news-in-politicsSaradha scam: Mamata demands arrest of union minister's wife
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) In an angry retaliation over the Saradha scam issue which has again grabbed the spotlight, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday wondered why the wife of a
Rahul launches all-out attacks on Modi, Mamata
Nagaon (Assam)/Malda/Baharampur (West Bengal), April 19 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday took on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for his divisive agenda and
Modi, Rahul slam each other in Assam
Nagaon (Assam), April 19 (IANS) BJP's Narendra Modi Saturday attacked the Congress over its 'mother-son' government at the centre which he said has failed to meet the aspirations of the people
CBI should probe Saradha as Mamata shielding scamsters: Rahul
Malda/Baharampur, April 19 (IANS) Claiming that big scams were taking place in West Bengal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused the state's Trinamool Congress government of
Will Nehru-Gandhi dynasty reboot or fade out?
Narendra Modi is not far off the mark when he says that the May 16 results will be the Congress's worst.Drawing room and tea-stall chatter nowadays centres on whether the 128-year-old no longer a
Mamata government shielding scamsters: Rahul Gandhi
Malda, April 19 (IANS) Claiming that big scams are happening in West Bengal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress government in the
Sonia Gandhi bats for son Rahul
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), April 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday tried to strike an emotional chord here at a public rally and told the gathering that she had given her son Rahul
Modi to file nomination in Varanasi April 24
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers from Varanasi April 24, his close aide Amit Shah announced Saturday.Addressing his first
Modi dares Rahul to a face-off
Barpeta (Assam), April 19 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday challenged Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to "a face off" as they were both addressing rallies in
Age doesn't make Modi more mature than Rahul: Biman Bose
Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) BJP star Narendra Modi cannot be called more mature than Rahul Gandhi just because he is older, said CPI-M politburo member Biman Bose who iterated that the projection of a
'Unreal Elections' : An unnaturally incisive view of the 2014 polls
Book: "Unreal Elections"; Authors: C.S. Krishna & Karthik Laxman; Publisher: Penguin India; Pages: 298; Price: Rs.250.It is the season of elections - and of political exposes. But it is not only
Ex-Infosys honcho to campaign for Kejriwal
Bangalore, April 19 (IANS) V. Balakrishnan, the former Infosys honcho and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contestant from the Bangalore Central Lok Sabha seat, will campaign for the party's national convener
Probe BJP's cyber propaganda, Congress tells police
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) The Congress's Maharashtra unit Friday lodged a police complaint objecting to what it alleged BJP's attempts "to poison minds using cyberspace", a party leader said.The
Mayawati bares her prime ministerial ambitions
Agra, April 18 (IANS) A day after Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said he would stake claim for the prime minister’s post, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati Friday
Rahul Gandhi to visit Assam, West Bengal Saturday
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam and West Bengal Saturday for the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign.In Assam, Gandhi will address a public meeting at
Kejriwal target of stones in Varanasi
Varanasi, April 18 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal faced a barrage of stones and brickbats thrown at him by over a dozen youth shouting "Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi" slogans near
CPI-ML to back Kejriwal against Modi in Varanasi
Patna, April 18 (IANS) The CPI-ML has decided to support Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Arvind Kejriwal who is contesting the Lok sabha polls against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra
NDA's economic policy to focus on job creation, says Modi
Erode/Kanyakumari(Tamil Nadu), April 17 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday hit out at a Congress woman minister from the state for stalling infrastructural projects in
Odisha sees 70 percent polling
Bhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) Amid stray incidents of violence, about 70 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot in the second and final phase of polling for 11 Lok Sabha and 77
61 percent polling in Karnataka, 50 percent in Bangalore
Bangalore, April 17 (IANS) Around 61 percent voting was reported across Karnataka where polling was held in all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, while it was about 50.6 percent in the three seats
