Election

Bijepur: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is facing an undercurrent of support for the BJP in his second Assembly constituency Bijepur. BJP’s Sanat Kumar Gartia is making his debut here in electoral politics while the Congress has fielded former minister Ripunath Seth. Both...

Aska: The Aska Lok Sabha seat in south Odisha, considered a pocket borough of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD), is witnessing a keen contest between the Naveen Patnaik-led party and the BJP this time. The BJD has nominated Pramila Bisoi, a 68-year-old woman self-help...

Jagatsinghpur: Candidates in fray are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters ahead of elections. While actor Anubhav Mohanty recently cleared traffic for the passage of a vehicle carrying a pregnant woman, BJD’s Paradip nominee Sambit Routray jumped on the bandwagon by lending a shoulder...

New Delhi: The ban on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections for three days over hate speeches is not the first punitive action by the Election Commission (EC) against erring politicians. During...

Ahmedabad: Three young Gujarat leaders who earned their stripes in the Assembly polls held late 2017 are now facing a vastly-changed scenario as the Congress and the BJP take on each other for the state's 26 Lok Sabha seats. Patidar quota spearhead Hardik Patel, young...

Mumbai: India’s gold smugglers have slowed their operations over worries their shipments will be caught up in seizures of cash, bullion, booze and drugs that are aimed at controlling vote-buying in the country’s national elections, industry officials told this agency. In India, political parties and...

New Delhi: Union Minister Sushma Swaraj Monday questioned Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's silence on party leader Azam Khan's alleged "underwear" jibe against his BJP rival from Rampur Lok Sabha seat Jay Prada and asked him not to stay silent like 'Bhishma Pitamah' did...

New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has written to the Election Commission, urging it to take strict action against politicians who make "disparaging" comments against women, following SP leader Azam Khan's offensive remarks targeting BJP's Jaya Prada. In its letter to the poll...

Mumbai: Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar was Monday granted police protection after a group of "BJP supporters" clashed with Congress workers during her poll campaign in north Mumbai. The scuffle took place near Borivali railway station where Matondkar, the Congress candidate from the Mumbai North Lok Sabha...

New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday accused AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal of doing an "U-turn" on the alliance talks between the two parties and said the doors of the Congress are open, but time is running out. However, Kejriwal claimed that the talks are...