Election

Jajpur: The campaign scene in Jajpur and Kendrapara districts has warmed up after the visits of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The public address of Singh in Jajpur district has encouraged BJP activists. The impact of Modi’s campaign Tuesday in...

Bhubaneswar:  As many as 79 candidates contesting for six Lok Sabha and 41 Assembly seats in phase-IV general election in Odisha have declared criminal cases against them in the affidavit. According to an analysis done by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Chapter...

Basudevpur: Six candidates are contesting from the Basudevpur Assembly constituency in Bhadrak district. They are: Ashok Kumar Das (Congress); Madhabanand Mallik (BJP); Bishnubrat Routray (BJD); Nirmal Mallik (BSP); Nath Bairagi Das Behera (TMC); and Sabitarani Pakal (Independent). However, it is expected that there will be...

Balasore:  Addressing a campaign rally in the run up to phase-IV general elections at Remuna in this district, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Friday promised a ‘special budget’ for the farmers of the state, if Congress is voted to power. According to Gandhi, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan...

New Delhi:  For the ruling BJP, the general election of 2019 jump-starts now. This is where the BJP takes the knife to the prison yard fight, for in 2014, it won 161 of the 240 seats on view. As middle and north India goes to...

Kendrapara:  Once a close confidant of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, high profile former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Baijayant 'Jay' Panda faces the toughest battle of his political career as he has turned out to be the enemy number one for the ruling BJD....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday made a strong defence of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, the prime accused in the Malegaon blast case, saying the BJP nominee from Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency was being ‘defamed’ by the Congress which had also insulted Hinduism and its...

Jaipur: Congress leader Sam Pitroda Friday said it was Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's own decision not to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat. Speculation over Priyanka Gandhi's electoral debut from Modi's constituency ended Thursday when the Congress...

New Delhi: Only former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's formula of ‘Insaniyat, Kashmiriyat and Jamooriyat’ will work in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, Friday. Modi said: "We have an understanding of Jammu and Kashmir and we did not require the experience of...

Jaisalmer: Political parties may have spent months seeking people’s suggestions for drafting their manifestos for the Lok Sabha elections, but residents of border villages in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer say they are convinced nothing will change. Villagers stated politicians visit them ahead of every election and make...