newsEC unhappy with replies on complaints against policemen
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) A top poll official in Punjab Monday asked the state's principal secretary for home to respond to complaints against police officers, saying the earlier reports sent
Congress has become untouchable: Venkaiah Naidu
Ranchi, March 24 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu said here Monday that the Congress has become untouchable in the country."Congress has become untouchable. Only
Modi to address 185 rallies
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will address 185 "Bharat Vijay rallies" across the country beginning March 26, a party leader said Monday.Bharatiya
HC notice to poll panel on plea for acceptance of nomination
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Election Commission and the city government on a petition filed by a practicing woman lawyer seeking direction for the
BJP will get around 120 seats: Sibal
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The BJP would be restricted to about 120 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and there was "no Modi wave" in the country, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday.The Bharatiya
Anti-poll posters seized in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, March 24 (IANS) Police have seized two anti-election posters allegedly put up by Maoists in Odisha's Rayagada district, an official said Monday.One poster was found near a proposed
Congress objects to Badal's political speech at martyrs' function
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) The Congress Monday complained to the Election Commission against political statements made by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and other Akali Dal leaders
What Jaswant Singh said
Barmer (Rajasthan), March 24 (IANS) Former union minister Jaswant Singh Monday filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from the Barmer Lok Sabha constituency following denial of
Mumbai Congress questions 'Modi wave'
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) The Mumbai unit of the Congress Monday questioned the veracity of the much-publicised "Narendra Modi wave" in India and demanded to know why the BJP was hunting for a "safe
In Haryana, BJP bets big on turncoats
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) The BJP may have national ambitions to form the next union government, but the party seems to be finding it difficult to get suitable candidates for the Lok Sabha seats
2014 more important than 1977 polls: Lord Desai
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The coming Lok Sabha election "is more crucial" than the 1977 election that for the first time ended the Congress rule nationally, economist Lord Meghnad Desai has
I am not an outsider, says Jaitley
Amritsar, March 23 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Sunday denied accusations that he was an "outsider" in Amritsar, where he is seeking to get elected to the Lok Sabha.Responding to former chief
Four IM men arrested for planning terror attack during polls
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Four suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives who were planning to carry out terror strikes in the country during the Lok Sabha elections were arrested from Rajasthan,
India starts voting a fortnight from today
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) India will begin voting in exactly a fortnight from now to elect 543 MPs for a new Lok Sabha in a parliamentary election that will be the world's largest democratic
Goa's Christian netas in big demand in northeast
Panaji, March 23 (IANS) Goa's Christian politicians appear to be hot currency in the Christianity-dominated regions of northeastern India, which send 25 parliamentarians to the Lok Sabha.Christians
With bifurcation as core, campaigning picks up in Seemandhra
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) More than one and a half months before the elections in Seemandhra, campaigning is picking up with leaders of the Congress finally hitting the road to salvage the
Congress may have tough time in Goa's 'Amethi'
Panaji, March 23 (IANS) Bickering and dissent within the Congress may just cost the party the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency, considered so safe for the party that it is often referred to as
BJP will suffer because of strife: Jaswant Singh
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The BJP will pay a price because of the internal strife that has hit it ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, veteran party leader Jaswant Singh said Sunday.Denied a BJP ticket
Himachal's Kangra rarely gives chance to sitting MP
Dharamsala, March 23 (IANS) Kangra, the largest Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh in terms of voters and an erstwhile princely state, has a unique history -- it doesn't like to repeat its
Footballer Bhutia eyes a political goal
Darjeeling, March 23 (IANS) Bhaichung Bhutia, India's football icon even though he retired from the game some years ago, is now aiming to score a "goal" in his maiden appearance on the tricky
