Election

Baripada/Anandapur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari went on a marathon campaign for BJP nominees in the Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies of Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj districts Thursday. Addressing the party’s Vijay Sankalp Sabha at Chhau Grounds in Baripada, Gadkari came down heavily on the BJD government and...

Keonjhar: Rebels of the BJD, the BJP and the Congress who are unhappy due to denial of tickets are expected to play spoiler for official nominees of the parties in the Assembly constituencies of Keonjhar district. The rebels have become a headache for the official...

Bhadrak: The Bhadrak Parliamentary seat assumes an important place in the state politics. The seat, reserved for the Scheduled Caste category, comprises seven Assembly segments -- Soro, Simulia (Balasore), Bhadrak, Basudevpur, Dhamnagar, Chandbali and Bhandaripokhari. With electioneering at its peak, eight candidates from various parties...

Hindol: Polling in the Hindol Assembly constituency will be held in the third phase of elections, that is April 23. With just five days left for polling the candidates of the three major political parties have geared up their electioneering, keeping pace with the scorching...

New Delhi: The approval rating of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dropped around 17 points in over a month but there is still no good news for the Congress as satisfaction of voters with Rahul Gandhi has not shown any sign of improvements, according to...

New Delhi: The BJP secured 10 per cent or more votes on nine Lok Sabha seats in Kerala in 2014 but barring Thiruvananthapuram, it came nowhere near even the victory mark. However, in 2019, riding on the Sabarimala sentiment, the party sees a realistic chance...

Puducherry: Polling for the lone Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency Thursday saw 80 per cent turnout while the by-election for Thattanchavady Assembly seat saw 77 per cent voting. An Election Commission official said the poll percentage may slightly go up as the numbers are being gathered....

New Delhi: High voter turnout marked polling in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections Thursday covering 95 constituencies in 11 states and Puducherry, with both the Union territory and Manipur clocking a percentage of 80. The Srinagar seat in Jammu and Kashmir recorded a...

New Delhi: Four veteran politicians – LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Kamal Nath and Yogi Adityanath – who were elected to the Lok Sabha on five or more successive occasions since 1998 will not be seen in the next Lok Sabha. Thirteen political leaders who...

Mainpuri (UP) April 18: At loggerheads for decades, SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati are scheduled to share the dais at a joint rally of the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in the Samajwadi Party citadel of Mainpuri Friday. Preparations are underway for the rally...