Election

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (PTI)

Gadkari declares Rs. 25.12 crore assets in poll affidavit

Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has declared movable and immovable assets worth Rs 25.12 crore in an affidavit filed along with his nomination papers for the Nagpur parliamentary constituency. Gadkari filed his papers for the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat Monday. Polling in the constituency will...

Senior BJP leader Murli manohar Joshi (PTI)

BJP for Joshi not contesting Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi: Former BJP president and Lok Sabha MP Murli Manohar Joshi has been asked by his party to not contest the coming general election, a development in line with its decision to not field many of its veterans, including its founding member and longest...

Jharkhand RJD Chief Annapurna Devi joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Party HQ (IANS)

RJD’s Jharkhand chief joins BJP, may get LS ticket

Ranchi/New Delhi: The Rashtriya Janata Dal's Jharkhand unit President Annapurna Devi Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and is likely to be fielded in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. Annapurna Devi, a four-time legislator, joined the BJP in New Delhi in presence of...

Congress leader Karti P. Chidambaram, son of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram (PTI)

Karti Chidambaram files nomination from Sivaganga

Chennai: Congress leader Karti P. Chidambaram, son of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, Monday filed his nomination papers to contest from Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. State party leaders rallied around Karti Chidambaram after former Union Minister E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, who had...

Surendranagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election campaign rally for the state assembly election in Surendranagar on Sunday. PTI [Representational Image]

Modi to address rally in Jammu March 28

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in the outskirts of Jammu city March 28 in support of party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, a senior BJP leader said Monday. Sitting BJP MPs Jugal Kishore Sharma and Jitendra Singh are seeking...

Greenhorn Pitambar vs Naveen in Hinjili

Bhubaneswar: The BJP Monday named party's state vice-president Pitamber Acharya as its candidate against ruling BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is seeking a re-election from Hinjili assembly seat in Ganjam district, party sources said. This will be the first time that Acharya...

Rahul promises minimum Rs 72,000 income to poor

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said Monday that nearly 25 crore poor people in the country will get financial assistance of Rs 72,000 per annum if the party is voted to power under the ambitious minimum income guarantee scheme which the party has named...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

BJP accuses Mamata of provoking constitutional crisis

New Delhi: The BJP Monday alleged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was trying to provoke a constitutional crisis and accused the West Bengal Police of threatening customs officials who tried to check luggage of two women, including a relative of the TMC chief, at the Kolkata...

This is the second time she has secured a ticket for Mathura, her parliamentary constituency.

Hema Malini files nomination papers from Mathura

Mathura: Actor-turned-politician and sitting MP Hema Malini filed her nomination papers from Mathura, Monday, for the coming polls. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is accompanying the film star-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Mathura. They will address a public rally here later in the day....

 

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