news-in-politicsTwo dead in 342 incidents of pre-poll violence in Bengal
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Two people were killed in as many as 342 incidents of pre-poll violence in West Bengal since the March 5 announcement of Lok Sabha elections, an official said Friday."One
Now Rahul attacks Modi over marital status, Congress files complaint
Doda/New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Congress Friday upped the ante in this bitterly fought election, when it complained to the Election Commission against Narendra Modi for filing wrong
Bengal to get more police observers this poll
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) More than double the number of police observers deployed in the 2009 Lok Sabha election will be deputed in West Bengal for the coming polls, an Election Commission
Power shortage in Tamil Nadu due to sabotage: Jayalalithaa
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), April 11 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Friday said the power shortage in the state seems to be due to sabotage and her government will go to root of
Registered NRI voters overseas will have to wait for future elections
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) NRIs who are registered voters in India will not be able to vote from their foreign locations as Supreme Court Friday accepted that the Election Commission faced
Women's rights activists condemn Mulayam, Abu Azmi remarks
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Women's rights activists Friday strongly condemned comments made on rape and women by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and party leader Abu Asim Azmi.While
Delhi's model polling stations - where the voter is VIP
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Equipped with facilities like e-rickshaws to ferry voters, drinking water, ambulance-on-call, sign language experts for the hearing impaired and courteous attendants,
Amit Shah, Azam Khan banned from holding rallies in UP
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) BJP's Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan have been banned from holding any public meetings or road shows in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission said Friday.The
Now Rahul attacks Modi over marital status, Congress files complaint
Doda/New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Congress Friday upped the ante in this bitterly fought election, when it complained to the Election Commission against Narendra Modi for filing wrong
Mulayam under fire for his rape remark
Lucknow, April 11 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Friday came under heavy fire for his rape remark, made a day earlier at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad
Delhi voting shatters record of past three decades: EC
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) A staggering 8.2 million people in Delhi exercised their franchise for 2014 general election Thursday, breaking all records of the past three decades, the Delhi Election
Security man killed in Maoist attack in Maharashtra
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 11 (IANS) At least one security personnel was killed and three others were injured when Maoists attacked a team of election officials near Damrancha outpost in
DMDK to support PMK in Puducherry
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) DMDK, the second largest party in the state assembly, Friday announced its support to the PMK candidate in the Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency, giving the latter a
Don't rake leaders' private life in public: BJP tells Congress
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The BJP Friday warned the Congress against bringing the private matters of their leader's life in public, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party also knew about several
Vajpayee wanted Modi out of BJP: Congress
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) In a fresh salvo against BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress Friday said former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee wanted him "removed" as the
Kejriwal on three-day Punjab road show
Amritsar, April 11 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal started his three-day political road show in Punjab from this Sikh holy city Friday.Kejriwal offered prayers at `Harmandar
Dec 16 rape victim's parents condemn Mulayam
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The parents of the Dec 16 rape victim here Friday condemned the outrageous remarks of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on rapists, and urged people not to elect
This Lalu century is of a different kind
Patna, April 11 (IANS) No matter what the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad has already entered the record books with a century and counting - of helicopter
45 percent polling in Mizoram
Aizawl, April 11 (IANS) About 45 percent of the electorate cast their vote for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Mizoram and an assembly by-poll in the first seven hours of polling Friday, officials
Rahul Gandhi targets Modi's personal life
Jammu, April 11 (IANS) Targeting BJP's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi's personal life, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said Modi not once mentioned his wife's name in the
