newsCongress, BJP giving walkover to Trinamool in Bengal: Left Front
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) The Left Front Saturday accused the Congress and the BJP of giving a walkover to Trinamool Congress in West Bengal by fielding weak candidates in large number of
Man fails to get BJP ticket, attempts suicide
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A 32-year-old man, claiming to be a BJP leader, tried to commit suicide outside the party's Delhi office Saturday by consuming poison after he failed to get a ticket for
India will succeed only if everybody is equal: Rahul Gandhi
Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), March 22 (IANS) India will succeed only if everybody is equal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday.Interacting with tribal women, he said the Bharatiya
AAP names candidate against Priya Dutt in Mumbai
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party Saturday released its 10th list of candidates and fielded Phiroze Palkiwala against Congress' Priya Sunil Dutt in Mumbai North-Central.Incumbent
300 file nominations for 10 Haryana seats
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) A total of 300 candidates have filed nomination papers for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, officials said here Saturday.The filing of nomination papers which commenced
BJP fields actor Paresh Rawal from Gujarat
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The BJP Saturday fielded actor Paresh Rawal as party candidate from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, instead of sitting MP Harin Pathak.The central
BJP-TDP alliance talks hit roadblock
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) Talks between the TDP and the BJP for a poll alliance in Andhra Pradesh are understood to have hit a fresh roadblock.The two parties, who were earlier believed to be on
M.J Akbar, N.K. Singh join BJP, JD-U fumes (Second Lead)
New Delhi/Patna, March 22 (IANS) Noted journalist and author M.J. Akbar and former bureaucrat N.K. Singh Saturday joined the BJP, the latter inviting scorn from the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) which
Over 3,000 Bengal hamlets vulnerable: Poll panel
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) The Election Commission has identified over 3,000 "vulnerable" hamlets in the 42 parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, an official said Saturday.Chief Electoral
Weapons, bombs, gold seized in Bengal
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) A total of 392 illegal weapons, 686 rounds of ammunition and 1,882 bombs have been seized by police in West Bengal, while three kg gold was confiscated from the airport
Muslim body to campaign for Congress
Aligarh, March 22 (IANS) A group of Muslim intellectuals, teachers and students of Aligarh have decided to support the Congress in the Lok Sabha election nationwide.The Millat Bedari Muhim
M.J Akbar, N.K. Singh join BJP (Lead)
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Noted journalist and author M.J. Akbar and former revenue secretary N.K. Singh, who was with the Janata Dal-United, Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Party
Nominations end, 38 candidates in the fray in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, March 22 (IANS) A total of 38 contestants, including Raj Babbar of the Congress, General V.K. Singh of the BJP, Shazia Ilmi of the AAP, Mukul Upadhyay of the BSP and Sudhan Rawat of the
Dissent over seats rattles BJP's poll rath
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The BJP's carefully orchestrated election effort seems to be hitting a rough patch closer to the Lok Sabha polls with some senior party leaders not hiding their
Gujarat's development due to people, not Modi: Rahul (Lead)
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday lashed out at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying the development in Gujarat was due to the toil and hard
Raj Babbar rebuffed by poll official (Lead)
Ghaziabad, March 22 (IANS) Congress Lok Sabha candidate Raj Babbar was Saturday rebuffed by the Ghaziabad assistant returning officer (ARO) when the actor-turned-politician requested the official
Defence scams maligned India's image, says Mamata
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Claiming that "scams in defence deals" have maligned India's image, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday called for
Trinamool's manifesto stresses need of judicial reforms
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) Asserting that judicial reforms were essential in a country plagued by numerous pending cases, the Trinamool Congress manifesto Saturday promised of working on systematic
Have old association with Mathura, says Hema Malini
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Bollywood actress Hema Malini, who is making her maiden foray in the Lok Sabha elections as a BJP candidate from Mathura, Saturday said her association with the holy
JD-S Delhi unit merges into AAP
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Janata Dal-Secular's Delhi unit Saturday merged into the Aam Aadmi Party.Besides hundred of party workers, Delhi state president Haji Ikram Hasssan, vice president
