newsBJP fields Gen V.K.Singh from Ghaziabad
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday named former army chief, Gen. (retd.) V.K.Singh as its candidate for the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency.The seat is held by party president Rajnath Singh,
Nominated nephew for Lok Sabha polls to help him learn: Mamata
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said that she has nominated her nephew Abhishek Banerjee as a party Lok Sabha candidate to help him to
No one can defeat Modi in Varanasi, says Paswan
Patna, March 18 (IANS) No one can defeat BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan said Tuesday."Modi will
Parties urged to include right to health in manifestos
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, a non-governmental organisation, Tuesday released a "People's Manifesto on Health" and appealed to all political parties to consider including
Jogi, Pilot in Congress list; no ticket for Kalmadi
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday declared its third list of party candidates fielding former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi from Mahasamund and giving its ticket from Pune to
AAP drops Delhi candidate, fields Rakhi Birla (Second Lead)
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The AAP Tuesday withdrew the candidature of Mahendra Singh from the North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency for his alleged involvement in criminal cases. Former Delhi
Jindal moves poll panel against news channels
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Congress MP Naveen Jindal, who is seeking re-election from Kurukshetra, Tuesday moved the Election Commission saying some news channels should be restrained from airing
Politics lures another senior Maharashtra ex-IPS officer
Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) The lucre of politics has lured yet another Maharashtra senior IPS officer. Former additional director general of police P.K. Jain joined the Republican Party of India-A
Never seen a party as corrupt as Trinamool: Gurung
Darjeeling/Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Calling West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress corrupt, Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung Tuesday alleged there was graft in distribution of
Congress renominates five Delhi MPs
New Delhi, Mar 1 Mar 18 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday fielded five of its sitting MPs from Delhi as it released its third list of its candidates for Lok Sabha polls.Except South Delhi and West Delhi,
Assam students want action on state's burning issues
Guwahati, March 18 (IANS) The All Assam Students' Union (AASU), an influential students organisation in the state, Tuesday asked political parties and candidates to make public their plans for
Opposition dividing people on communal lines: Rahul
Shillong, March 18 (IANS) The opposition is dividing the people of India on communal lines, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here Tuesday while launching his election campaign in
Kejriwal says he will defeat Modi in Varanasi (Lead)
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday vowed to defeat BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha election in Varanasi."I was reading in some
WikiLeaks denies endorsing Modi as 'incorruptible'
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) In an embarrassment to the BJP, whistleblower website WikiLeaks has denied it endorsed the party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as "incorruptible", and
I will defeat Modi in Varanasi: Kejriwal
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday asserted that he was determined to defeat BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha election in Varanasi."I was
Banerjee suggests simultaneous polls, calls model code bizarre
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Dubbing the model code of conduct for elections as "bizarre", Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday suggested simultaneous holding of Lok Sabha, assembly and
Rs.38 crore seized as Andhra witnesses record money flow
Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) It's raining cash in Andhra Pradesh as the politicians in the southern state have broken all previous records of using money power to bribe the voters.Police have seized
AAP's Varanasi rally postponed to March 25
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) An AAP rally scheduled to be held in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh March 23 has been postponed by two days as the city administration did not give permission due to
Congress attacks BJD for 'politics of opportunism'
Bhubaneswar, March 18 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik Tuesday accused the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of "rank opportunism" and of turning Odisha politics into a "theatre of the
Dev kicks off election campaign urging the youth to vote
Midnapore, March 18 (IANS) Amid frenzied cheers among thousands of adoring fans rooting for him, Bengal's reigning matinee idol Dev Tuesday began his campaign for the Lok Sabha election urging the
