Politics

The BJP is showing signs of gaining grounds in south Bengal and the battle here will be a litmus test for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.

The voting for 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat was held on April 23 in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections.

The Panaji Assembly by-poll, scheduled on May 19, was necessitated following the death of sitting BJP MLA and the then chief minister Manohar Parrikar last month.

In the first phase of polls in the Anantnag Lok Sabhs seat on Tuesday, Bijbehara assembly segment recorded a voter turnout of 2.04% while the overall turnout was 13.61% in the constituency where polls are being held in three phases due to security reasons...

Taking a dig at the opposition, PM Modi said, anybody whose party is contesting even 20-25 seats, wants to become the prime minister.

The new epithet for Narendra Modi came after SP chief Akhilesh Yadav used it at a public meeting in Hardoi following which it was widely used by Priyanka Gandhi in her rallies and on Twitter.

Banerjee alleged that Modi had distributed liquor licenses to some handpicked people just ahead of the polls and said that the TMC government will unearth the scam and expose his 'real face' to the people.

Her jewellery includes a gold chain worth Rs 48,000, a gold locket worth the same amount, a gold ring worth Rs 16,000, a silver ‘kamandal' worth Rs 81,000 besides a silver plate and four silver glasses.

Modi travelled in an open jeep to a polling centre in the Ranip area of Ahmedabad Tuesday morning to cast his vote.

Sampla, who won the Hoshiarpur seat in the 2014 general elections by a margin of over 13,500 votes against his Congress rival Mohinder Singh Kaypee, has been replaced by former civil servant Som Prakash.

While Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa had been saying in the run-up to elections that the JD(S)-Congress coalition would collapse after polls, Jarkiholi’s statement could be the first indication of a shaky future for the alliance.

The Congress said that Prime Minister Modi has directed oil companies not to increase the prices of petrol and diesel till May 23 so that he can "garner votes".

Despite expressing regret to the court over his Rafale remarks, Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed Narendra Modi in a tweet and said that it will be decided in the people's court that the chowkidar is indeed the thief.

SC issues notice to Irani on Nirupam's plea seeking quashing of defamation complaint against him

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the EC's report on Modi's biopic and asked the poll panel to supply a copy of the report to the producer of the movie.

The incident occurred when more than a dozen local youths raised slogans against Kumar and waved black flags at him, while he was taking out a road show.