Election

Lalgarh: The BJP is making its presence felt in this once Maoist hotbed despite a dominant presence of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), which routed the Left Front promising ‘poriborton’ (change). Several locals, who were among the thousands that joined a movement in 2008...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court asked Wednesday the Election Commission (EC) to examine grievances raised by sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, whose nomination against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varansai was cancelled. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the counsel for...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused Wednesday to hear Congress MP Sushmita Dev’s plea seeking action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah for alleged poll code violations. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta, however, gave Dev...

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav targeted Wednesday the BJP for propagating lies over the past five years, and spreading hatred to conceal falsehood. “A few days ago a BJP leader had commented on those who make cow dung (pointing at Varun Gandhi, who...

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi in an affidavit Wednesday tendered his ‘unconditional apology’ to the Supreme Court for unintentionally linking the top court in the Rafale review plea to his party’s political slogan ‘chowkidar chor hai’ aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi filed...

Amethi: A young man from Amethi has sent a letter written in blood to the Election Commission seeking a directive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abstain from making objectionable comments that hurt the sentiments of the people. Manoj Kashyap of Shahgarh in Amethi has...

New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday termed Congress the ‘cry baby’ of the Lok Sabha elections over its complaints to the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while noting that the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) does not take away the right to free...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the plea filed by 21 Opposition leaders seeking a review of its April 8 order directing the Election Commission (EC) to increase random matching of VVPAT slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to five polling booths per assembly...

Kolkata: They are polling agents all right, but the problem is they can't recall the names of the candidates they are working for. This seemingly bizarre occurrence came to light at a booth in Shibpur Assembly segment of Howrah Lok Sabha constituency during the fifth phase...

Lucknow: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh, Lakku Venkateshwarlu, has said that the allegations of booth capturing leveled by Union minister Smriti Irani in Amethi are false. Talking to reporters here Monday evening, the CEO said the charges leveled by an elderly woman in...