Election

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi Monday said 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. Announcing the details of the party's promised Minimum Income Guarantee scheme, Nyay, Gandhi...

New Delhi: The working committee of the Congress discussed the party's manifesto Monday for the Lok Sabha elections and gave a final shape to it. The working committee, which is the party's highest decision making body, will give a final go ahead to the manifesto....

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Monday claimed that the Congress wants a "contract prime minister" who can be "remote controlled", but the country wants a "perfect" prime minister like Narendra Modi. The minority affairs minister told reporters that the entire country knows...

New Delhi: A boarding pass issued by Air India with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has come under criticism, days after the PM's photo on railway tickets created a furore. The airline said the passes featuring the photographs,...

Shillong: The BJP, an ally of the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government in Meghalaya, has named party's state unit vice president Rikman G Momin as its candidate for Tura parliamentary constituency. The party had announced three-time MLA Sanbor Shullai as its nominee from Shillong...

Patna: More than 500 candidates out of a total of 607, who fought the 2014 Lok Sabha elections across the 40 seats in Bihar, had lost their deposits at the hustings, according to ECI data. The total number of candidates who forfeited their deposits were...

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday attacked the BJP over the plight of 'shiksha mitras' or contractual teachers in Uttar Pradesh, alleging the ruling party leaders are busy marketing T-shirts instead of attending to those suffering. Hundreds of 'shiksha mitras' have been...

Ranchi: The 'Mahagathbandhan' (Grand Alliance) in Jharkhand Sunday announced the seat-sharing arrangement among the Congress, the JMM, the JVM (Prajatantrik) and the RJD for 14 Lok Sabha seats. "The Congress will contest in seven seats, while the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) will contest four and...

New Delhi: To curb distribution of alcohol to influence voters during elections in Delhi, the Excise Department has warned liquor shops against selling it on the basis of "coupon or token" in the city. An official said the department has issued a circular, directing liquor...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday claimed that the BJD will win all the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha and play a major role in government formation at the Centre in the coming elections in which no national party will be able to get...