Don't buckle under pressure in Italian marines case: Chandy 
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21  (IANS) Kerala Chief  Minister Oommen Chandy Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to see  that India does not budge
Sonia to file nomination papers from Rae Bareli April 2 
Lucknow, March 21  (IANS) Congress president and UPA  chairperson Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers from Rae Bareli  in Uttar Pradesh April
Azad falls in line despite reluctance over Udhampur seat 
Jammu, March 21  (IANS) Despite his initial reluctance,  Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will fight for the Udhampur Lok  Sabha seat in Jammu a
Congress nominates painter Samir Aich from Bengal's Jadavpur 
Kolkata, March 21  (IANS) Congress Friday named famed painter Samir Aich as its candidate from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal.Aich
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