Politics

BJP has fielded its four sitting MPs from Delhi -- Harsh Vardhan from Chandni Chowk, Manoj Tiwari from North-east Delhi, Pravesh Verma from West Delhi and Ramesh Bidhuri from South Delhi.

Last month, Priyanka Gandhi had thrown a hint that she is not averse to taking on Modi in Varanasi when a party worker asked her to contest from Rae Bareli, setting of speculations about her possible candidature.

Congress is struggling to retain its position after 10 of its 19 MLAs, who won in the recent Assembly polls, moved to K Chandrashekhar Rao’s Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).

Narendra Modi promised traders Rs 50-lakh loan without any collateral, credit card facility and a pension scheme for small shopkeepers.

Priyanka Chaturvedi refuted reports that denial of a ticket from Mathura was the reason for her exit from the Congress.

Banned for his ‘divisive’ comments in a rally in Meeut, Adityanath on Thursday reached Ayodhya to offer prayers at the makeshift Ram Lalla temple and the Hanuman Garhi temple.

The BJP has been training guns at the Congress for questioning Malegaon blast-accused Sadhvi Pragya's candidature from Bhopal, accusing the party of defaming the Hindu society.

He also said the two parties were scared of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and did not dare to question him.

Mahanta, who is the founding member of the Asom Gana Parishad that has allied with the BJP ahead of the election, visited several areas in his constituency during the day and urged his supporters to cast ‘conscious’ votes.

Namdeo Tyagi alias Computer Baba had shot to fame after he was appointed by the previous Madhya Pradesh government to a five-member committee of godmen to suggest ways to improve the Narmada catchment.

The second phase of 2019 Elections will witness polling in Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Puducherry, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

Satish Gautam of BJP is fighting "mahagathbandhan" candidate Ajeet Baliyan of Bahujan Samaj Party and Bijendra Singh of Congress in the election to be held on Thursday.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik is seeking a fifth term in office, contesting for the first time from two seats,Bijepur and his traditional coastal constituency of Hinjli. Both these constituencies are going to polls tomorrow.

Former state sports minister Madan Mitra, with whom Noor was claimed to have campaigned for Roy in an open keep, trashed BJP's allegation and said Noor had met him only to hand over a document.

The BJP chief claimed that Congress president Rahul Gandhi is not capable of countering Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and the country can be safe only under Narendra Modi's leadership.

After polling in two constituencies in the first phase, three seats of Bengal province — Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Raiganj — are set to vote in the second phase on Thursday.