Mamata government shielding scamsters: Rahul Gandhi 
Malda, April 19  (IANS) Claiming that big scams are  happening in West Bengal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday  launched a scathing atta
Sonia Gandhi bats for son Rahul 
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), April 19  (IANS) Congress  president Sonia Gandhi Saturday tried to strike an emotional chord here  at a public rally and told
Modi to file nomination in Varanasi April 24 
Lucknow, April 19  (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial  candidate Narendra Modi will file his nomination papers from Varanasi  April 24, his close aide Ami
Modi dares Rahul to a face-off 
Barpeta (Assam), April 19  (IANS) BJP's prime  ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday challenged Congress vice  president Rahul Gandhi to "a fac
Age doesn't make Modi more mature than Rahul: Biman Bose 
Kolkata, April 19  (IANS) BJP star Narendra Modi cannot  be called more mature than Rahul Gandhi just because he is older, said  CPI-M politburo membe
'Unreal Elections' : An unnaturally incisive view of the 2014 polls 
Book: "Unreal Elections"; Authors: C.S. Krishna & Karthik Laxman; Publisher: Penguin India; Pages: 298; Price: Rs.250.It  is the season of electio
Ex-Infosys honcho to campaign for Kejriwal 
Bangalore, April 19  (IANS) V. Balakrishnan, the former  Infosys honcho and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) contestant from the Bangalore  Central Lok Sabha sea
Probe BJP's cyber propaganda, Congress tells police 
Mumbai, April 18  (IANS) The Congress's Maharashtra  unit Friday lodged a police complaint objecting to what it alleged BJP's  attempts "to poison min
Mayawati bares her prime ministerial ambitions 
Agra, April 18  (IANS) A day after Samajwadi Party  supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav said he would stake claim for the prime  minister’s post, former
Rahul Gandhi to visit Assam, West Bengal Saturday 
New Delhi, April 18  (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam and West Bengal Saturday for the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign.In
Kejriwal target of stones in Varanasi 
Varanasi, April 18  (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party leader  Arvind Kejriwal faced a barrage of stones and brickbats thrown at him by  over a dozen youth shouti
CPI-ML to back Kejriwal against Modi in Varanasi 
Patna, April 18  (IANS) The CPI-ML has decided to  support Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Arvind Kejriwal who is  contesting the Lok sabha polls agai
NDA's economic policy to focus on job creation, says Modi 
Erode/Kanyakumari(Tamil Nadu), April 17  (IANS) BJP's  prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday hit out at a Congress  woman minister from t
Odisha sees 70 percent polling 
Bhubaneswar, April 17  (IANS) Amid stray incidents of  violence, about 70 percent of the electorate Thursday cast their ballot  in the second and fina
61 percent polling in Karnataka, 50 percent in Bangalore  
Bangalore, April 17  (IANS) Around 61 percent voting  was reported across Karnataka where polling was held in all the 28 Lok  Sabha constituencies, wh
54 percent vote in Bihar 
Patna, April 17  (IANS) About 54 percent of more than  11 million electors cast their ballots in seven Lok Sabha constituencies  in Bihar that went to
Chhattisgarh records 62 percent polling 
Raipur, April 17  (IANS) An estimated 62 percent of  about 4.6 million voters in Chhattisgarh cast their votes Thursday, amid  rain and Maoist threats
Maharashtra records 61.80 percent voting 
Mumbai, April 17  (IANS) An average turnout of 61.80  percent was recorded in voting for 19 Lok Sabha constituencies of  Maharashtra that went to poll
Court seeks report on complaint against BJP MP, wife 
New Delhi, April 17  (IANS) A court here Thursday asked  Delhi Police to file a status report on an FIR registered against BJP  MP Nishikant Dubey and
116 million vote in sixth round of Lok Sabha battle 
New Delhi, April 17  (IANS) An estimated 116 million  people voted peacefully Thursday in the critical sixth round of  parliamentary election to pick