Election

Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday tore into the Congress, terming its manifesto as a ‘hypocrisy document’ which was ‘full of lies’. Addressing his second rally in Arunachal Pradesh within a week, the prime minister cited the Congress manifesto for the 2004 Lok...

Bolangir: Electioneering has started in Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency where polls are going to be held in the second phase. All the three major parties – the BJD, the BJP and the Congress have launched their campaigning and are trying to reach out to the...

Baripada: The BJP, after declaring its MLA candidates in the seven Assembly segments of Mayurbhanj Parliamentary seat, stepped up its campaign Tuesday with Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das addressing rallies at three places for party candidates. Das addressed rallies at the Kendua College Ground in...

Phiringia: Five months have passed since the collapse of the bridge on the Prudeni canal in Kasalguda panchayat in the Phiringia block of Kandhamal district. It may be mentioned here that residents of five villages depend on the bridge. The villagers said the block development...

Ahmedabad: The head of an organization representing 'harassed husbands' has jumped into the Lok Sabha poll fray in Gujarat with a promise that if voted to power, he will voice woes of men ‘victimised’ by their wives. Dashrath Devda, who runs an NGO called 'Akhil...

Hyderabad: A section of farmers contesting the Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat, from where Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha is seeking re-election, Tuesday urged the Election Commission to postpone the polls by 10 days, saying they needed sufficient time for campaigning. “As political...

Visakhapatnam: The Polavaram irrigation project, considered the lifeline of resource-starved Andhra Pradesh and a major election issue this time, has suffered a lot due to a long-drawn slanging match between the Centre and the state government, say officials. Officially known as the Indira Sagar Multipurpose...

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday said his party and the BJP are bound by Hindutva and the two decided to enter into a pre-poll alliance after overcoming differences that soured their ties in the past. In an interview to Sena MP Sanjay Raut...

New Delhi: It seems that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a worried lot after Congress president Rahul Gandhi recently announced the mega sop of endowing the poor with Rs 6,000 per month if voted to power. According to sources, an internal analysis undertaken by...

Darjeeling: For the first time in about three decades, the demand for separate Gorkhaland state is not a poll issue in the Darjeeling Hills as parties, including the indigenous GJM and GNLF, are stressing on development and restoration of democracy in the region. The statehood...