news-in-politicsCPI-M campaign booklets target Trinamool Congress
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) The opposition CPI-M Wednesday came out with seven booklets highlighting what it called atrocities against women, lack of development and unfulfilled promises during the
Haryana minister injured in attack
Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Haryana's Excise and Taxation Minister Kiran Chaudhary was injured when some people attacked her during a political rally in Haryana's Narnaul town Wednesday evening,
NCP sacks Maharashtra minister after daughter gets BJP ticket (Lead)
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) The NCP Wednesday sacked a Maharashtra cabinet minister after his daughter joined the BJP and was given a ticket for the Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency, party leaders
Rahul questions BJP's plan on development in states
BJP, Congress appease religious communities during elections: Mamata (Lead)
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Accusing the Congress and the BJP of appeasing some religious communities during electoral battles, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday claimed her party
Advani gets Gandhinagar, Modi to also fight from Vadodara (Second Lead)
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) BJP veteran L.K. Advani will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar in Gujarat while prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will fight from a second seat from
NCP sacks minister as daughter gets BJP ticket
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) The NCP sacked a senior Maharashtra cabinet minister after his daughter joined the BJP and was given a ticket from Nandurbar constituency, here Wednesday.Medical education
I am contesting on Nitish's request: Prakash Jha
Patna, March 19 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha said Wednesday that he was contesting the Lok Sabha polls from West Champaran in Bihar at the request of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.He said it was
Caste, religion matter for Congress in Goa
Panaji, March 19 (IANS) Just how much the Congress values caste and religion in the Lok Sabha ticket distribution process stumbled out in the open at the party headquarters here
DMK men warned to keep away from Alagiri (Lead)
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) The DMK Wednesday threatened disciplinary action against party members if they were found to be in touch with now suspended leader M.K. Alagiri.In a statement issued here,
BJP, Congress appeasing religious communities: Mamata
Kolkata, March 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday accused the Congress and the BJP of appeasing some religious communities ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, and claimed that
Assam CM's son files nomination
Guwahati, March 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister's son Gourav Gogoi Wednesday filed his nomination papers to contest the Lok Sabha election from Kaliabor near Tezpur.Gourav Gogoi was accompanied by
Advani gets Gandhinagar, Modi to also fight from Vadodara (Lead)
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) BJP veteran L.K. Advani will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Gandhinagar in Gujarat while prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will fight from a second seat from
CPI announces Tamil Nadu, Puducherry candidates
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) Wednesday announced its candidates for nine Lok Sabha constituencies - eight in Tamil Nadu and one of Puducherry.The party's Tamil Nadu
Pawan Kalyan may join hands with BJP
Hyderabad, March 18 (IANS) Popular Telugu actor Pawan Kalyan, who floated a political party last week, is likely to have an electoral alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the forthcoming
Bihar speaker, ex-IAS officer in JD-U first list
New Delhi/Patna, March 15 (IANS) Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary and former IAS officer K.P. Ramiah figure in the first list of Janata Dal-United candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in
Manmohan talks to Putin, hopes for solution in Crimea
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday discussed the situation in Ukraine and the Crimean referendum with Russian President Vladimir Putin over telephone, and hoped that
Notification for four West Bengal seats Wednesday
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) The official process for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal begins Wednesday when the Election Commission is scheduled to issue the notification for four seats in the
'DMK should explain interference by NGOs in central decisions'
Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), March 18 (IANS) DMK president M.Karunanidhi and his party which was part of the central government for nine years should explain the kind of interference by NGOs in
Sugata Bose invokes Netaji's "Delhi chalo" slogan
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Harvard University professor and noted historian Sugata Bose Tuesday invoked his grand uncle Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's famous call "Delhi chalo" to begin his election
