Politics

The SP chief's remarks assume significance against the backdrop of Congress President Rahul Gandhi himself asserting that his party will form the government at the Centre and that "after the Lok Sabha polls, the next target was (UP) assembly elections (in...

The manifesto focused in 12 areas of education, health, women safety, police reforms, zero corruption, jobs, land and housing, protection from sealing, cleanliness, pollution, transport, Yamuna rejuvenation.

Ajai Rai, a local strongman from the Bhumihar community, had joined the Congress in 2009 after he won a by-election from Kolasla assembly constituency as an independent, months after being denied a Lok Sabha ticket by the BJP and joining the Samajwadi Par...

Expressing shock over suicides of students who failed in the intermediate examination, the CM appealed that no student should resort to suicide.

Hopeful of getting a BJP ticket for Lok Sabha polls, Kavita had been meeting the public and party workers in Gurdaspur for the past several weeks but the BJP decided to field Sunny Deol from the seat.

The prominent Chautala clan, which split last year following a bitter family feud, is being represented by three of its members.

Akhilesh Yadav asked if the alliance of three parties (SP-BSP-RLD) is 'maha-milawat' (as described by Prime Minister Modi), then what will you call alliance of 38 parties.

Modi also revealed that he never thought he would occupy the Prime Minister’s chair and had wanted to join the armed forces.

Gandhi said it was Arvind Kejriwal himself who had proposed the 4:3 formula for an alliance in Delhi but later put forth the condition of extending the alliance to Haryana.

The third phase also saw the largest-ever deployment of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines across 2.11 lakh polling stations spread over 13 states and 2 Union Territories.

While Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa had been saying in the run-up to elections that the JD(S)-Congress coalition would collapse after polls, Jarkiholi’s statement could be the first indication of a shaky future for the alliance.

State BJP minister Pankaja Munde, minister for women and child development, at a poll rally in Jalna district last week made similar comments against Gandhi.

He also said there was nothing wrong in restraining Sadhvi Pragya Thakur if she makes an inappropriate statement.

The BJP candidate from Bhopal kicked off her poll campaign on Friday with a shocking statement, claiming that Hemant Karkare, who had died in action during the 26/11 terror attacks, lost his life because she had 'cursed him'.

With Gujarat being the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, stakes are high for the ruling party, as it faces the uphill task of remaining at the pinnacle in their home turf.

Consisting of sixteen assembly segments, Anantnag parliamentary seat went for polls last time in 2014, wherein 28 per cent voting was recorded.