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
Issues related to defence personnel important: Rahul
Tanda (Himachal Pradesh), March 20 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said issues related to defence personnel should be taken fr
Opposition demands dismissal of Jharkhand government
Ranchi, March 20 (IANS) The opposition parties in Jharkhand have demanded removal of the Hemant Soren government as it has been reduced to minority."
Lalu's wife, sons and daughter are star campaigners
Patna, March 20 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's wife, his two sons and daughter are his star campaigners in the Lok Sabha polls, ac
Lucknow will be fought on Vajpayee's legacy (Election Special)
Lucknow, March 20 (IANS) Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's name evokes a lot of respect here and the contest for Lucknow, from where BJP
Advani unhappy with Gandhinagar, BJP leaders come calling
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) A host of BJP leaders, including prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Thursday rushed to meet patriarch L.K. Advan
Minister, doctor, veteran woo Kerala's capital (Election Special)
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (IANS) A minister, a doctor and a political veteran are all set to do battle for Kerala's capital in the Lok Sabha polls
BJP riddled with protests over tickets to 'outsiders'
Mainpuri, March 20 (IANS) Despite the hype over BJP's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi's campaign, the disappointment and heartburn caused b
India's Northeast: A region grows in electoral importance (News Analysis) (Election Special)
The dominant narrative about India's Northeast looks in for a change. A rare coalescing of domestic politics and foreign policy interests is making
Azharuddin faces opposition from Congress workers
Jaipur, March 20 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, the Congress candidate from Rajasthan's Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency
After Lok Sabha polls, LDF will vanish: Congress
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (IANS) With no anti-incumbency factor visible in Kerala, the problem-ridden LDF, a coalition of Opposition parties in
End of political innnings for Sidhu?
Chandigarh, March 20 (IANS) This week marked the virtual end of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu's innings on Punjab's political wic
Amar Singh offers to campaign for Mulayam
Fatehpur Sikri, March 20 (IANS) Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Amar Singh, who is contesting for the Fatehpur Sikri seat in Uttar Pradesh, has o
