news-in-politicsCongress slogan now is 'Mar Jawan, Mar Kisan': Modi (Lead)
Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), March 29 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday tore into the foreign policy of the UPA government and accused it of neglecting national
Narcotics now in Goa's political DNA
Panaji, March 29 (IANS) After infecting the bloodstreams of people in coastal areas, drugs now appear to have infiltrated the DNA of Goa's politics.The politics of narcotics has cast its shadow over
Voters will reject BJP like in the past: Rahul
Ghaziabad, March 29 (IANS) Likening the BJP's election campaign to a series of films which keep failing, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said voters will reject the party in the
Sporting fraternity endorses footballer Prasun Banerjee in polls
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) A host of sporting icons including the likes of legendary footballer P.K. Banerjee and Hockey Olympian Gurbux Singh Saturday extended support to former Indian soccer
Trinamool's student wing complains to Election Commission
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress' student wing Saturday complained to the Election Commission (EC) over Presidency University allowing a referendum by students seeking removal of
Congress MLAs, leaders to join Trinamool in Tripura
Agartala, March 29 (IANS) Several legislators and top leaders of the Congress will join the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after the Lok Sabha poll, a top TMC leader said here Saturday."Several MLAs
Manmohan hits campaign trail -- for last time as PM
Sivasagar (Assam), March 29 (IANS) In his first campaign rally for this general election, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who steps down at the end of his 10-year tenure in May, Saturday criticised
Don't write Congress off, says Antony
Thiruvananthapuram, March 29 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K.Antony Saturday contended that the electoral prospects for the Congress-led UPA have brightened and a third stint in power is a possibility
Minorities will always have apprehensions about Modi: BJP leader
Panaji, March 29 (IANS) BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi continues to be a cause of apprehension for the minority community, the party's Goa leader Francis D'Souza said
Northeast parties stitch alliance with NDA
Dimapur (Nagaland), March 29 (IANS) Eleven major regional parties under the banner of North East Regional Parties Forum (NERPF) Saturday stitched an alliance with the BJP-led NDA for peace and
Congress questions Badal's U-turn on 'scamster' realtor
Chandigarh, March 29 (IANS) Having sought a CBI probe into a Rs.1,500 crore land scam by a real estate developer in 2006 and then giving a party ticket to the same person for the 2014 Lok Sabha
Two JD-U women legislators campaign for BJP, RJD
Patna, March 29 (IANS) Two women legislators from Bihar's ruling JD-U, one of them a former minister, are campaigning and seeking votes for the BJP and RJD candidates against the official party
DMDK chief Vijaykant's brother joins AIADMK
Chennai, March 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK is not only attracting the legislators of DMDK floated by actor-turned politician A.Vijaykant but has now drawn his own brother A.Palraj into
106 candidates for Jharkhand's second phase poll
Ranchi, March 29 (IANS) One hundred and sox candidates are in the fray for six Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand where voting will take place in the second phase April 17."Total 106 candidates are in
Congress candidate Masood arrested for threatening Modi
Lucknow, March 29 (IANS) Imran Masood, Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur constituency, was arrested early Saturday for his hate speech against BJP's prime ministerial candidate
Rahul Gandhi rally in Delhi April 6
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is likely to hold an election rally in Delhi April 6, a party leader said Saturday.The venue for the rally is yet to be decided, said
Sethusamudram channel project of no use to people: Jayalalithaa
Ramanathapuram (Tamil Nadu), March 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday said the Sethusamudram ship channel project will not benefit the people or the state as well as
BJP misleading people, will be rejected by voters: Rahul
Ghaziabad, March 29 (IANS) Comparing the BJP's election campaign to a series of films which kept failing, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said voters will reject the party, which
Poll panel studying poll code violation report against Mamata
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) The Election Commission Saturday said it has received a report from the Nadia district magistrate following complaints lodged by opposition parties against West Bengal
UPA government has become a burden, threat to country: Modi
Chandigarh, March 29 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday charged the Congress-led UPA central government with becoming a burden and threat to the country.Addressing a
