Election

Patna: An FIR was lodged against Congress leader and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for violating the model code of conduct by exhorting Muslim voters in a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar to vote en bloc to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the...

Kannur (Kerala): Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being the ‘most anti-national’ and accused him of ‘dividing the nation’. Reacting to Modi's allegation of the Congress turning anti-national, Gandhi said his grand old party has an exceptional track record of...

Chennai: The Income Tax Department said Wednesday it has seized Rs 1.48 crore cash allegedly stashed to bribe voters in Tamil Nadu’s Theni district, where an Assembly bypoll is scheduled Thursday. The seized cash was neatly packed in 94 packets and envelops on which the...

Hinjilicut: Polling will be held in the Hinjili Assembly segment (No: 132, unreserved) under Aska Lok Sabha constituency April 18. The campaigning came to an end Tuesday. Hinjili is set for a triangular fight between the BJD, BJP and the Congress. The BJD is eyeing...

Rourkela: BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a road show for party nominee for Raghunathpalli Assembly seat, Subrat Tarai, Tuesday. The campaign by the Chief Minister has bolstered the prospects of Tarai. In the afternoon, Patnaik held a road show at Laxmi market,...

Bhadrak: Congress has given tickets to new candidates in Bhadrak district. Though it is not known how far voters would accept those new faces, the party is hopeful of their win. OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik is contesting from the Bhandaripokhari Assembly constituency where he is...

Bhubaneswar: At least 12 candidates, who are the kin of former chief ministers of Odisha, have jumped into the electoral battle in the Lok Sabha (LS) and Assembly elections. The former chief ministers whose family members/relatives are in the fray are: Harekrushna Mahatab, Biju Patnaik,...

New Delhi: As the poll fever rises, many politicians have stooped so low that the political narrative is sometimes hitting below the belt. While the league of such inglorious men and women has got the usual blabbermouths like Azam Khan of the Samajwadi Party (SP)...

Chennai: Despite the summer heat soaring in Tamil Nadu, some people are praying for man-made power cuts at night -- so that contestants can stealthily hand over cash to voters. Cash for votes in Tamil Nadu is no more a novel factor. It has become...

New Delhi, April 16: Quick to seize on the fevered anticipation for the final season of “Game of Thrones”, the Election Commission, the Press Information Bureau and even the Congress are using popular references from the hit HBO series to make themselves heard in poll...