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Naveen Patnaik to BJP, Congress national leaders: Where were you during natural calamities?Subscriber Only
April 4, 2019 02:44 IST
The CM also held a 60-km roadshow in Ganjam, starting from Gopalpur and ending in Rambha. He is expected to cover Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies that will go to polls in the first phase of elections on April 11.
Mehbooba Mufti files papers: ‘2020 deadline to India if J&K accession conditions removed’Subscriber Only
April 4, 2019 06:42 IST
After filing her nomination, Mehbooba said: “2020 will be J&K’s deadline to India if the conditions based on which accession was finalised are removed.”
Mehar Chand market, which faced sealing brunt year ago, will take issue to polling boothSubscriber Only
April 4, 2019 02:35 IST
Now, with general elections approaching, traders said sealing will be the only thing on their mind when they go out to vote on May 12.
Rajnath Singh interview: ‘(Valley) turmoil will end… How long can a handful of leaders betray people’Subscriber Only
April 4, 2019 13:01 IST
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh talks about the BJP’s prospects in the Lok Sabha elections, the government’s achievements and its approach in Kashmir.
Are we going back to a time when caste, religion was above everything else?: Priya DuttSubscriber Only
April 4, 2019 01:49 IST
Congress candidate from Mumbai North Central, Priya Dutt, who maintains that voters appeared to have been “brainwashed” in the 2014 polls, says the tide has turned this time. The two-time MP, who lost the seat in 2014, says the political narrative over the last five years has set the country back by many years. She tells The Indian Express why questioning anybody’s nationalism is not her agenda.
Maharashtra: AAP withdraws from poll fightSubscriber Only
April 4, 2019 01:32 IST
Sources in the party said that the AAP had initially decided to contest on 15 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Maharashtra: Taking no chances, Ashok Chavan hits the ground running in NandedSubscriber Only
April 4, 2019 01:35 IST
With three public meetings scattered 50 to 70 km apart in hilly Mudkhed and Umri talukas, Ashok Chavan has also squeezed into the day a series of consultations with party workers, other leaders on the campaign trail in his constituency and a press conference.
Constituency watch Yavatmal-Washim: Shiv Sena pick takes on rebels along with farm distress and anti-incumbencySubscriber Only
April 4, 2019 01:31 IST
Yavatmal has an electoral size of over 19 lakh voters with Kunbis and Banjaras being numerically equally strong — up to 3.5 lakh each. Dalits and Muslims together, and tribals, constitute roughly the same number. Then there are other castes like Telis and Dhangars in good measure.
Sanjeev Balyan interview: ‘Clearing cane dues requires more krantikari kadam’Subscriber Only
April 4, 2019 05:04 IST
Sanjeev Balyan, BJP MP from Muzaffarnagar and ex-Union Minister of State in an interview to The Indian Express
Bitter harvest: Ganna and GaiSubscriber Only
April 4, 2019 00:25 IST
For western UP’s Jat farmers, sugarcane payments and stray cattle are the only poll issues this time
Lok Sabha polls: All are welcome to the big fight as Kanimozhi fights the doctorSubscriber Only
April 14, 2019 11:39 IST
Kanimozhi, poet, journalist and two-term member of Rajya Sabha, is in a keen contest against Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Nara Lokesh: ‘There is a good two months to go… It is anyone’s battle’Subscriber Only
April 4, 2019 06:46 IST
Like his father, Nara Lokesh frames the election as a battle between the TDP and Narendra Modi, and insists the TDP is not anti-Congress.
Patna Saheb: Will Shatrughan’s star power carry over to new party as he takes on Ravi Shankar Prasad?Subscriber Only
April 4, 2019 07:08 IST
As BJP candidate, Sinha won the 2014 Lok Sabha polls with 55.04 per cent (4,85,905) votes as against his nearest RJD rival Vijay Yadav’s 24.93 per cent (2,20,100) votes.
Manipur CM’s office files complaint with EC against Congress spokesperson over poll code violationSubscriber Only
April 3, 2019 22:51 IST
Noting that as per the Model code of conduct, no criticism of other parties or their workers on the basis of “unverified” allegation can be made, the CM’s personal secretary urged the ECI to take necessary action against Joykishan.
Ghulam Nabi Azad blames PM Modi for turning situation in Kashmir like 90sSubscriber Only
April 3, 2019 23:18 IST
Azad said under the previous Congress government, the situation had improved in Kashmir and lifting of AFSPA had been planned in few districts.
Himachal Pradesh: Amid rumours of Suresh Chandel’s joining, Cong undecided on Hamirpur candidateSubscriber Only
April 4, 2019 06:52 IST
Sources in the Congress said that former Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu who is a sitting Congress MLA from Nadaun seat which falls under Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat is also among the contenders for the Hamirpur seat.
Lok Sabha elections: Sandalwood stars heat up Sumalatha’s campaign in MandyaSubscriber Only
April 13, 2019 08:16 IST
The Sandalwood support, however, has not gone down well with Chief Minister Kumaraswamy.
‘I am not Modi, I don’t tell lies’: Mamata dares PM for a ‘direct debate’
April 3, 2019 19:05 IST
The West Bengal CM also claimed that in contrast to 12,000 farmer suicides under Prime Minister's leadership, incomes of farmers had increased three folds in her state during her tenure.
On Mamata’s turf, PM Modi says Bengal being ‘run’ and ‘ruined’ by aunt-nephew
April 3, 2019 18:14 IST
Taking a swipe at the ‘United India’ rally, which was organised by the TMC on January 19, PM Modi said leaders from different states converged in Bengal only to say "Modi hatao, Modi hatao".
BJP drops sitting Mumbai MP Kirit Somaiya as candidate, names rebel Cong MLC to take on Sonia
April 3, 2019 18:32 IST
Gandhi is the sitting Lok Sabha member from Rae Bareli which has for decades been believed to be a Congress bastion. She was first elected from the seat in 1999.
Mayawati hints at her prime ministerial ambition
April 3, 2019 17:35 IST
The BSP is contesting Lok Sabha and state assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh in alliance with the Jana Sena, the CPI and the CPI(M).As part of the alliance, the BSP is contesting three Lok Sabha seats out of the 25 in the state and 21 assembly seats of the total 175.
BJP will free Bengal from ‘speed breaker Didi’, says PM ModiSubscriber Only
April 3, 2019 21:18 IST
Addressing a rally in Siliguri, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the BJP was committed to free the people of Bengal from "speed-breaker Didi".
Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam agents of BJP: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad
April 3, 2019 17:54 IST
The Bhim Party founder had announced at a rally in the national capital last month that he would contest against Modi from Varanasi and welcomed support of all parties, including the Congress, to take on the BJP.
Punjab: In Congress’ candidates’ list, party insiders read a snub to Navjot SidhuSubscriber Only
April 3, 2019 15:02 IST
Congress sources said that Sidhus were promised a Lok Sabha seat at the time the party took Navjot Singh Sidhu in its fold in January 2017, just ahead of Assembly election in Punjab.
Election Commission seeks I&B Ministry response on ‘Namo TV’Subscriber Only
April 3, 2019 19:17 IST
NaMo TV, which was briefly rechristened as Content TV last week, came up surreptitiously just weeks ahead of the general elections and is already available on all major national DTH operators.
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