Mamata ridicules AAP, BJP for raising funds from dinners, rallies (Lead)
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday took jibes at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP for raising funds
'Ballot only way for people to change their destiny'
Jammu, March 22 (IANS) Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said S
48,000 securitymen for six Maoist-hit Bihar constituencies
Patna, March 22 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to deploy 48,000 security personnel in six Maoist-affected Lok Sabha constituencies to ensu
Will contest in a dignified manner against Amarinder: Jaitley
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday said he would contest the elections in Amritsar against a "reluctant" former Pun
Congress, BJP giving walkover to Trinamool in Bengal: Left Front
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) The Left Front Saturday accused the Congress and the BJP of giving a walkover to Trinamool Congress in West Bengal by fiel
Man fails to get BJP ticket, attempts suicide
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A 32-year-old man, claiming to be a BJP leader, tried to commit suicide outside the party's Delhi office Saturday by con
India will succeed only if everybody is equal: Rahul Gandhi
Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), March 22 (IANS) India will succeed only if everybody is equal, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday.Inter
AAP names candidate against Priya Dutt in Mumbai
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party Saturday released its 10th list of candidates and fielded Phiroze Palkiwala against Congress' Priya
300 file nominations for 10 Haryana seats
Chandigarh, March 22 (IANS) A total of 300 candidates have filed nomination papers for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, officials said here Saturday.Th
BJP fields actor Paresh Rawal from Gujarat
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The BJP Saturday fielded actor Paresh Rawal as party candidate from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, in
BJP-TDP alliance talks hit roadblock
Hyderabad, March 22 (IANS) Talks between the TDP and the BJP for a poll alliance in Andhra Pradesh are understood to have hit a fresh roadblock.The
M.J Akbar, N.K. Singh join BJP, JD-U fumes (Second Lead)
New Delhi/Patna, March 22 (IANS) Noted journalist and author M.J. Akbar and former bureaucrat N.K. Singh Saturday joined the BJP, the latter inviti
Over 3,000 Bengal hamlets vulnerable: Poll panel
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) The Election Commission has identified over 3,000 "vulnerable" hamlets in the 42 parliamentary constituencies in West Beng
Weapons, bombs, gold seized in Bengal
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) A total of 392 illegal weapons, 686 rounds of ammunition and 1,882 bombs have been seized by police in West Bengal, while
Muslim body to campaign for Congress
Aligarh, March 22 (IANS) A group of Muslim intellectuals, teachers and students of Aligarh have decided to support the Congress in the Lok Sabha el
M.J Akbar, N.K. Singh join BJP (Lead)
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Noted journalist and author M.J. Akbar and former revenue secretary N.K. Singh, who was with the Janata Dal-United, Satu
Nominations end, 38 candidates in the fray in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, March 22 (IANS) A total of 38 contestants, including Raj Babbar of the Congress, General V.K. Singh of the BJP, Shazia Ilmi of the AAP,
Dissent over seats rattles BJP's poll rath
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The BJP's carefully orchestrated election effort seems to be hitting a rough patch closer to the Lok Sabha polls with so
Gujarat's development due to people, not Modi: Rahul (Lead)
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday lashed out at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying the de
Raj Babbar rebuffed by poll official (Lead)
Ghaziabad, March 22 (IANS) Congress Lok Sabha candidate Raj Babbar was Saturday rebuffed by the Ghaziabad assistant returning officer (ARO) when th