48 candidates file nomination for first phase of Assam polls
Guwahati, March 21 (IANS) A total of 48 candidates have filed their nominations for five Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam, which will go to polls
Six, including P.A. Sangma, file nominations in Meghalaya
Shillong, March 21 (IANS) Six candidates, including former Lok Sabha speaker Purno Agitok Sangma and union minister Vincent H. Pala filed nominatio
Congress justifies `Maut ka saudagar' barb at Modi
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Resurrecting the "maut ka saudagar (merchant of death)" barb against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Con
Modi coming to Varanasi to wash sin of Godhra: Lalu
Patna, March 21 (IANS) Attacking BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said he was contesting from Varanasi in an
Nandan Nilekani files nomination from Bangalore South
Bangalore, March 21 (IANS) Multi-billionaire Infosys co-founder and Congress candidate Nandan Nilekani Friday filed his nomination to contest from
Jayaprakash Narayan plans to contest Lok Sabha poll
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) Loksatta Party president Jayaprakash Narayan plans to contest for Lok Sabha from Malakjgiri constituency here.He told rep
CPI-M pitches for alternate front in manifesto
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday pitched for an alternate front, calling for the defeat of both the
Jharkhand MLA quits after getting Trinamool ticket
Ranchi, March 20 (IANS) Congress legislator from Dhanbad Chandra Shekhar Dubey Thursday resigned from the membership of the Jharkhand assembly afte
Pawan is my political rival: Chiranjeevi
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) Union minister and Congress leader K. Chiranjeevi Thursday said he considers his younger brother and actor Pawan Kalyan,
Sardar Patel described RSS poisonous outfit: Rahul
Dharamsala, March 20 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday slammed the BJP's ideological parent, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RS
BJP announces six-party alliance in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, March 20 (IANS) The BJP has set up a six-party alliance to contest the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and expects to win at least 25, pa
Delegates from 40 countries to study Indian election
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Delegates from 40 countries of Africa and Latin America will witness the world's largest democratic exercise in April-Ma
Congress to use Parrikar's mining ban speech as tool
Panaji, March 20 (IANS) The Congress has found a way of attacking the BJP as well as Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar during the Lok Sabha polls cam
Left struggles to remain relevant in 2014 (Election Special)
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Communists will be fighting with their back to the wall -- perhaps for the first time in a Lok Sabha election.With th
TDP-BJP-Jana Sena alliance on cards
Hyderabad, March 20 (IANS) A new political alliance is taking shape in Andhra Pradesh ahead of assembly and Lok Sabha polls as the Bharatiya Janata
BSP declares all 80 LS candidates in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, March 20 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Thursday released the names of party candidates for all the 80 Lok Sabha (LS) seats from Utt
Three Yadavs, a Meo to fight it out in Gurgaon (Election Special)
Gurgaon, March 20 (IANS) It will be an almost all-Yadav affair in the Gurgaon Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana, that borders Delhi to the south, w
Postal ballot for Mizoram refugees in Tripura
Agartala/Aizawl, March 20 (IANS) The tribal refugees, lodged in relief camps in Tripura for the past 17 years since they fled their villages in Miz
Slogans, a potent weapon of choice for parties (Election Special)
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) "Poori roti khayenge, 100 din kaam karenge, dawai lenge aur Congress ko jitayenge" (Will eat full meals, work for 100 da
Modi to interact with UP farmers on 'chai-pe-charcha'
Lucknow, March 20 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will hold 'chai-par-charcha' discussions across 281 places in Uttar Prades
