news-in-politicsA Pakistan where people want Modi as PM
Purnea (Bihar), April 13 (IANS) It's true. People of this Pakistan want Narendra Modi to become prime minister of India.More than 250 residents, including over 100 voters of a village called
There is no Modi wave: Joshi
Kanpur, April 13 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi Sunday said there was no Modi wave but only a BJP wave."Modi is a representative of the BJP as its prime ministerial candidate. He gets
Modi, Rahul, Kejriwal have different idioms, varied styles
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) They are the lead campaigners of parties contesting over 400 Lok Sabha seats and are slugging it out in the heat and dust of elections. Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and
Two brothers battle each other in Rajasthan polls
Dausa (Rajasthan), April 13 (IANS) Two brothers, both former Indian Police Service officers, are pitted against each other in Rajasthan's Dausa parliamentary constituency where the electorate has
Rabri Devi owns 65 cows, calves
Patna, April 13 (IANS) Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, contesting the Lok Sabha election from saran constituency as an RJD candidate, is owner of 65 cows and calves, according to an
Maneka Gandhi hits back at Priyanka on Varun's path
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) BJP leader Maneka Gandhi Sunday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's comment on her son Varun Gandhi and said the country
Manmohan Singh: A good man let down by the party
I have an abiding memory of Manmohan Singh. It goes far back to the days when he was not the prime minister, not even the finance minister, when in the early '90s he took transformational steps to
Women take driver's seat as Chandigarh breaks voting record
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) When Chandigarh broke all its previous highs of voting for parliament this Thursday, it was women from the city who led from the front.The union territory, which has
Goa breaks election records thanks to silent voters
Panaji, April 13 (IANS) Goa's record voting percentage Saturday has not only surprised politicians in Goa, but also sent pre-poll calculations haywire.The 76.82 percent vote, a record for Goa as far
Moderate voting in Sikkim
Gangtok, April 12 (IANS) Moderate voting was seen in Sikkim for the state's lone Lok Sabha seat Saturday, an official said, adding around 12 percent of the electorate had voted in the first two
A third of Tripura votes
Agartala, April 12 (IANS) A third of the electorate cast their ballot in the first few hours of voting for the second Lok Sabha seat in Left ruled Tripura, an official said.Around 30 percent
Brisk polling in Assam
Guwahati, April 12 (IANS) Brisk balloting was recorded in three Assam Lok Sabha constituencies that went to the polls Saturday.Election officials said that 11.40 percent polling was recorded in the
28 nomination papers rejected in Lucknow
Lucknow, April 12 (IANS) The nomination papers of 28 people who wanted to contest from Lucknow parliamentary constituency have been rejected, officials said Saturday.The nomination papers were
Allah's wrath killed Rajiv, Sanjay Gandhi: SP's Azam Khan
Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh), April 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh's Minority Affairs Minister Mohd Azam Khan seems uncontrollable. He told a stunned gathering at Bijnor town that the untimely deaths of former
Goa sees long queues at its poll booths
Panaji, April 12 (IANS) Long queues formed Saturday at polling stations across Goa where balloting is being held in both its Lok Sabha constituencies.Nearly 13 percent of Goa's 1,057,499 voters cast
Modi not the only factor in Goa poll: Parrikar
Panaji, April 12 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Saturday said BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was not the only factor that mattered in Goa in the Lok Sabha election.Two
Sikkim votes
Gangtok, April 12 (IANS) Enthusiastic voters turned up at the polling booths Saturday for the lone Lok Sabha constituency of Sikkim.A total of 362,326 voters, including 175,549 women, are eligible to
Polling starts in Tripura
Agartala, April 12 (IANS) Voting in Tripura for its second Lok Sabha constituency began Saturday, officials said.Over 1.13 million strong electorate, half of them women, are eligible to vote at
Balloting begins in Assam
Guwahati, April 12 (IANS) Balloting for three Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam began Saturday at 7 a.m., officials said.Nearly 3 million are eligible to vote at 3,698 polling stations across the
Voting begins for Goa's two LS seats
Panaji, April 12 (IANS) Balloting for the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Goa began Saturday, officials said.All the four key contestants cast their ballot within half an hour of the booths' opening
