news-in-politicsJaswant Singh: From policy maker to political rebel
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Jaswant Singh, who Monday took on the BJP leadership after being denied a Lok Sabha ticket, was once a powerful cabinet minister, a close aide of then prime minister
RSS trying to break AAP from within: Yogendra Yadav
Gurgaon, March 24 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is using dirty tricks to infiltrate the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), senior party leader Yogendra Yadav said Monday."AAP's Gurgaon district
Parrikar dodges question on Jaswant Singh
Panaji, March 24 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, known to be a Narendra Modi confidant, Monday refused to comment on veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh who filed his nomination papers as
Defiant Jaswant takes on NaMo, dares BJP to sack him
Barmer (Rajasthan), March 24 (IANS) Rebel BJP leader Jaswant Singh Monday publicly took on its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi after entering the Lok Sabha polls as an independent,
Congress fields Sunil Jakhar from Firozpur
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Congress Monday fielded Sunil Kumar Jakhar, the leader of opposition in Punjab assembly, as its candidate from the state's Firozpur for the forthcoming Lok Sabha
Bhutia has assets in excess of Rs.16 crore
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) Football icon Bhaichung Bhutia, contesting the Lok Sabha polls as a Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal's Darjeeling constituency, possesses assets worth more
EC unhappy with replies on complaints against policemen
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) A top poll official in Punjab Monday asked the state's principal secretary for home to respond to complaints against police officers, saying the earlier reports sent
Congress has become untouchable: Venkaiah Naidu
Ranchi, March 24 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu said here Monday that the Congress has become untouchable in the country."Congress has become untouchable. Only
Modi to address 185 rallies
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will address 185 "Bharat Vijay rallies" across the country beginning March 26, a party leader said Monday.Bharatiya
HC notice to poll panel on plea for acceptance of nomination
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday issued notice to the Election Commission and the city government on a petition filed by a practicing woman lawyer seeking direction for the
BJP will get around 120 seats: Sibal
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The BJP would be restricted to about 120 seats in the Lok Sabha elections and there was "no Modi wave" in the country, Law Minister Kapil Sibal said Monday.The Bharatiya
Anti-poll posters seized in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, March 24 (IANS) Police have seized two anti-election posters allegedly put up by Maoists in Odisha's Rayagada district, an official said Monday.One poster was found near a proposed
Congress objects to Badal's political speech at martyrs' function
Chandigarh, March 24 (IANS) The Congress Monday complained to the Election Commission against political statements made by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and other Akali Dal leaders
What Jaswant Singh said
Barmer (Rajasthan), March 24 (IANS) Former union minister Jaswant Singh Monday filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate from the Barmer Lok Sabha constituency following denial of
Mumbai Congress questions 'Modi wave'
Mumbai, March 24 (IANS) The Mumbai unit of the Congress Monday questioned the veracity of the much-publicised "Narendra Modi wave" in India and demanded to know why the BJP was hunting for a "safe
In Haryana, BJP bets big on turncoats
Chandigarh, March 23 (IANS) The BJP may have national ambitions to form the next union government, but the party seems to be finding it difficult to get suitable candidates for the Lok Sabha seats
2014 more important than 1977 polls: Lord Desai
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The coming Lok Sabha election "is more crucial" than the 1977 election that for the first time ended the Congress rule nationally, economist Lord Meghnad Desai has
I am not an outsider, says Jaitley
Amritsar, March 23 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Sunday denied accusations that he was an "outsider" in Amritsar, where he is seeking to get elected to the Lok Sabha.Responding to former chief
Four IM men arrested for planning terror attack during polls
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Four suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives who were planning to carry out terror strikes in the country during the Lok Sabha elections were arrested from Rajasthan,
India starts voting a fortnight from today
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) India will begin voting in exactly a fortnight from now to elect 543 MPs for a new Lok Sabha in a parliamentary election that will be the world's largest democratic
