UPA fulfilled its promises: Sonia Gandhi
Patna, April 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday said that the UPA government fulfilled most of the promises it made to the people in
Himachal CM tries to catch BJP on slippery wicket
Shimla, April 3 (IANS) The Congress-led Virbhadra Singh government in Himachal Pradesh is trying to bowl out its archrival BJP with a googly ahead
BJP spending massively to enforce Hindu agenda: CPI-M
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The BJP and the RSS are pumping in "humongous" amounts of money never seen before to win the Lok Sabha polls to create a
Yogendra Yadav seeks action against bogus votes
Gurgaon, April 3 (IANS) Yogendra Yadav, AAP candidate for the Lok Sabha from Gurgaon, Thursday urged the Election Commission to take immediate acti
Union minister Sambasiva Rao resigns
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) Union Textiles Minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao Thursday resigned from the union cabinet to protest bifurcation of Andhra Pr
'Parties unwilling to include tobacco control in manifestos'
Thiruvananthapuram, April 2 (IANS) Medico-legal experts here have cried foul over the absence of intent betrayed by political parties in their mani
NGO demands tobacco-free polling booths
Panaji, April 2 (IANS) Poll authorities in Goa should emulate Jammu and Kashmir and Bihar and ban smoking in polling booths in the state, an anti-t
Will probe Odisha scams if voted to power: Rajnath
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) If voted to power, the BJP will probe all Odisha scams that occurred during Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's regime, par
Keep rural volunteers out of electioneering: EC tells Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 2 (IANS) Taking strong note of the allegations that the services of Bharat Nirman Volunteers are being misused in Odisha, the El
Magician P.C.Sorcar gets anticipatory bail
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Magician P.C. Sorcar Jr., BJP's candidate from West Bengal's Barasat, Wedneday got anticipatory bail after a police complai
20 Delhi cops 'unemployed' due to conduct code
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) At least 20 senior police officers find themselves at a loose end in the national capital without a viable posting, thank
Rebel Trinamool MP to campaign for Congress candidate
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) Dissident Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman Wednesday said he would campaign for Congress candidate Somen Mitra for the Lok
Nine all-women polling stations in Tripura
Agartala, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission will set up nine all-women polling stations - with all-women polling personnel - in Tripura, an of
Three parties and their love-hate ties in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) Politics makes strange bedfellows and that's what's happening in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana.In Punjab,
Democracy's reach: An 11-km trek for election staff in Bengal
Siliguri, April 3 (IANS) A long 11-km arduous trek, accomanied by ponies, awaits poll officials as the Election Commission gears up to hold the Lok
Congress candidate in UP defects to BJP
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), April 3 (IANS) In a major embarrassment to the Congress, its candidate from Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida) Thursday defected to
General waging psychological campaign: AAP's Ilmi
Ghaziabad, April 3 (IANS) AAP leader and candidate Shazia Ilmi, pitted against former Indian Army chief Gen V.K. Singh in the Lok Sabha polls, has
AAP to release manifesto for Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party will on Thursday release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will launch
BJP leads list of tainted candidates in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, April 3 (IANS) The BJP has fielded the highest number of tainted candidates in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Odisha April
Union minister Samabasiva Rao resigns
Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) Union textiles minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao Thursday resigned from the union cabinet to protest bifurcation of Andhra Prad
