newsLoksatta to go alone in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) The Loksatta Party of bureaucrat-turned-politician Jayaprakash Narayan has decided to go alone in Andhra Pradesh with both the BJP and TDP not responding to its proposal
Modi aide's remark sparks row, Congress, AAP seek arrest
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Congress and the AAP Saturday rapped on the Election Commission's door against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah over his remark on
Modi will become PM, can't be compared to Vajpayee: Advani
Gandhinagar, April 5 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will become the next prime minister of India but cannot be compared to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior BJP
RSS, corporate media together projecting Modi: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The "regressive" RSS and the corporate houses have forged a "strange" alliance to project BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, CPI-M leader Buddhadeb
Countering Modi, Mamata propounds 'Bengal model of development'
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Countering the BJP's "Gujarat model of development", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday propounded the "Bengal model of development" asserting the western
Industrialisation not at the cost of farmers: Jayalalithaa
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), April 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday reiterated her earlier assurance to the farmers in the Thanjavur region that industrialisation will not be
Seven Maoist guerrillas arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, April 5 (IANS) Seven Maoist guerrillas were arrested from two districts of Jharkhand Saturday, police said.Five of them belong to the People's Liberation Front of India and were arrested
Trinamool MP Satabdi Roy's assets treble, surpass Rs.4 crore
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The assets of Trinamool Congress parliamentarian and Bengali film actress Satabdi Roy - recontesting from the Birbhum Lok Sabha seat - have registered a sharp increase and
Indian, foreign drug mafias operating in Goa: Congress
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Indian as well as international drug mafias are operating in Goa in a big way, claims the Congress manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.Releasing the manifesto for Goa, state
Bukhari's brother opposes decision to support Congress
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Syed Ahmed Bukhari's brother, Yahya, Saturday opposed the decision of the Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid to support the Congress in the Lok Sabha election."I strongly
Women's voting rights violated, says AAP
Gurgaon, April 4 (IANS) AAP leader Yogendra Yadav Friday complained to the Election Commission that votes of uneducated women were often cast by others in this region in violation of electoral
Modi favourite to be PM but India deserves better: Economist
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Narendra Modi was favourite to become India's next prime minister but it would be wrong for a man "who has thrived on division" to become prime minister of a country as
Bukhari seeks support for Congress, Trinamool
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Muslim leader Syed Ahmed Bukhari Friday announced his support for the Congress and its allies as well as Trinamool Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. BJP termed
Money-for-voters sting claims three Ghaziabad officials
Ghaziabad, April 4 (IANS) The Ghaziabad district magistrate Friday sacked three Block Level Officers (BLOs) following a sting operation showing them accepting bribe to add names of fake voters in
Modi has destroyed Gujarat's farmers, says Rahul
Yavatmal (Maharashtra), April 4 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday attacked the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, accusing him of "ruining" the farmers of
Ministers, 'spiderman', IIM graduate file nominations in Mumbai
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) An assortment of candidates ranging from a union minister to an IIM graduate, a celebrity hotelier and 'Spiderman' Friday filed their nominations for the six Lok Sabha
Sadhu Yadav not to contest against sister Rabri Devi
Patna, April 4 (IANS) Former MP Sadhu Yadav Friday said he will not contest the Lok Sabha polls from Bihar's Saran constituency, where his sister and former chief minister Rabri Devi is fighting
244 incidents of poll-related violence in Bengal till now: EC
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) As many as 244 incidents of violence related to poll campaigning and political rivalry have been recorded in West Bengal since the March 5 announcement of Lok Sabha
Mizoram refugee votes to be counted in Tripura
Agartala/Aizawl, April 4 (IANS) In view of the reported threats from NGOs in Aizawl, the Lok Sabha postal ballots of tribal refugees of Mizoram living in relief camps in Tripura will be counted in
3,000 women poll personnel in Bengal: Poll panel
Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday said as many as 3,000 women poll personnel will be deployed in 575 polling booths in West Bengal.According to chief electoral officer Sunil
