Election

New Delhi:  According to an official data, only four of the 44 sitting candidates contesting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections had asked zero questions in the Parliament, including Janata Dal (Secular)'s H.D. Devegowda. A total of 97 Lok Sabha constituencies across...

New Delhi: Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha’s wife Poonam joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) Tuesday and is likely to contest against BJP’s Rajnath Singh from the Lucknow constituency. Poonam, who gave up a career in acting after her marriage to Shatrughan, was inducted into the party...

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) issued Tuesday notification for the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held, May 12 in 59 seats across seven states. The seven-phase elections began April 11 and will end on May 19. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar...

Bhubaneswar: At least 11 candidates, who are either sons, daughters, son-in-laws, daughter-in-laws, grandsons and granddaughter-in-laws of former Odisha Chief Ministers have jumped into the electoral battle from the three major political parties - the ruling BJD, the BJP and the Congress in the 2019 Lok...

Pathanapuram(Kerala): Hitting out at the Sangh Parivar, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday the country was ‘under attack’ from the BJP and RSS, who want to suppress all voices other than their own. Addressing an election rally at the St Stephen College ground here in...

Moradabad (UP): It is going to be difficult to retain Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency for BJP, which is in a direct contest with Congress due to consolidation of Muslim votes ahead of the April 23 election, saffron party candidate Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar has said. Kumar,...

Sambalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted Tuesday that his government has taken measures to weed out middlemen from the system to ensure that the ‘entire funds flowing from the Centre percolates to the poor’. He also slammed the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government for protecting those...

Bolangir:   The soaring mercury levels in Odisha have failed to take the heat out of last-minute campaigns in Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency, where a greenhorn is locking horns with two princely state candidates in a pitched battle. Notwithstanding the grueling heat, the candidates, along with...

Rourkela: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Monday dubbed the BJD government in Odisha ‘corrupt’ and called upon the people to vote BJP to power both at the Centre and the state for building a new Odisha. Addressing a massive election meeting in the Steel...

Kolabira: Voting will be held in the Jharsuguda Assembly constituency April 18 in the second phase of elections. Electioneering is at its peak all over the constituency. Candidates are now going door to door to win voters. Nine candidates are contesting here including those of...