Election

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading and said that it offered Rs 10 crore each to at least seven of its MLAs for joining the saffron party ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Speaking to the...

Kalyani (West Bengal): Stepping up his attack on the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP president Amit Shah said Wednesday here that she has extended her support to those who wish to divide the country by separating Kashmir from India. Addressing a rally here...

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first visit to Ayodhya after becoming Prime Minister, addressed an election rally Wednesday but avoided talking about the Ram temple issue. Though the Prime Minister ended his speech with ‘Jai Shri Ram’, he did not make any mention...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court sought response Tuesday from the Election Commission (EC) on a plea by a Congress MP alleging model code of conduct (MCC) violations by Prime Minister Narendra  Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on their alleged hate speeches and using armed...

New Delhi: Accusing the BJP-led government of ‘wrecking’ India’s economy, the Congress claimed Tuesday that public debt increased by over Rs 30 lakh crore in 57 months of the Modi dispensation, pushing the nation into an ‘unending debt cycle’. Citing Finance Ministry documents, Congress’ chief...

Patna: There is no contradiction in his wife Poonam Sinha contesting as a candidate of the SP-BSP alliance from Lucknow and his fighting the Patna Sahib seat as a Congress member, according to actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha. He is confident of good performances in both the...

New Delhi:  In a move which may stir up a hornet’s nest during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Home Ministry has served a notice to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his ‘factual position’ on a complaint questioning his...

New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) alleged Tuesday that Narendra Modi’s recent speech in West Bengal, where he claimed that 40 TMC MLA’s are in touch with him, indicates ‘impending horse-trading’ and asked the Election Commission (EC) to cancel his nomination for such ‘provocative and...

Lucknow: Attacking Narendra Modi for claiming that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav said Wednesday the Prime Minister should be ‘banned for 72 years’ for his ‘shameful’ speech. The Election Commission (EC) has recently barred several leaders...

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed ‘regret’ once again in the Supreme Court, Monday for his ‘chowkidar chor hai’ remark on the Rafale judgement, which the apex court had said was ‘incorrectly attributed’ to it. The apex court April 15 had given a categorical...