news-in-politicsGul Panag: A former Miss India with an agenda for Chandigarh
Chandigarh, April 5 (IANS) Gul Panag may be new to politics but the former Miss India has already proved she is no pushover in the election for Chandigarh's lone Lok Sabha seat.When Gul -- as she
Youth groups call to boycott Mizoram polls
Aizawl/Agartala, April 5 (IANS) Six NGOs and students' groups have called for a boycott of the April 9 Lok Sabha polls in Mizoram to protest the Election Commission's decision to allow tribal
Modi will become next PM: Advani
Gandhinagar, April 5 (IANS) Former deputy prime minister and senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Saturday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will become the next prime minister of India.Advani
Changes in our favour since 2011 polls: Biman Bose
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front chairman Biman Bose conceded that many of those who switched allegiance to the Trinamool Congress three years back are yet to return to the
Imam Bukhari's job to lead congregational prayers, not politics
Muslim spokesmen, appointed by few know whom, are all over the TV channels. With election fever picking up, they are also forming delegations and trooping into homes of politicians to strike deals
Bukhari's support to Congress draws rebuke from clerics
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Shahi Imam Ahmed Bukhari's open support to the Congress for the Lok Sabha election has drawn sharp criticism from the political parties and Muslim groups in Uttar
Poll panel orders extra security for Hema, Nagma
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Hema Malini and Nagma contesting the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh, will be given special police protection, officials said Saturday.Congress
Live webcasting at 40 UP polling stations
Lucknow, April 5 (IANS) Live webcasting will take place at 40 sensitive polling stations across Uttar Pradesh, a senior official said Saturday.A technical team under an assistant returning officer
Rajnath files nomination from Lucknow
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Saturday filed his nomination papers from Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow parliamentary constituency.The Lucknow seat was
Every vote for CPI-M in Kerala will help BJP: Rahul
Thiruvananthapuram, April 5 (IANS) Every vote for the CPI-M in Kerala would end up helping the BJP when it comes to the big electoral picture. This was Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi's main
Sonia, Pawar share dais after 15 years
Bhandara/Nagpur (Maharashtra), April 5 (IANS) After nearly 15 years, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and NCP chief Sharad Pawar Saturday shared the dais as they jointly campaigned for UPA
BJP may face trouble if it releases manifesto April 7: EC
Patna, April 5 (IANS) The BJP may land in trouble if it releases its election manifesto April 7 as it will be in violation of the model code of conduct, Election Commissioner H.S. Brahma said here
Children seek to raise issues before lawmakers
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A manifesto written by children about issues facing them and what they need from the government and lawmakers was Saturday unveiled by 23 NGOs in the "Vote 4 Children"
Loksatta to go alone in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad, April 5 (IANS) The Loksatta Party of bureaucrat-turned-politician Jayaprakash Narayan has decided to go alone in Andhra Pradesh with both the BJP and TDP not responding to its proposal
Modi aide's remark sparks row, Congress, AAP seek arrest
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Congress and the AAP Saturday rapped on the Election Commission's door against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah over his remark on
Modi will become PM, can't be compared to Vajpayee: Advani
Gandhinagar, April 5 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will become the next prime minister of India but cannot be compared to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior BJP
RSS, corporate media together projecting Modi: Buddhadeb
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) The "regressive" RSS and the corporate houses have forged a "strange" alliance to project BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, CPI-M leader Buddhadeb
Countering Modi, Mamata propounds 'Bengal model of development'
Kolkata, April 5 (IANS) Countering the BJP's "Gujarat model of development", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday propounded the "Bengal model of development" asserting the western
Industrialisation not at the cost of farmers: Jayalalithaa
Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), April 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday reiterated her earlier assurance to the farmers in the Thanjavur region that industrialisation will not be
Seven Maoist guerrillas arrested in Jharkhand
Ranchi, April 5 (IANS) Seven Maoist guerrillas were arrested from two districts of Jharkhand Saturday, police said.Five of them belong to the People's Liberation Front of India and were arrested
