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Freed pro-Maoist leader reposes faith in Mamata
Kolkata, A day after he was bailed out on completing a ten-year sentence, pro-Maoist leader Chhatradhar Mahato –…
Election Commissioner Lavasa absent at announcement of Jharkhand poll schedule
New Delhi, Nov 1 : Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa, who had given a dissent note on the clean…
Bengal bypolls to be 1st trial of strength post Lok Sabha election
The polls at Kharagpur Sadar and Karimpur were necessitated after the MLAs from the respective seats won the Lok Sabha polls.
Congress to target economy, unemployment in Maharashtra, Haryana
New Delhi, Oct 5 : The Congress, which is aiming to wrest power from the BJP in Maharashtra…
India still awaits Priyanka Gandhi’s ‘magic’
New Delhi, Sep 25 : It was with much fanfare that the other scion of Gandhi family Priyanka…
We offered 40 seats to BSP in Haryana: Dushyant Chautala
The announcement came less than a month after the alliance was formed. Earlier, the AAP parted ways with the JJP. Both contested the Lok Sabha polls together.
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking fresh LS polls with ballot papers
New Delhi, July 5 : The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL filed by lawyer…
‘Missing’ Tejashwi says he was undergoing treatment
Patna, June 29 RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday took to Twitter to put an end to speculation…
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury: From street fighter to Congress leader in LS
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Maverick, aggressive, and controversial, five-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has for long been considered…
Lawyer files plea in Supreme Court To Conduct Fresh Lok Sabha Polls Through Ballot paper
New Delhi, June 13 : Lawyer ML Sharma has filed a fresh petition in the Supreme court and…
Decoding Congress failure in the 2019 general election
The recently held general election was different from any other held in India in the sense that for…
Mamata terms LS polls scandalous, demands fact finding committee
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday claimed that the Electronic Voting Machines…
Bring back paper ballot to save democracy: Mamata
Accusing the BJP of winning the Lok Sabha polls by misusing muscle, money and government power, West Bengal…
Congress may not contest UP bypolls
Lucknow, June 1 (IANS) The Congress in Uttar Pradesh may decide against contesting the bye-elections to 11 Assembly…
Mamata accuses BJP of manipulating EVMs, proposes mass movement
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday held her party Trinamool Congress’ core…
Congress Parliamentary Party meeting on June 1
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) A meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) will be held on June 1…
Clamour in Congress to go it alone in Bihar
Patna, May 29 (IANS) After the Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) no-show in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections,…
Mamata reshuffles cabinet after Trinamool’s dismal LS show
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Following her party’s shocking performance in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister…
Time to fix accountability; sack not resign: Pramod Tiwari
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Tuesday said that this was not the…
AAP MLA blames Kejriwal for loss in Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party’s MLA Alka Lamba on Saturday blamed the party’s national convenor…
Congress snatches Andaman and Nicobar seat from BJP
Port Blair, May 24 : Amid an all pervading doom, the Congress had something to cheer for in…
GoT references become buzzwords as Modi wins
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi readied for a second term, Twitterati used memes…
BJP’s Gautam Gambhir wins from East Delhi by 3,91,222 votes
BJP’s Gautam Gambhir wins from East Delhi by 3,91,222 votes
Chiefs of Grand Alliance partners in Bihar defeated
Patna, May 23 (IANS) There was such a Modi wave in Bihar this time that the chiefs of…
We will introspect: MP CM Kamal Nath after Congress defeat
Bhopal, May 23 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday accepted the results of the Lok…
Most dynasties face people’s wrath in Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) If caste barriers fell in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, dynasties became the…
Punjab: Congress wins 8 seats, Akali Dal-BJP 4
Chandigarh, May 23 (IANS) Punjab’s ruling Congress won eight of the 13 Lok Sabha seats, one of the…
Rahul accepts defeat, congratulates Modi
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accepted the shocking defeat in the Lok…
PM Modi wins Varanasi with a margin of 4.75 lakh votes
Varanasi, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recorded a spectacular victory in Varanasi, clocking a margin of…
Lok Sabha polls: Counting to begin on Thursday morning
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Counting of votes, the grand finale in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections in…
Congress Seva Dal workers guard EVM strong rooms in Amethi, Rae Bareli
Amethi/Rae Bareli, May 22 (IANS) In the high-profile Lok Sabha seats of Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by…
Former Union minister Kushwaha tells supporters to pick up arms to protect EVMs
Patna, May 21 (IANS) Opposition RLSP chief and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday reacted angrily to…
EC meeting Wednesday on opposition’s concern on EVMs: Congress
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Election Commission will meet on Wednesday to address the concerns raised by…
Sensex ends 382 points lower after record high
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) The Sensex on Tuesday ended 382 points in the red, after touching a record…
After campaigning, Yogi returns to official work
Lucknow, May 21 (IANS) After two months of hectic campaigning, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is returning…
Row over alleged EVM ‘maninpulation’, EC dismisses charges
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A major controversy erupted on Tuesday after allegations that EVMs were being changed…
21 Opposition parties to meet in Delhi on Tuesday
Several senior Congress, Trinamool Congress, CPI, CPI-M, AAP, NCP, National Conference, Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, DMK, Janata Dal-Secular and the TDP.
As Lok Sabha elections conclude, Petrol, Diesel prices hiked
New Delhi, May 20: A day after the Lok Sabha Elections concluded, fuel prices witnessed a hike in…
Exit polls not perfect for Lok Sabha elections
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) If exit polls are to be believed, the Narendra Modi government is coming…
Exit polls failed to catch people’s pulse: TDP chief Naidu
Amaravati, May 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said time and again exit…
Congress, NCP, SP in Maharashtra reject exit polls
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) The Congress and the Samajwadi Party in Maharashtra on Sunday disagreed with the exit…
Exit polls predict Congress will improve but not impressively
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Exit polls released on Sunday predicted that the Congress will improve from its…
TRS rejects exit polls, says May 23 results will be different
Hyderabad, May 19 (IANS) With most exit polls on Sunday predicting a comfortable victory for the BJP-led National…
Exit polls a gameplan to manipulate EVMs: Mamata
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Dismissing the exit poll predictions of the Lok Sabha elections as “gossip”, West Bengal…
IANS-CVoter predicts BJP sweeping Delhi, may win all 7 seats
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The BJP is likely to hold its ground in Delhi and may win…
All surveys can’t be wrong, time to switch off TV: Omar
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Minutes after the exit polls projected the return of a BJP-led NDA government,…
TDP seeks action against PM Modi
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday took strong objection to…
Over 46% percent turnout in Bihar at 4 p.m.
Patna, May 19 (IANS) A turnout of 46.28 per cent was recorded till 4 p.m. in polling to…
BJP leader Mukul Roy to stay away in the last phase
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) With Trinamool Congress pointing out that Bharatiya Janata Party leader Mukul Roy being an…
Voting on 59 seats in last phase of Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, May 19 : Voting will be held in 59 constituencies across seven states and a union…
BJP activist among four held, Rs 24.12 lakh cash seized in Bengal
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the BJP, four persons including two women and a local…
Sonia kicks off Project 272 with May 23 invite to political heavyweights
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has sent letters to all key players, including former Uttar Pradesh chief ministers, Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, for the May 23 meeting, the day results of the Lok Sabha elections are to be announced.
BJP to suffer a net loss of seats this polls, says report
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) A report has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to suffer a…
BJP will win 74 plus seats in UP: Ravi Kishan
Gorakhpur, May 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Gorakhpur candidate Ravi Kishan has said that the party will…
KCR trying to split non-NDA parties, says CPI
Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Thursday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister K.…
Modi’s attacks on ‘mahagatbandhan’ betrays his fear: CPI-M
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s persistent attacks on the opposition alliance reveals the real…
Alliance politics take centre stage in Bihar last phase
Patna, May 16 (IANS) Alliance politics have taken centre stage in Bihar during the seventh and last phase…
Mamata does not recognize me as PM: Modi
Mau (Uttar Pradesh), May 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that West Bengal Chief Minister…
Muslim vote fragmented in UP, says Khurshid
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Unlike in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Muslim vote has split between the…
Priyanka holds mega road show in Varanasi
Varanasi, May 15 (IANS) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday held a mega road show here along…
Opposition seeks fresh polling for Tripura West seat
Re-polling was held on May 12 in 168 of the total 1,679 polling stations in the constituency as electoral malpractices were detected during the first round of voting held on April 11.
BJP has numbers to crack MGB’s caste code in UP’s final round
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has an advantage in the seventh phase of…
Priyanka claims to be Punjabi ‘bahu’, says make Rahul PM
Bathinda/Pathankot, May 14 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday attempted to establish an emotional link…
West Bengal: 710 companies of central forces in 7th phase
Kolkata, May 14: A total of 710 companies of the central forces will be deployed for the seventh…
Over 60% turnout in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, May 12 (IANS) A turnout of 60.48 per cent was recorded in eight Lok Sabha seats of…
Lok Sabha Elections : 67% voting registered in Haryana
Chandigarh, May 12 : Amidst allegations of booth capturing, Haryana on Sunday witnessed 67.06 per cent voting in…
Lok Sabha Election : Over 60% turnout in Delhi
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A turnout of 60.21 per cent was recorded in elections for Delhi’s seven…
An election of possibilities in Bihar
The ongoing Lok Sabha election in Bihar is unique in the sense that no previous election whether of…
Congress will repeat 2009 performance: Hooda
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said that the Congress would repeat its 2009 performance in…
Brisk voting by Muslims in Chandni Chowk despite fast, heat
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) In spite of the intense heat and day-long fasts observed during the ongoing…
6th phase Lok Sabha polls: Nearly 80% polling in Bengal amid violence
Kolkata, May 12 : From a BJP worker getting killed in Jhargram to party workers sustaining bullet injuries…
Third gender group from Churu wishes Rahul poll win
Kamla and three others followed the Congress chief as he came out of his residence at the Tughlaq Lane along with Ajay Maken, the party's New Delhi candidate and former Union Minister, to cast his vote.
Punjab CM ridicules Harsimrat’s charges of disrupting rallies
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday ridiculed Akali leader and Union Minister Harsimrat…
Priyanka Gandhi votes, says BJP will be ousted
New Delhi, May 12 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday voted in the sixth phase of…
Sonia Gandhi casts vote at Nirman Bhawan polling booth in New Delhi
New Delhi, May 12 UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday voted in the Lok Sabha election in which…
Polling begins for four Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 12 Polling began in four Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand at 7 am on Sunday, said…
6th phase crucial for NDA in Bihar: Stakes are high
Patna, May 11 (IANS) Stakes are high for the ruling BJP-led NDA in the eight Bihar constituencies in…
Priyanka Gandhi to hold roadshow in Varanasi on May 15
Varanasi, May 11 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will hold a mega roadshow in Varanasi, the…
7,000 security personnel deployed for Tripura re-polls
An EC official said that around 925 polling personnel besides 168 each of sector officers and micro observers, have reached the polling stations.
BJP leaders with Z plus security distributing cash boxes, says Mamata
Kolkata, May 11 : Pointing to the episode of a mysterious black trunk unloaded from Prime Minister Narendra…
Key Constituencies in Phase 6 of Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, May 11 As the campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 59 constituencies…
Nationalism, statehood, sealing dominate campaign in Delhi
New Delhi, May 10 Nationalism, decisive leadership, full statehood, sealing and employment dominated the election campaigning in the…
BJP may get 30-35 seats in UP, up to 210 overall: Brokerage firm
Its report predicts that overall the Bharatiya Janata Party could win 190-210 seats and the NDA could get 220-240 seats.
EC to hold high-level meeting in Bengal next week
Kolkata, May 9 : Amid reports of widespread violence across districts in West Bengal in the ongoing Lok…
Lok Sabha polls: Less than 5% women candidates in Haryana
Chandigarh, May 9: In the patriarchal state of Haryana, political parties are not fair with the fairer sex…
Chouhan’s kin among loan waiver beneficiaries: Rahul
Bhind/Murena/Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), May 8 (IANS) Responding to former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s charges of…
Economy in disastrous phase of slowdown : Congress
New Delhi, May 8 The Congress on Wednesday said Indian economy has entered a “disastrous” phase of economic…
Modi, BJP are the biggest threats to nation: Mamata
Kolkata, May 8 Urging the people to remove Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power, West Bengal Chief Minister…
Opposition asks EC to increase auto check of VVPAT
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A delegation of opposition parties on Tuesday visited the Election Commission (EC) and…
People vote for performance, says Punjab CM’s wife
Patiala, May 7 (IANS) Only the Congress can alleviate the woes of the people and put India back…
SC declines increase in verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs
New Delhi, May 7: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to increase the count for the verification of…
Varun triggers yet another controversy
Lucknow, May 6 (IANS) BJP MP Varun Gandhi has mastered the art of creating controversy after controversy. The…
SC to hear Rafale review pleas, contempt plea against Rahul on May 10
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a bunch of review…
Telangana CM calls on Kerala CM
Rao has already spoken to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.
5th phase over, efforts begin for forming non-BJP, non-Congress alliance
This will be KCR's first meeting with any leader of a non-BJP and non-Congress party since the Lok Sabha elections began on April 11.
Secure EVM strongrooms, Maharashtra Congress to EC
State Congress President Ashok Chavan said that since there were fears of EVM tinkering through mobile towers or WiFi networks in the vicinity of the strongrooms, each such place should be fitted with jammers.
Lok Sabha Polls Phase 5: Voting concludes in 51 constituencies
New Delhi, May 6: Voting for 51 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over seven states, in the fifth of…
Political earthquake after LS election results: Tejashwi
Patna, May 6 (IANS) Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday predicted a political earthquake when the results…
Kejriwal tried to be ‘over smart’: Sibal on failed alliance
Significantly, the AAP appeared to be more keen than the Congress to have the alliance and its leader and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi after it could not fructify.
Congress suspends Bihar rebel candidate Shakeel Ahmed
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday suspended senior leader and former MP Shakeel Ahmed for…
KCR to meet Kerala CM to discuss ‘federal front’
Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) With 18 days to go for Lok Sabha election results, Telangana Chief Minister K.…
Mob violence in Shopian, Pulwama on poll eve
Srinagar, May 5 (IANS) Mob violence was reported from Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts on Sunday,…
Agnivesh raps Modi, BJP for fielding Pragya Thakur
Bhopal, May 5 : Swami Agnivesh has said voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sadhvi Pragya…
Caste to play main role in Bihar 5th phase polls
Patna, May 5 More than a Narendra Modi or Nitish Kumar factor, Bihar’s ruling NDA is heavily banking…
Mayawati’s appeal to people to vote for Congress in Amethi, Rae Bareli
Lucknow, May 5 : Openly endorsing Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi for the first time in this Lok…
Will BJP retain 7 MP seats going to polls on May 7?
Bhopal, May 4 (IANS) Campaigning ended on Saturday evening for the seven seats going to poll in the…
People, not Modi, responsible for growth: Rahul
Gurugram, May 4 (IANS) In an attempt to dent the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) vote bank, Congress chief…
MP government to get Vyapam scam probed afresh: Rahul
Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh), May 2 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that there will be fresh…
Congress will fill 22 lakh government vacancies: Maken
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Former Union Minister and Congress’ New Delhi seat candidate Ajay Maken on Monday…
Sidhu criticises Modi for running away from promises
Narsinghpur (MP), April 29 (IANS) Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday launched into a tirade against Prime…
Andhra CM urges EC to act against Modi over Bengal claims
Amaravati, April 29 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday demanded that the Election Commission…
PM Modi’s comment on Trinamool MLAs sets off storm in Bengal
Sreerampur (West Bengal)/Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sparked off a major row in…
Shatrughan files nomination from Patna Sahib
Patna, April 29 (IANS) Congress candidate and actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Monday filed his nomination papers from the…
Babul Supriyo’s car vandalised in Bengal’s Asansol
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Babul Supriyo’s car was vandalised on…
Congress promises to address sealing, GST in Delhi
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) J.P. Agarwal, the Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency, here on…
Jobs remain top concern for voters: CVOTER-IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Unemployment remains the leading concern for the people as they are far more…
Congress’ Lalitesh hopes to beat Union Minister in Mirzapur
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), April 28 Congress’ Lalitesh Pati Tripathi, pitted against Union Minister and Apna Dal leader Anupriya…
Khali holds US citizenship, should be barred from campaigning: TMC writes to EC against BJP
New Delhi, April 28 : West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress has written to the Election Commission of India against…
Modi government stalled Amethi food park project: Priyanka
Barabanki/Unnao, April 27 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday accused the Narendra Modi government of halting…
The mistakes which Rahul has made
Although the latest poll surveys suggest that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may not be able to get…
BJP to get mandate bigger than in 2014: Jaitley
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the BJP would get a…
Ignored by BJP, Vinod Khanna’s wife mulls Gurdaspur plans
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Kavita Khanna, wife of late actor Vinod Khanna who was an an MP,…
Andhra CM threatens EC with legal action to recover cost overrun
Amaravati, April 26 (IANS) Angry over the Election Commission preventing him from holding review meetings on ongoing projects,…
Begusarai Battle: Will it be for identity or ideology?
The Begusarai parliamentary constituency, which represents Begusarai district in northern Bihar has a distinct and prominent presence on…
Congress fields boxer Vijender Singh from South Delhi
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Congress on Monday fielded Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh as its…
Lok Sabha Polls 2019: FIR against Pragya Thakur over Babri Masjid remarks
Bhopal, April 22: On the orders of the Election Commission, an FIR has been registered against BJP candidate…
Act against PM for violating election norms: Yechury
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has urged the Election Commission to act against…
Mehbooba Mufti slams Modi’s nuclear arsenal remarks
Srinagar, April 22 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Priyanka slams Smriti for misleading Amethi voters
Amethi, April 22 (IANS) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed Union Minister Smriti Irani, saying she…
Case Registered Against Jaya Prada for advising Mayawati about Azam Khan
Lucknow, April 22: A case has been registered against BJP’s Rampur candidate Jaya Prada for giving advice to…
BJP to defend 62 seats in phase 3, Congress 16
New Delhi, April 21 : The third phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for Tuesday will see the…
Congress fields Hooda father-son, Bhajan Lal kin in Haryana
Chandigarh, April 21 : Raising the bar for itself for the Lok Sabha elections in Haryana, the Congress…
BJP, Congress upbeat on winning Goa polls
Panaji, April 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress have expressed confidence of winning the…
Kirti Azad files papers for Dhanbad Lok Sabha seat
Ranchi, April 20 : Cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad filed his nomination papers on Saturday for Jharkhand’s Dhanbad Lok Sabha…
Digvijaya Singh doesn’t own a vehicle
Bhopal, April 20 : Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for 10…
Maharashtra Congress MLA suspended
Aurangabad, April 20 : In a poll-eve embarrassment, the Maharashtra Congress on Saturday suspended its Sillod legislator Abdul…
Manmohan defends Nyay, says it won’t entail new taxes
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that Nyay scheme of the…
Ex-MP CM Digvijaya files papers for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat
Bhopal, April 20 (IANS) Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday filed…
Congress set to contest Delhi Lok Sabha Elections alone
"The party has decided to field former Union Minister Ajay Maken from New Delhi, former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit from Chandni Chowk, Olympian wrestler Sushil Kumar from West Delhi and Aravinder Lovely from East Delhi."
Over 81% voting in 2nd phase in West Bengal
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) West Bengal’s Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Raiganj parliamentary constituencies recorded 81.68 per cent voting in…
BJP will draw a blank in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Taking a jibe at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for his comments that the…
PM’s approval slides but Rahul’s not picking up
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The approval rating of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dropped around 17 points…
Priyanka Gandhi’s road show in Kanpur on Friday
Lucknow, April 18 (IANS) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will hold a road show in Kanpur on…
Chhattisgarh records 71 pc turnout
Raipur, April 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh’s three parliamentary constituencies – Mahasamund, Rajnandgaon and Kanker — recorded nearly 71 per…
Millions vote in second round of Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Millions voted across 95 Lok Sabha seats in 12 states and the Union…
BJP will get ‘Vidai certificate’ post polls: Mamata
Malda (West Bengal), April 18 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday vowed to stop the…
Left mere onlookers this Lok Sabha polls: AK Antony
Kollam (Kerala) April 18: Congress Working Committee member and Rajya Sabha MP A.K. Antony on Thursday said that…
Poll official in Odisha suspended for checking PM’s chopper
Bhubaneswar, April 17 : The Election Commission on Wednesday suspended a General Observer for allegedly checking Prime Minister…
No alliance talks in Haryana: Azad
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Amid suggestions by AAP for an alliance in Hayrana, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi…
Are hunger, poverty Modi’s nationalism, asks Sidhu
Ahmedabad, April 17 (IANS) Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he…
Voter desire for change will show on May 23: Vadra
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Robert Vadra, husband of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, on Tuesday said the…
Model Code of Conduct remains Chimera for BJP
The Model Code of Conduct is a set of guidelines issued to regulate the conduct of political parties…
Campaign ends for Phase II of Lok Sabha polls in Bihar
Patna, April 16 Campaigning ended on Tuesday for the second of seven-phase Lok Sabha polls in Bihar covering…
EC bars Maneka Gandhi from holding any rally for 48 hours
New Delhi, 15 April : The Election Commission of India bars Union minister Maneka Gandhi from holding any…
Bengal Lok Sabha candidates celebrate ‘Poila Boisakh’
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) Cutting across the party lines, Lok Sabha candidates in Bengal distributed sweets, presented roses…
No plans to join politics right now, says Robert Vadra
April 15 : Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he has no…
General Elections 2019: First round in UP goes to Opposition
If we talk of Election Commission’s figures, the voting percentage in the politically-crucial state of Uttar Pradesh was…
India needs a strong leader, strong nation – Column Political Calculus
I am a human being – Homo sapiens. But does that mean I am poor, brutish, nasty and…
Kapil Sibal says trust is in voters, not voting machines
Opposition Parties to Approach Supreme Court Over VVPATs, Say Poll Process Lacks Transparency
BSP releases fourth list for Lok Sabha polls
Lucknow, April 14 The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday released its fourth list of 16 candidates to…
Infighting may affect Trinamool marginally in ongoing polls
Kolkata, April 14 Infighting over spoils of office, control of the lucrative construction material businesses and factional feuds…
BJP government’s approval ratings drop by 12 points in a month: Survey
New Delhi, April 14 The net approval rating of the Narendra Modi government has dropped 12 points between…
Rahul’s Bengal rally off after no chopper landing permit
Kolkata, April 14 : A scheduled election meeting of Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday has been cancelled…
Deepender, Selja figure in new Congress LS list
New Delhi, April 13 : The Congress on Saturday released a list of 18 Lok Sabha candidates, fielding…
Campaign for 2nd phase gains momentum in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 13 : After voting in the first phase of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, the…
Modi, Rahul to campaign in Karnataka on Saturday
Bengaluru, April 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Karnataka on…
Youths clash, smash EVM, heckle candidate in Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar, April 11 (IANS) Stray incidents of violence were reported from West Bengal’s Cooch Behar constituency on…
Lok Sabha Elections Phase 1: Polling ends in Bengal
Kolkata, April 11: Amid sporadic incidents of violence, EVM glitches and allegations and counter-allegations of electoral malpractices, Cooch…
MPs in fray in Phase 1 had varying attendance record
New Delhi, April 10 As voting begins on Thursday to elect a new Lok Sabha, data on the…
Congress in fix over two Alpesh Thakur aides in fray
Ahmedabad, April 10 (IANS) Less than a month after he was won over by the Congress leadership, maverick…
BJP’s Manifesto: Less of a Sankalp Patra more of a Jhooth Patra
Yesterday, BJP released its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha election whose first phase is about to take…
BJP’s manifesto voice of isolated man: Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi
New Delhi, April 9 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi took to twitter to provide his opinion on the…
Black money, jobs missing from BJP’s ‘jhansa patra’: Congress
New Delhi, April 8 : Tearing into the BJP’s election manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress…
12 candidates vie for 2 Lok Sabha seats in Goa
On the last day for withdrawal of nominations on Monday, only two persons withdrew their nominations -- both from the Assembly battle.
Urmila slammed for using Abhinandan’s image at rally
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar came under fire on Twitter for using Indian Air Force…
Will take all steps to implement Supreme Court order on VVPATs: Election Commission
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday said it would take all necessary steps to…
Lok Sabha polls: Facebook removing 1 million accounts a day
New Delhi, April 8: With the first phase of Lok Sabha polls just days away, Facebook on Monday…
Litmus test for BJP in Himachal bastion – Dynasty Politics
Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) It will be a litmus test for BJP’s three-time young MP and…
Modi a seasonal bird, afraid of me: Mamata Banerjee
Jalpaiguri/Alipurduar (West Bengal), April 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday described Prime Minister Narendra…
Congress launches campaign slogan ‘Ab Hoga Nyay’
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday unveiled its campaign slogan for the Lok Sabha elections…
NDA would win over 350 seats, Modi will be PM: Paswan
Patna, April 7 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party chief and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Sunday claimed that…
Mamata frustrated, petrified in face of defeat: Modi
Cooch Behar, April 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee venting her anger on the Election…
Give Rahul a chance to become PM as Shah- Modi duo a threat to nation, says Raj Thackeray
Mumbai , April 7 : Under a tacit understanding between the Congress-NCP alliance and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena,…
Villagers from Manoharpur in Saharanpur to boycott polls over ‘No development’
Lucknow, April 7 : Villagers from Manoharpur in Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh have decided to…
Congress leader assaults BJP spokesperson on live TV
In the video, that has now gone viral on social media platforms, Alok Sharma lost his cool when his BJP counterpart called him a "traitor" multiple times.
Jagan’s Congress remarks open new post-poll scenarios – News Analysis
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) YSR Congress leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s remarks that he has forgiven the…
Political pygmies to challenge stalwarts in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, April 6 (IANS) Chandra Shekhar ‘Azad’ and Amit Jani are relatively unknown entities in Uttar Pradesh politics.…
EC transfer orders in Bengal can again spark row
Kolkata, April 6: The Election Commission’s decision to shunt out senior officers ahead of the Lok Sabha polls,…
All you need to know about EVMs
With leass than a week to go for the Lok Sabha elections, WeForNews has compiled some interesting facts…
Election Commission finds NITI Aayog VC guilty of violating poll code
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Friday found NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar’s…
Congress names candidates for 4 Odisha Assembly seats
Bhubaneswar, April 5 The Congress on Friday announced candidates for four Assembly seats in Odisha for the upcoming…
Rahul Gandhi has assets worth Rs 15.88 crore
Wayanad (Kerala), April 5 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi has assets worth Rs 15.88 crore, according to an…
Check out some interesting facts about Lok Sabha elections
With the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections all set kick off on April 11, IANS has compiled some interesting…
Kamal Nath’s son to contest from Chhindwara
New Delhi/Bhopal, April 4 The Congress on Thursday released its second list of candidates for 12 seats in…
Huge crowd greets Rahul, Priyanka at Kozhikode airport
Kozhikode (Kerala), April 3 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his sister and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi,…
Its Akhilesh vs Bhojpuri star ‘Nirahua’ in Azamgarh
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The stage is set for a direct contest between former Uttar Pradesh Chief…
Congress election manifesto is show-off: Mayawati
Lucknow, April 3 (IANS) A day after the Congress released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections, BSP…
The Congress manifesto: Key takeaways
Here are key promises in Congress manifesto: Nyay: (Nyuntam Aay Yojana) to be introduced to ensure a life…
Won’t allow change in Article 370: Congress manifesto
New Delhi, April 2 The Congress has promised that it won’t allow any change in constitutional position on…
Close call between Congress, BJP in Mandsaur – Constituency Profile
Bhopal, April 2 (IANS) The death of six farmers in police firing in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur in 2017…
Rahul Gandhi tweets give away Congress manifesto?
Will the tweets from @RahulGandhi, the official account of the Congress President, define the scope of the partys…
Rahul promises directly-elected mayors
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at the Narendra Modi…
Congress to EC: BJP misusing Doordarshan and Namo Tv
A congress party delegation comprising senior leaders, Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi met the Election Commission regarding…
What’s there in the Hindi Heartland?
In 2014, Narendra Modi rode on the popularity wave in the Hindi heartland that catapulted him in power for the next five years. But the euphoria of voters soon began waning when they came to terms with the reality.
BJP names 3 LS, 11 Assembly candidates in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced candidates for three Lok Sabha and…
Will defeat Modi, form coalition at Centre: Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru, March 31 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his party would form a coalition government…
‘Chowkidar’ is the spirit, not linked to uniform: Modi
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his confidence in winning the general…
BJP scores big on national security, Congress pushes back on economic welfare
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) While the warmth of Indias tough response on the Pulwama bombing remains more…
Congress fields Mir from J&K, Muraleedharan in Kerala
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday announced its Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Ghulam Ahmed…
Lekhi most vocal, Tiwari least among MPs from Delhi
Of the seven MPs, New Delhi's Meenakashi Lekhi took part in the most number of debates in the 16th Lok Sabha.
BJP playing anti-Dalit politics : Mayawati on Bhim Army Chief road show
Lucknow, March 31 : A day after the Bhim Army Chief Chandrasekhar Azad held a road show in…
Throw Manoj Tiwari Out When He Asks For Votes, says Kejriwal
New Delhi, March 31: Accusing the Centre of creating hurdles in Delhi’s development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal…
Amit Shah’s wife’s income grew 16-fold in 5 years
Gandhinagar, March 30: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Saturday said his wife Sonal Shah’s income…
Ex-BSF jawan to contest LS polls against PM Modi
Varanais, March 30: Ex- BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was sacked after he complained about the quality…
Priyanka meets students, says she loves cooking
Ayodhya, March 29 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday gave a peek into her personal…
Govinda meets Kamal Nath, sparks speculation
Bhopal, March 29 (IANS) Actor and former Congress MP Govinda on Friday met Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal…
BJD announces candidates for 18 more Assembly seats
Odisha faces simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections for 21 Parliamentary and 147 Assembly seats. The polls will be held in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.
Over 100 filmmakers urge people to oust BJP
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Around 100 members of the Indian film fraternity on Friday issued an appeal…
‘Mumbaichi Mulgi’ Urmila Matondkar electrifies Congress in Mumbai North – Dangal 2019
In the past few days, she has already drawn attention by her 'politically correct, mature comments' on various issues concerning the commoners, middle-classes and the elite alike.
Hardik’s plea seeking stay on court conviction rejected
Patel had prayed for a stay on the order so that he could contest the Lok Sabha polls.
Kerala fight is between Congress and BJP: Oommen Chandy
Kannur, March 29 (IANS) In Kerala’s bipolar politics dominated by the Left and Congress-led alliances, AICC general secretary…
Stars politicians raise glam-quotient at election time – Dangal 2019
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) It’s election time and can the stars be for behind? There are the…
Priyanka to be in Ayodhya on last leg of UP trip
Rae Bareli, March 29 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Ayodhya on Friday in the…
No Congress alliance with NCP, BTP in Gujarat Lok Sabha poll
Sensing Congress's disinclination to have an alliance, the NCP, led by former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela has decided to go all alone and political observers feel this will make a dent in Congress's votes, thereby indirectly favouring the BJP.
Tough fight for BJP Minister on RSS chief’s home turf
Nagpur, March 28 (IANS) Chandrapur in Maharashtra may not be considered very significant in national politics but it…
Charges of murder against 10 MPs: ADR report
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) As many as 10 members of the outgoing Lok Sabha have declared charges…
Will reveal Lalu Yadav’s secrets if not given ticket : Fatmi warns RJD
Patna, March 27: Former Union Minister and RJD leader Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi on Wednesday warned the party…
Will contest polls if Congress asks, says Priyanka Gandhi
Lucknow, March 27 : Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said that she had not decided…
Will revive Planning Commission, review GST: Trinamool
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday came out with its poll manifesto, promising to revive…
Bihar’s star campaigners not in Lok Sabha poll fray – Dangal 2019
Patna, March 27 (IANS) They are Bihar’s seasoned politicians, popular faces, star campaigners and real vote catchers of…
BJP faces rebellion from Ranchi LS MP Ram Tahal
Ranchi, March 27: Jharkhand’s ruling BJP is facing rebellion from Ranchi MP Ram Tahal Choudhary as the party…
Polarisation a key factor in Bengal with BJP’s big entry – Dangal 2019
Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) West Bengal could be on the threshold of a new chapter in its post-independence…
Congress names three more Lok Sabha candidates
New Delhi, March 26 The Congress on Tuesday declared three more Lok Sabha candidates from Gujarat and Uttar…
49 nomination papers in UP for 1st phase rejected
Lucknow, March 26 (IANS) Forty-nine nomination papers for the first round of Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh…
Election Commission withholds papers of 2 candidates from Shillong
Shillong, March 26 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday withheld nomination papers of two candidates from the…
Priyanka Gandhi to visit Ayodhya on Wednesday
Gandhi will take the Kaifiyat Express from New Delhi on Tuesday to reach Ayodhya on Wednesday morning.
Advani, Joshi refused to contest polls: Vijayvargiya
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya here on Tuesday said party’s former…
Rahul to take decision on tie-up in Delhi with AAP
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) With divisions persisting within Delhi unit of Congress over alliance with Aam Aadmi…
Congress meets EC over PM Modi biopic, says violation of code of conduct
New Delhi, March 25: A delegation of senior Congress leaders on Monday met the Election Commission over PM…
Karti Chidambaram files nomination from Sivaganga
Chennai, March 25 (IANS) Congress leader Karti P. Chidambaram, son of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, on…
RJD’s Jharkhand chief joins BJP, may get Lok Sabha ticket
Ranchi/New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Jharkhand unit President Annapurna Devi on Monday joined the…
Matching EVMs with VVPATs: Supreme Court hits out at Election Commission
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday lashed out at the Election Commission for insisting…
Congress, INPT to contest Tripura LS polls jointly
Agartala, March 24 (IANS) The Congress and it’s old ally the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) have…
Priyadarshini Scindia’s name for Gwalior crops up
Gwalior, March 24 : The Gwalior unit of Madhya Pradesh Congress has recommended the name of party General…
Congress finally stitches alliances in several states
New Delhi, March 24 After much uncertainty, the Congress has finally succeeded in putting in shape alliances in…
87,000 groups on WhatsApp targeting voters
New Delhi, March 24 The first phase of voting begins from April 11 and WhatsApp – and not…
Election Commission joins Twitter ahead of Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Friday joined Twitter ahead of the Lok…
Rahul Gandhi to up ante against Modi in his Bengal visit
Chanchol (West Bengal), March 22 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi is likely to give a big push to…
‘Yeddy Diaries’: Congress demands Lokpal probe
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Days ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, a political controversy erupted on Friday…
BSP names 11 Lok Sabha candidates
Lucknow, March 22 : With less than a month to go for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bahujan…
Do a surgical strike on Congress culture: Shah
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the Congress over Sam…
Mayawati taunts BJP’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday taunted the BJP’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’…
5 former Manipur MLAs quit, float regional party
Imphal, March 22 : Within a day of Congress President Rahul Gandhi kick-starting the party’s election campaign in…
Former BJP MP joins Congress, may contest Lok Sabha polls
Patna, March 20 (IANS) Former BJP MP from Bihar’s Purnea district, Uday Singh, on Wednesday joined the Congress…
Mayawati will not contest Lok Sabha elections
Lucknow, March 20: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will not contest the upcoming general elections. Former Uttar…