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Sumitra Mahajan says won’t contest Lok Sabha elections, says BJP free to choose candidate
April 5, 2019 18:48 IST
Sumitra Mahajan will turn 76 this month — crossing the red line of 75 drawn by the BJP for leaders to be in active politics but followed selectively. The BJP has not fielded many of its veterans, including former presidents L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, in the Lok Sabha elections.
SC to hear plea challenging Centre’s decision on issuance of electoral bonds on April 10
April 5, 2019 13:58 IST
During the hearing, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan Friday told the Apex Court that the anonymity of electoral bonds has ensured that majority of these go to the ruling party.
Disappointed with Congress election manifesto: PM Modi
April 5, 2019 13:01 IST
The interview started with PM Modi telling how he asked the citizens of the country in the last Lok Sabha elections to give him a chance to prove himself. He said that the country got hope from his work.
After calling out parties on ‘male chauvinism’, Shaina NC tweets this: BJP has fielded more women than others
April 5, 2019 11:54 IST
Shaina NC said, "It’s not about ME. In fact, my party BJP has fielded more women than others. Ours is the only political party that has 33% reservation in organisational posts."
Lok Sabha elections 2019 LIVE: In Ghaziabad roadshow, Priyanka targets PM Modi’s foreign trips
April 5, 2019 18:35 IST
Lok Sabha elections 2019 LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held election rallies in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha and Saharanpur along with Uttarakhand's Dehradun.
Decision 2019: Punjab Congress panel meets today to take call on remaining seven seats, Navjot KaurSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 09:58 IST
The committee, comprising Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, state party chief Sunil Kumar Jakhar, general secretary in-charge Asha Kumari and senior leader KC Venugopal had prepared a panel after shortlisting the probables during the last meeting.
Lok Sabha polls 2019: Nehru, Jinnah, Congress, Captain… SAD bashes them all in 16-page bookletSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 09:49 IST
The 16-page booklet in Gurmukhi, titled “Gutka Sahib di sohun chukan wali Congress sarkaar da haal Punjab behaal”, which also reads on its cover “Shiromani Akali Dal - Bhajpa liyao” is being distributed in the party rallies being addressed by SAD president Sukhbir Badal beginning April 1.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: United in loss and to make their voice heard, victims of chit fund schemes to contest 50 seats, six in PunjabSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 09:33 IST
The new party’s president, Mahinderpal Dangarh, is a native of Dangarh village in Sangrur and will be contesting the Sangrur parliamentary polls. Dangarh was in UP’s Ferozabad on Tuesday for the filing of nomination papers of party’s Vice-President Amit Garg.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda: ‘Graft Cases due to political vendetta… don’t give a damn about such tactics’Subscriber Only
April 5, 2019 08:49 IST
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who served as Haryana CM from 2005 to 2014, tells The Indian Express about the challenges being faced by the Congress in the state.
Sugar mill managed by Pankaja Munde faces action for unpaid duesSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 07:29 IST
By March-end, state mills owed over Rs 21,000 cr to farmers
To fight corruption, activist auto-driver to contest from Pune seatSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 07:28 IST
Kolhapure had earlier contested the civic elections in 2012 and 2017, when he received only 78 and 152 of the total votes polled, respectively. This time, he will face formidable political opponents such as BJP candidate Girish Bapat and Congress candidate Mohan Joshi.
No tea, no kettle, PM no longer chaiwala but fake chowkidar: CM Mamata Banerjee
April 5, 2019 05:36 IST
Addressing a rally at Mathabhanga, in Cooch Behar district, Mamata said Modi is creating drama by posing as a chowkidar, while real watchmen across the country are not getting their salary.
Post 2015 stir, Congress and BJP camps field more Patidar nominees this timeSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 05:23 IST
The Congress, which had given tickets to only four Patidars in 2014, has fielded eight candidates this time and its rival BJP has fielded six Patidar candidates.
At NREGA ground zero, where it all began, TDP holds the seat & YSR son Jagan the surprise cardSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 07:07 IST
Surrounded by parched fields and rock formations, the village is part of the Singanamala assembly segment, one of the seven inside the Anantapur Lok Sabha constituency, all of which go to vote in the first phase on April 11.
Advani’s parting shot: BJP never called its rivals enemies or anti-national
April 5, 2019 10:51 IST
Advani blog: This is the second instance that the most prominent face of the party’s old guard issued a public statement that can be seen as a message to the leadership of the Modi-Shah duo.
Barely a week to go for first phase, Congress finally shifts focus to west UPSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 04:53 IST
It has been around three months since Congress made Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia the general secretaries in charge for east and west Uttar Pradesh respectively before the Lok Sabha elections.
President sends Election Commission note on Kalyan Singh to CentreSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 04:59 IST
"We are all BJP workers, so we will want the BJP to win. Everyone will want Modi to become PM again. Modi becoming PM is necessary for the nation and society,” Singh had said on March 23.
VK Singh on ‘Modiji ki Sena’: Anyone who uses this term for the Army is a deshdrohi
April 5, 2019 04:59 IST
Singh’s remarks came a day after the Election Commission issued a showcause notice to Adityanath for the remark and sought a response by April 5.
Mahua Moitra interview: ‘My message is crystal clear — this is an election to save the very essence of India’Subscriber Only
April 5, 2019 04:24 IST
Firebrand Trinamool Congress leader and party’s national spokesperson Mahua Moitra, who has been made party candidate from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency, speaks to The Indian Express about her new challenge
Theatre artistes issue appeal to ‘vote out divisive politics’
April 5, 2019 04:08 IST
In the past few days, similar appeals have been issued by filmmakers, writers and scientists, but this is the largest and most diverse group yet.
Dr Shrikant Shinde interview: ‘Will win over 35 seats; MNS not contesting will give a boost to Sena in Kalyan’Subscriber Only
April 5, 2019 04:08 IST
Shiv Sena’s Dr Shrikant Shinde, sitting MP from Kalyan constituency, tells The Indian Express about his work and why the Narendra Modi-led coalition will rule the country for one more term.
In Vidarbha, irrigation sector politics takes centrestageSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 04:03 IST
In the first phase on April 11, voting will take place in Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara-Gondia, Yavatmal-Washim, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur and Ramtek. In the second phase on April 18, Akola, Buldhana and Amravati will vote.
Prakash Ambedkar booked in Yavatmal for saying he will jail EC for bias
April 5, 2019 09:57 IST
Officials from the CEO’s office said that the case has been registered under sections 503 (criminal intimidation), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 189 (threat of injury to public servant) of the IPC in Digras police station of Yavatmal.
P V Narasimha Rao represented seat twice, in 1984 and 1989Subscriber Only
April 5, 2019 03:38 IST
“This is excluding the number of days that is compulsory for MPs to be in Delhi to attend Parliament and the time I spend in Mumbai trying to get several projects for Ramtek approved. I don’t think any other MP has done it during his term,” Tumane further claims.
After elections, chowkidar will go to jail: Rahul Gandhi in NagpurSubscriber Only
April 5, 2019 03:37 IST
Rahul also mooted the idea of making India economically superior to China. “Why have everything made in China? My dream is that our farmers, Vidarbha’s farmers, should be able to sell their products in Chinese, Japanese and American supermarkets. Vidarbha will be at the centre of
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