Election

Bangalore: Karnataka’s ruling coalition allies Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) hope to “outsmart” the Bharatiya Janata Party by jointly contesting the 28 Lok Sabha seats across the state in April, a party official said. “With the JD-S and Congress contesting together, there will be no...

New Delhi: Even a fortnight after the air strike by Indian Air Force fighter jets on terror camps in Pakistan’s Balakot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to dominate the popularity charts despite a dip in his rating from the peak witnessed during the first week...

New Delhi: A total of 160 private companies and NGOs Monday made an appeal to all political parties to include decentralised renewable energy solutions in their manifestos for the general elections. The appeal was signed by Panasonic India, Barefoot Power, CSIR-NEERI, Observer Research Foundation, Prayas...

Mumbai: The Election Commission (EC) Monday told the Bombay High Court that it will issue directions prohibiting all social media platforms from displaying political advertisements not pre-verified by it. The EC, through its counsel Pradeep Rajagopal, told the high court that a meeting between the...

Bhubaneswar: Trinath Gomango, the BJD MLA from Gunupur assembly seat Monday resigned from the ruling party citing "neglect" meted out to him by the party. Like Nabarangpur MP Balabhadra Majhi and Nilgiri MLA Sukant Kumar Nayak, who had resigned from the regional party recently alleging...

Bhubaneswar: With a few days left for the elections in the state, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday revoked the expulsion of former finance minister Prafulla Ghadai. The veteran leader was expelled from the party in September 2014 for making statements against Naveen....

Hyderabad: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi Monday filed his nomination papers for Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, seeking a fourth straight term in the lower house of Parliament. With the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) making it clear that it would back his candidature, Owaisi seems to...

Chennai: The DMK Monday denied dynasty politics in naming its candidates for the April 18 Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu and asserted that only loyal party workers have been rewarded with a ticket. Senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi said only those...

Kalaburagi (K'taka): Mocking the prime minister's ‘main bhi chowkidar' (I too am watchman) campaign, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Monday said Narendra Modi has turned the whole country into ‘chowkidars’ after getting caught. Gandhi, who had been repeatedly taking the ‘chowkidar chor hai’ (watchman is the...