Politics

Revanna, the son of PWD minister HD Revanna, in his affidavit declared movable assets worth Rs 1,64,86,632 and is in possession of over Rs 15 lakh in cash.

BJP is contesting 25 out of total 48 seats in alliance with the Shiv Sena, which will fight on rest of the seats.

Some Delhi BJP leaders who attended the meeting claimed 'objections were raised over celebrities joining the BJP for Lok Sabha tickets and demanded priority for dedicated leaders and workers during ticket distribution'.

Claiming that he himself was an example for their family's commitment to the people's cause, Kumaraswamy said Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Prajwal Revanna were contesting the polls to also strengthen the JD(S) as an organisation, along with the welfare of the p...

The CPI said the party will contest from Begusarai and both Kanhaiya and the party were ready, alliance or no alliance.

The Sena is expected to announce nominees from the remaining two seats - Palghar and Satara - soon.

Palaniswami, also the joint co-ordinator of ruling AIADMK, took a dig at the DMK-led opposition, saying it was seeking votes in the absence of a Prime Ministerial candidate whereas the NDA was projecting Modi.

Akhilesh Yadav's remarks came after his party colleague Ram Gopal Yadav came in for heavy criticism from the PM for alleging that the Pulwama terror attack was a "conspiracy" to garner votes.

The TMC list has 18 new faces: a mix of both old-timers and greenhorns, hardcore politicians and personalities from the film industry. The BJP, on the other hand, has put faith on its own leaders and defectors from other parties.

Wading into controversy weeks before general elections, Congress leader Sam Pitroda also questioned the multiple claims on the exact casualty count of the Balakot airstrikes.

In the list of 184 candidates released by the BJP, former Congress leader Umesh Jadhav is being fielded from Kalburgi district against the Congress's most known face in Karnataka, Mallikarjun Kharge.

Sources said a senior RSS leader had conveyed the party’s decision to LK Advani.

Sources said the Congress had promised to consider her candidature only if she brought her BJP leader husband into the party fold. Himadri was also accused of campaigning for her husband during the assembly polls.

Former RSS member Swami Aseemanand and three others were let off by a special court in Panchkula in the train blast case that left 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead in 2007.

Taking inspiration from Donald Trump, the BJP has also given those in the video saffron ‘main bhi chowkidar’ caps, similar to the ‘Make America Great Again’ caps used in the 2016 Presidential campaign.

With the prime minister often projecting himself as the country's 'chowkidar', Rahul Gandhi had coined the 'chowkidar chor hai' (watchman is thief) slogan to allege corruption in the Rafale deal, a charge denied by the government.