Election

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday that he was pushing for a new language in politics which does not use violence and hatred even as ideological issues are debated intensely. "I'm pushing for a new language in politics. Let's fight each other brutally...

Lucknow: When she walked in for polling duties in Lucknow carrying an EVM, earlier this month, her svelte figure and canary yellow sari made heads turn. One of her colleagues clicked her photograph and posted it on the social media. Within no time, her photograph...

Varanasi/Gorakhpur: As the ongoing Lok Sabha polls move towards a finale, the biggest battle will take place in the seventh and last phase of the elections in Uttar Pradesh. The final phase will put to test the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi...

New Delhi: A complaint was Tuesday filed before a court here seeking prosecution of actor-politician Kamal Haasan for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by terming Nathuram Godse, who had killed Mahatma Gandhi, a “Hindu terrorist”. The matter is likely to be listed before a Metropolitan Magistrate...

Kolkata: Clashes broke out between BJP supporters and student activists and those of the Left and Trinamool Congress Chatra Parishad (TMCP) during Amit Shah’s roadshow in the city Tuesday, officials said. Trouble began after stones were pelted at Amit Shah’s convoy as it passed through...

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi again and called his government a “sinking ship”. She also said the BJP’s ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is deserting the ruling party. ”PM Modi’s government is a sinking ship....

New Delhi: From jibes over the prime minister’s wife to criticism of the main opposition leader’s family holiday three decades ago, one trend stands out in this year’s general election campaign in India: this time, it’s personal. The world’s largest democracy, with around 900 million...

Neemuch/Ujjain/Khandwa (MP): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that cloud cover “helped” IAF planes evade Pakistani radars during the Balakot air strikes. Addressing an election rally ahead of the fourth and last phase of Lok...

New Delhi: BJP leader Poonam Mahajan said Tuesday the party’s youth wing will challenge the Supreme Court order asking its activist Priyanka Sharma to apologise for posting a meme of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on social media. She asserted the verdict has sent out...

New Delhi: The Congress condemned Tuesday the remarks of its leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but also accused the PM of lowering the political discourse by using ‘downright insulting’ and ‘abusive language’ against his political opponents. Aiyar was back in the...