Politics

The entire leadership of Maoists, including the chief of their Darbha committee, which carried out the attack on the BJP MLA, have been roaming through the area unhindered in an effort to assert their presence and dissuade voters from casting their ballot...

The OBC leader and Congress MLA from Radhanpur, Thakor, on Wednesday, resigned from the Congress along with two other MLAs accusing the grand-old party of ignoring his community members in the party.

Allegations of clashes, EVM malfunctioning, lack of basic amenities and deployment of forces, were some of the major concerns raised in Alipurduar and Cooch Behar.

The PDP,  BJP  and  Congress-NC  alliance  are  firming  up  their campaign  strategies to  win  a majority  of  the six Lok  Sabha  seats  in  Jammu and Kashmir.

How West UP votes in the first two phases of polling will be important in shaping up the trends for the remaining 60 odd seats in the state and in many ways, will determine the shape and structure of the next government at the Centre.

When asked about Shah's statement on an age bar, Mahajan said she was not aware of any age bar policy because she could not attend the meetings held by BJP's central organisation in the last five years.

'Modi is a dictator — a man worse than Hitler. He is the worst prime minister who brought a bill to confiscate the personal properties of individuals,' Kumaraswamy told his supporters.

'The JDS, our coalition partner, has huge pockets (of votes) in assembly segments like Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagar and Bommanahalli. Our alliance with Deve Gowda and his party is benefitting us,' Congress candidate B K Hariprasad said.

The BJP MLA's vehicle was blown up with an improvised explosive device at Shyamagiri hills when his convoy was heading towards Kuwakonda from Bacheli area in Chhattisgarh.

Situated close to the India-China border at an altitude of 13,500 feet, Gnathang Valley is covered with almost an inch of sleet and snow. Weather forecast predicts rain and scattered thunderstorms in the next 48 hours.

Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi Ranbir Singh had urged city residents to use the app to report any cases where they felt the model code of conduct was being violated, through illegal hoardings, hate speeches or other ways.

Political analysts, however, feel that for the voter it all boils down to a Narendra Modi versus Mamata Banerjee battle in West Bengal, with individual candidature bearing little significance.

Abhay Singh Chautala said that nothing political was discussed in his recent meeting with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

The Prime Minister further said it was not him who “raised the finger against corruption”, adding that corruption has been an issue for India for a long time.

However, the JD(S) patriarch did not say anything about TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who had earlier sought his support for a federal coalition.

Elections to the 32-member Sikkim Assembly and the lone Lok Sabha seat in the state would be held on April 11.