news-in-politicsJharkhand government may face stability issue
Ranchi, March 26 (IANS) The Hemant Soren government, which enjoys a wafer-thin majority, may land in trouble if the legislators supporting the ruling alliance and fighting the Lok Sabha poll get
Jharkhand government may face stability issue
Ranchi, March 26 (IANS) The Hemant Soren government, which enjoys a wafer-thin majority, may land in trouble if the legislators supporting the ruling alliance and fighting the Lok Sabha poll get
Harvard professor, Netaji grandnephew pitches for education
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) Blending a lineage of erudition and nationalism, Harvard University history professor Sugata Bose, grandnephew of Indian revolutionary Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,
Ashok Chavan: Congress' new Maratha mascot?
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Nearly two years after the death of Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Maharashtra Congress finally seems to have found its new Maratha Mascot in Ashok Chavan.After nail-biting
Protests over tribal refugees voting in Mizoram LS poll
Aizawl/Agartala, March 26 (IANS) Five NGOs and youth organisations in Aizawl have launched protest rallies against the Election Commission's decision to allow tribal refugees in Tripura's relief
We will win, says Sonia
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Congress-led UPA will win the Lok Sabha election despite adverse opinion polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Wednesday.Gandhi told the media that election-eve
Senior BJP leader quits party posts in Bihar
Patna, March 26 (IANS) Chandra Mohan Rai, a senior BJP leader and a former minister, announced Wednesday that he was resigning from all party posts to protest against the neglect of committed party
BJP files paid news complaint in Goa
Panaji, March 26 (IANS) The BJP in Goa has filed a complaint against paid news with the poll authorities here.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its complaint to the Chief Electoral Officer Keshav
Stars to cast a spell on Andhra Pradesh polls
Hyderabad, March 26 (IANS) In film-crazy Andhra Pradesh, which has now been divided into two states, actors are worshipped like demigods and political parties and their candidates bank on them to
Sweeping winds of change visible in J&K: Modi
Hira Nagar (Kathua), March 26 (IANS) The sweeping winds of change are already visible in Jammu and Kashmir, said BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Wednesday as he launched his party's
BJP 'balloon' will explode, says Rahul
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday challenged the perception that the BJP was most likely to win the Lok Sabha election and said "this balloon will
Congress MP uses movie dialogue to taunt Modi
Panaji, March 26 (IANS) Shantaram Naik, Goa's only Rajya Sabha MP, Wednesday used a dialogue from Bollywood blockbuster "Sholay" to put in context, what he called, "the selective targeting" of
We will fight them and beat them: Amarinder Singh (Interview - Election Special)
Chandigarh, March 26 (IANS) Amarinder Singh has set the political temperature soaring after the Congress announced he would take on BJP heavyweight Arun Jaitley in Amritsar and the confident
Modi will destroy India's secular fabric: Farooq
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) National Conference chairperson Farooq Abdullah has said his party will never consider joining the BJP-led NDA in case Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister.In an
Modi plays fast and loose with truth: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar, March 26 (IANS) BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has been playing fast and loose with the truth, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday.Reacting to
Rahul flays Modi's 'ideology'
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi represents an ideology that challenges the idea of India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday.Modi was not just an
`There is no brother or sister in Bihar poll battle'
Patna, March 26 (IANS) There is no brother or sister in a poll battle, said RJD chief Lalu Prasad's wife Rabri Devi, who is pitted against her brother Sadhu Yadav in Bihar's Saran Lok Sabha
In Karnataka, 560 nomination papers filed
Bangalore, March 26 (IANS) Nearly 560 candidates representing various political parties and Independents have filed nominations for the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka, a senior election official
Nilekani complains to EC against Ananth Kumar
Bangalore, March 25 (IANS) Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani, contesting from the high-profile Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency, Tuesday complained to the Election Commission and the Press
Rahul, Mamata spar on Bengal's development
Jalpaiguri/Siliguri (West Bengal), March 25 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday attacked the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal for failing to ensure development and jobs and
