Election

Lucknow: Attacking Narendra Modi for claiming that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said Wednesday the Prime Minister should be ‘banned for 72 years’ for his ‘shameful’ speech. The Election Commission (EC) has recently barred several leaders...

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed ‘regret’ once again in the Supreme Court, Monday for his ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remark on the Rafale judgement, which the apex court had said was ‘incorrectly attributed’ to it. The apex court April 15 had given a categorical...

Srinagar: Voting for the second phase of Anantnag Lok Sabha seat ended more or less peacefully Monday amid high security with only around 10 per cent voters coming out to exercise their democratic right. Only 10.2 per cent voter turnout was recorded in today’s polling...

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’ Brien accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of horse trading Monday for saying at a poll rally that 40 party MLAs are in touch with him and said it would complain to the Election Commission (EC). “Expiry Babu PM, let’s...

Srinagar: Several incidents of stone pelting took place Monday in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir where polling is underway for election to the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency, police said. “Isolated incidents of stone pelting near polling stations have been reported from various parts of...

Chandigarh: Actor and BJP candidate Sunny Deol filed Monday his nomination papers from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab. After paying obeisance at the Golden Temple and Durgiana Temple in Amritsar in the morning, Deol filed his nomination in Gurdaspur. He was accompanied by...

Ranchi: An estimated 20.87 per cent of the 45.26 lakh electorate cast their votes till 11.00am Monday in three Lok Sabha constituencies of Jharkhand, in the first phase of elections in the state. Women voters were seen in large numbers at many booths in Lohardaga...

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on filed Monday his reply in the Supreme Court on a notice issued to him after a contempt case was lodged by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi for his remarks on the Rafale verdict. The counsel appearing for Gandhi mentioned...

Bhopal: Independent candidate Kishore Samrite in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat Lok Sabha seat has alleged that his vehicle was set on fire Monday by Naxals, officials said. A case has been registered by police in this connection and the state election office is also probing the...

Jaipur: Over 29 per cent voting was recorded in the first four hours of polling in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Rajasthan which began at 7.00 am, Monday. The Barmar parliamentary constituency recorded the maximum voter turnout of 33.53 per cent, while the overall voting...