news-in-politicsNGO demands tobacco-free polling booths
Panaji, April 2 (IANS) Poll authorities in Goa should emulate Jammu and Kashmir and Bihar and ban smoking in polling booths in the state, an anti-tobacco group demanded Wednesday."It is requested
Will probe Odisha scams if voted to power: Rajnath
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) If voted to power, the BJP will probe all Odisha scams that occurred during Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's regime, party president Rajnath Singh said
Keep rural volunteers out of electioneering: EC tells Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) Taking strong note of the allegations that the services of Bharat Nirman Volunteers are being misused in Odisha, the Election Commission Wednesday directed the state
Magician P.C.Sorcar gets anticipatory bail
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Magician P.C. Sorcar Jr., BJP's candidate from West Bengal's Barasat, Wedneday got anticipatory bail after a police complaint was filed against him for making derogatory
20 Delhi cops 'unemployed' due to conduct code
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) At least 20 senior police officers find themselves at a loose end in the national capital without a viable posting, thanks to the model code of conduct in force ahead of
Rebel Trinamool MP to campaign for Congress candidate
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Dissident Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman Wednesday said he would campaign for Congress candidate Somen Mitra for the Lok Sabha polls.Suman said he may also opt to
Nine all-women polling stations in Tripura
Agartala, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission will set up nine all-women polling stations - with all-women polling personnel - in Tripura, an official said here Wednesday."Considering the
Three parties and their love-hate ties in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) Politics makes strange bedfellows and that's what's happening in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.In Punjab, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has an
Democracy's reach: An 11-km trek for election staff in Bengal
Siliguri, April 3 (IANS) A long 11-km arduous trek, accomanied by ponies, awaits poll officials as the Election Commission gears up to hold the Lok Sabha election at the remote booth of Srikhola
Congress candidate in UP defects to BJP
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), April 3 (IANS) In a major embarrassment to the Congress, its candidate from Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida) Thursday defected to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Saying he had
General waging psychological campaign: AAP's Ilmi
Ghaziabad, April 3 (IANS) AAP leader and candidate Shazia Ilmi, pitted against former Indian Army chief Gen V.K. Singh in the Lok Sabha polls, has accused the BJP of waging a "psychological
AAP to release manifesto for Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party will on Thursday release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will launch the manifesto at his Tilak Lane residence here.In
BJP leads list of tainted candidates in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) The BJP has fielded the highest number of tainted candidates in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Odisha April 10, while three of AAP's candidates have criminal
Union minister Samabasiva Rao resigns
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) Union textiles minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao Thursday resigned from the union cabinet to protest bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.Rao sent his resignation to Prime Minister
Delhi's 33 percent LS candidates are millionaires
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) At least 33 percent of Delhi's Lok Sabha candidates are millionaires, says an analysis by the Association of Democratic Reforms.Of the total 150 candidates contesting in
BJP poised to do well in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh: Survey
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The BJP could nearly sweep the Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and make major gains in Maharashtra, an opinion poll said Wednesday.The CNN IBN-The Week
Sonia has Rs.85k in cash, no car
Rae Bareli, April 2 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi does not have a car of her own and has sworn that she has Rs.85,000 in cash.This and more has been revealed in her affidavit filed before
'Modi carries communal stigma, lacks PM characteristics'
Jammu, April 2 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said BJP leader Narendra Modi carries a communal stigma and lacks a representative character needed to be India's
Mamata to send letters to all families seeking support
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Giving a personal touch to her election campaign, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will send a signed letter to every family in West Bengal, requesting them to
AAP fields Shastri's grandson in Allahabad
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The AAP Wednesday announced that former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri's grandson Adarsh Shastri will contest the Lok Sabha election from Allahabad.Releasing the
