Penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls arrives amid rising heat
New Delhi, May 24 - As India's mammoth electoral exercise reaches its sixth and penultimate phase, over 11 crore voters in eight states/UTs from the teeming environs of Delhi and its neighbourhood to the coalfields of Jharkhand to coastal Odisha will head to
Naxalism will return to Bihar if CPI(ML) wins: HM Shah
Patna, May 24 - Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on Friday said that Naxalism would resurface in Bihar if the CPI(ML) won Lok Sabha elections in the state.
‘Timid’ Congress was afraid to even take Dalai Lama’s name, says PM Modi at Mandi rally
Mandi, May 24 - Revealing that he often talks to the Tibetan spiritual leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Congress party was so "timid" that it was afraid to even take the name of the Dalai Lama.
Parties pull out all stops as battle for Purvanchal hots up in UP
Lucknow, May 24 - As the Lok Sabha elections enter the final phases, Uttar Pradesh is poised for an intense battle, with the BJP and its allies facing a strong competition from the SP-Congress alliance in Purvanchal region.
Will put Lalu Prasad Yadav’s goons behind bars after LS polls: Samrat Choudhary
Patna, May 24 - Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday said that he was making a list of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s goons and would put them in jail post the Lok Sabha elections.
If contesting MLAs win, UP can face a ‘mini-assembly’ election
Lucknow, May 24 - Uttar Pradesh could be heading for a mini-assembly election after the Lok Sabha polls are over if the 15 legislators contesting the parliamentary elections emerge as winners.
Verdicts by some judges have no basic merit: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, May 24 - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday again attacked some sections of the judiciary of Calcutta High Court, saying they have 'no basic merit'.
Two crore voters to decide fate of 223 candidates for Haryana’s 10 seats on May 25
Chandigarh, May 24 - Nearly two crore voters, comprising 94 lakh women, in BJP-ruled Haryana on May 25 will decide the fate of 223 candidates, including two Union ministers, Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar, after weeks of heated campaign for 10
Fate of 79 Bengal candidates to be sealed in 6th phase of LS polls
Kolkata, May 24 - The fate of 79 candidates will be sealed on Saturday in the sixth phase of elections for eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.
29 counting centres set up in Rajasthan for June 4 result day
Jaipur, May 23 - Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer Praveen Gupta said on Thursday that 29 counting centres have been established across 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in the desert state through which votes cast by the people will be counted first through a postal
High-pitched campaign for Phase 6 ends in Bengal amid pre-poll violence
Kolkata, May 24 - Campaigning for the eight Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal that will go to the polls in the sixth phase on May 25 concluded on Thursday amid reports of pre-poll violence in Nandigram under the Tamluk parliamentary constituency.
At Rs 75 crore, Haryana witnesses sharp rise in pre-poll seizures
Chandigarh, May 23 - The high-octane campaigning for the May 25 Lok Sabha elections in Haryana came to an end on Thursday with rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi.
Lengthy election schedule planned to serve PM Modi’s self-propaganda: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, May 23 - West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of deliberately preparing such a long schedule for the Lok Sabha elections to facilitate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s self-propaganda.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur accuses Sukhu govt of spreading propaganda on Hamirpur medical college
New Delhi, May 23 - Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday lashed out at the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh for alleged attempts to block Central schemes and stymie crucial projects.
Modi govt never waived farm loans, Priyanka Gandhi claims in Haryana
Panipat, May 23 - Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed on Thursday that the BJP-led Central government never waived the loans of the farmers who were forced to commit suicide due to debt, whereas loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore of 22
Corruption, drugs, gangs and resource mafia has destroyed Punjab: PM Modi in Patiala
Patiala, May 23 - Blaming "corrupt Congress and AAP" as "two sides of the same coin", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that rampant corruption, flourishing drug industry, and dampened industrial prospects have destroyed the much famous spirit of Punjab.
Adhikari vs Adhikari: LoP calls TMC’s Dev beneficiary in cattle smuggling case; actor counters Suvendu
Kolkata, May 23 - A social media war broke out in West Bengal after the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, on Thursday accused Trinamool Congress sitting MP, Deepak Adhikari a.k.a. Dev of being a beneficiary of the cattle smuggling scam.
JD-U takes a jibe at Tejashwi Yadav over mid air cake-cutting in helicopter
Patna, May 23 - Bihar Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary on Thursday took a jibe at Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav for celebrating and cutting a cake mid-air in his helicopter.
Cong will win 40 seats, SP will get four: HM Shah
Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), May 23 - Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, on Thursday said that the Congress would not win more than 40 seats while the SP will have difficulty in winning even four seats.
Varun Gandhi campaigns for mom Maneka in Sultanpur
Sultanpur (UP), May 23 - BJP leader and Pilibhit’s sitting MP, Varun Gandhi, reached Sultanpur on Thursday to campaign for his mother Maneka Gandhi who is contesting from the seat.