Election

Bhawanipatna:  In a curious turn of events, a ticket aspirant from the saffron party here has turned ascetic after losing out on a ticket for the Assembly elections. According to sources, Rohit Durga, a resident of Statue Square here, used to be an active member of...

Karanjia: Biju Janata Dal supremo Naveen Patnaik today claimed that there has been a conspiracy to render his flagship KALIA scheme futile. Addressing a public meeting at Panasdiha field of Thakurmunda panchayat in Karanjia Assembly constituency, Patnaik Wednesday said “even though KALIA scheme has potential...

New Delhi: NaMo TV, sponsored by the BJP, cannot display 'election matter' during the silence period prescribed in the electoral law in a particular phase of the poll, the Election Commission has concluded. The EC has now asked the chief electoral officer of Delhi to...

Jammu: Several PDP leaders, including party's district president Leh Tashi Gyalson, have joined the BJP, a spokesperson of the saffron party said here Wednesday. Almost the entire Leh unit of the PDP led by Gyalson joined the BJP at the party headquarters Tuesday evening, he...

Bhubaneswar: A day after a video came to fore where union minister Dharmendra Pradhan was seen shouting at Election Commission flying squad members who had approached his chopper for inspection, BJD Wednesday approached the Chief Electoral Officer seeking action against him. Accordingly to reports, Pradhan...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a swipe at his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan over his claim that Indo-Pak peace talks will have a better chance if the BJP wins in Lok Sabha polls, saying it was an attempt by the former cricketer...

Bangalore: An estimated 2.43 crore electorates will test Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity as 14 out of 28 constituencies in Karnataka go to the polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections, Thursday amid tight security. “Elaborate arrangements have been made across the state’s...

New Delhi/Chennai: The Congress accused Wednesday the Modi government of targeting opposition leaders by using agencies like the Income Tax (I-T) department and Enforcement Directorate (ED), and said the people of India will give a befitting reply to the BJP in the elections. A day...

Jaipur: Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government a "government of rhetoric", Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Wednesday claimed its exit is imminent in the Lok Sabha elections. He said the BJP's "rhetoric" will sink the Modi government. “Rhetoric will sink the Modi government. It...

Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi alleged Wednesday that RJD chief Lalu Prasad had met Union minister Arun Jaitley with the offer to help bring down the grand alliance government and install a saffron party dispensation if fodder scam cases against him were...