news-in-politicsOpposition, Facebook users slam FIR over anti-Modi post
Panaji, March 28 (IANS) Opposition parties and Facebook users in Goa are enraged after the police booked a Facebook user for making inflammatory statements against the BJP and its prime
97-year-old man's appeal to vote a hit online
Shimla, March 28 (IANS) Just short of being 100 years old, a mountain man's appeal to the nation to vote has 10 times the number of hits online than a Bollywood megastars' musical video staring
AAP wants to make Agra worthy of the Taj
Agra, March 28 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will help to make Agra a heritage city if it wins the Lok Sabha battle here.Agra deserves a much better deal for its contribution to history and
Anna-supporter assaults Kejriwal in Haryana, nabbed
Bhiwani (Haryana), March 28 (IANS) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was Friday evening assaulted by a man who claimed to be a supporter of social activist Anna Hazare during a road show in Charkhi Dadri
Delhi HC judgment exposes Congress, BJP: AAP
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The AAP Friday welcomed the Delhi High Court's judgment asking the central government and the Election Commission to take appropriate action against the Congress and the
BJP to gain in Maharashtra, Bihar; Trinamool in Bengal: Survey
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The BJP is likely to emerge as the single largest party in Maharashtra and Bihar in the Lok Sabha election, while the Trinamool Congress will get maximum seats in West
Amarinder arrives in Amritsar to challenge Jaitley
Amritsar, March 28 (IANS) Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh arrived in this Sikh holy city Friday to challenge senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley for the April 30 Lok Sabha
Upset Sri Rama Sene chief to take on BJP
Bangalore, March 28 (IANS) Outraged by his ouster within hours of joining the BJP recently, a defiant Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik Friday said he was contesting the Lok Sabha polls from
Modi, Sonia, Rahul to address rallies in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, March 28 (IANS) Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi, star campaigners of the Congress and the BJP, will campaign for their party candidates in Odisha.While Congress vice
Naqvi unhappy over BJP taking in Sabir Ali (Lead)
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Friday expressed dissent over his party admitting expelled JD-U leader Sabir Ali in its ranks."Terrorist Bhatakal friend join BJP...soon
LS candidate admitted as Independent moves HC
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday agreed to hear a plea by an advocate who filed his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha election from the Bhartiya Janta Dal (Integrated)
133 FIRs against parties for poll code violations in Delhi
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) A total of 133 first information reports (FIRs) have been registered against various political parties for infringing the model code of conduct prior to the Lok Sabha
SC notice on facilitating voting by NRIs
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government asking why NRIs who are registered voters should not get the opportunity to exercise their voting rights
NCP legislator joins Shiv Sena
Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Plagued by outgoing defections in recent weeks, the Shiv Sena Friday opened its doors to Nationalist Congress Party legislator Vinayak Mete, a strong proponent of
'Over 11.5 million voters in India's largest five constituencies'
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The largest five parliamentary constituencies in terms of number of electors have over 11.5 million voters, 15.4 times those in the smallest five constituencies, the
Trinamool lodges poll complaint against Rahul Gandhi
Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for the alleged presence of school students at
CPI-M leadership conspiring to expel me: Lakshman Seth
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Dissident CPI-M leader and its frontman during the Nandigram movement Lakshman Seth Wednesday accused the party leadership of hatching a conspiracy to expel him, and
A week after Modi, Rahul to visit Wardha
Nagpur (Maharashtra), March 26 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Wardha in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region and address a public rally there Friday morning, a party announcement
Congress manifesto document of deceit: BJP
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The BJP Wednesday called the Congress manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections a "document of deceit"."Entire manifesto appears to be devoid of credibility and lacking
Delhi LS candidate booked for molestation
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) A 55-year-old Lok Sabha candidate from Delhi has been booked for molesting and misbehaving with an on-duty woman traffic constable Thursday evening, police said.Sanjay
