badal was the president of the SAD from 1995 to 2008
View ArticlePunjab Assembly polls: Sukhbir Badal declares assets worth Rs 122.77 crore
Horses worth Rs 95.82 lakh, two weapons valued at Rs 3 lakh and immovable properties worth Rs 52.95 crore were part of the total assets of Rs 122.77 crore declared by SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal
View ArticleHome Minister Shah using casteist terminology in electioneering: RLD chief
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary accused Union Home minister Amit Shah of consistently using "caste-based terminology" during his election campaign in western Uttar Pradesh.
View ArticleManipur polls: NPF to contest in 10 seats; Shiv Sena names 6 candidates
The regional Naga People's Front (NPF) which won four seats in the Manipur assembly elections in 2017 said it would contest in 10 constituencies this time.
View ArticleSamajwadi Party govts pushed UP onto violence, says CM Adityanath
UP CM Yogi Adityanath alleged that the previous SP governments pushed the state into violence as he held the party responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots
View ArticleAssembly polls: Fifteen former bureaucrats appointed EC's special observers
Fifteen former bureaucrats with experience in the electoral process have been appointed as special observers for the assembly polls in five states.
View ArticleLalpura resigns as NCM chief after BJP fields him in Punjab Assembly polls
Lalpura was a BJP spokesperson and had also been an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer in the past
View ArticleBattle for UP: Congress withdraw candidates against Akhilesh, Shivpal
The Congress candidates in Karhal in Mainpuri and Jaswantnagar in Etawah have bowed out of the contest
View ArticleBattle for Uttar Pradesh: Lakhimpur Kheri farmers to use NOTA option
The farmers are yet to come to terms with the October 3 incident in which four farmers were allegedly mowed down by an SUV belonging to Union Minister Ajay Misra Teni's son Ashish Misra
View ArticleBattle for UP: Assembly speaker Hriday Narain Dixit denied ticket
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Law Minister Brajesh Pathak, who had won from Lucknow Central in 2017, has been shifted to Lucknow Cantonment, denying ticket to the sitting BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari.
View ArticleOpposition leaders, their agendas will vanish after polls: Uttarakhand CM
CM Dhami made the following comments while addressing a public meeting at Paltan Bazar in Dehradun and sought votes for the BJP candidates
View ArticlePunjab elections: 931 candidates file nominations on last day
Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi filed his nomination papers from Chamkaur Sahib seat
View ArticleCongress releases 2nd list of 10 candidates for Manipur assembly polls
Former minister Ningthoujam Biren Singh and legislator Pukhrem Sharatchandra Singh are among the nominees featured in the second list
View ArticleBattle for UP: Ex-IPS officer, now BJP candidate, booked for code violation
The notice has been served by the sub-district election officer after 15-16 children were found to be campaigning for the BJP candidate
View ArticleCycle is punctured, hand pump redundant, says UP Deputy CM
The cycle and the hand pump are poll symbols of the Samajwadi Party and the RLD respectively
View ArticleUP Assembly polls: Samajwadi Party announces 3 seats, queers pitch for BJP
The Samajwadi Party has made the contest tough on three seats where it announced candidates on Wednesday
View ArticleGoa polls: AAP candidates sign affidavits promising no corruption
All 40 candidates of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the upcoming Goa Assembly polls on Wednesday signed affidavits promising that they will not indulge in corruption or defect.
View ArticleUP Assembly Elections: First phase is farmers' election, says Akhilesh
Addressing a joint press conference with Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary, the SP chief said that it was late Chaudhary Charan Singh who had awakened the farmers
View ArticleAkhilesh govt will build Ayodhya temple faster, better: Ram Gopal Yadav
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday refuted Home Minister Amit Shah's statements on the SP's stand on the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya
View ArticleForty-two MLAs wanted me to be Punjab CM after Amarinder's exit: Jakhar
Sunil Jakhar was among the front runners for the chief ministerial post, but the party preferred Charanjit Singh Channi, who became the first chief minister of Punjab from the SC community
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