news-in-politicsIn 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
Goa's Christian netas in big demand in northeast
Panaji, March 23 (IANS) Goa's Christian politicians appear to be hot currency in the Christianity-dominated regions of northeastern India, which send 25 parliamentarians to the Lok Sabha.Christians
With bifurcation as core, campaigning picks up in Seemandhra
Hyderabad, March 23 (IANS) More than one and a half months before the elections in Seemandhra, campaigning is picking up with leaders of the Congress finally hitting the road to salvage the
Congress may have tough time in Goa's 'Amethi'
Panaji, March 23 (IANS) Bickering and dissent within the Congress may just cost the party the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency, considered so safe for the party that it is often referred to as
BJP will suffer because of strife: Jaswant Singh
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The BJP will pay a price because of the internal strife that has hit it ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, veteran party leader Jaswant Singh said Sunday.Denied a BJP ticket
Himachal's Kangra rarely gives chance to sitting MP
Dharamsala, March 23 (IANS) Kangra, the largest Lok Sabha constituency in Himachal Pradesh in terms of voters and an erstwhile princely state, has a unique history -- it doesn't like to repeat its
Footballer Bhutia eyes a political goal
Darjeeling, March 23 (IANS) Bhaichung Bhutia, India's football icon even though he retired from the game some years ago, is now aiming to score a "goal" in his maiden appearance on the tricky
AAP disowns two fake candidates in Karnataka
Bangalore, March 23 (IANS) The AAP Sunday disowned two "fake" candidates claiming to represent the party in Karnataka and said Hemant Kumar was its nominee in the Hubli-Dharwad Lok Sabha
When WhatsApp, BBM foxed poll officials
Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) How does one prevent hate speeches and inflammatory videos from being shared through applications like WhatsApp and on BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)? Well, that's what has
Indian political parties woo Indians in US
Washington, March 23 (IANS) Overseas wings of the Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are all passionately wooing Indians abroad ahead of India's parliamentary
Stirring the political pot -- some interesting fights
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Political heavyweights versus greenhorns, veteran journalists taking on the mighty, dynastic succession challenged by a newcomer, a faded filmstar stirring the political
Jaswant Singh's son seeks month's 'leave' from BJP
Jaipur, March 23 (IANS) Rebel BJP leader Jaswant Singh's son and legislator Manvendra Singh has cited poor health to ask one month's leave from the party, a party leader said Sunday.A BJP member
AAP fields cobbler against Paswan's son
Patna, March 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party has fielded a cobbler against Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan's son Chirag Paswan from the Jamui Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, party
Bihar Police seek 20 satellite phones for polls
Patna, March 23 (IANS) Bihar Police have sought 20 satellite phones from the union home ministry for use in Maoist-affected Lok Sabha constituencies to ensure peaceful polling, a police official
Vote in Satara and Mumbai too, Pawar tells headloaders
Thane (Maharashtra), March 23 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar Sunday made a strange suggestion to headloaders -- to indulge in double voting in the ensuing Lok Sabha
Jaswant Singh gets hero's welcome from supporters
Jodhpur (Rajasthan), March 23 (IANS) BJP leader Jaswant Singh, tipped to contest the Lok Sabha polls as an independent after being denied party ticket, Sunday got a hero's welcome from his
