Election

Bargarh: With the Congress fielding a greenhorn, the Bargarh Lok Sabha seat is all set to witness a two-way battle between two heavyweights of the ruling BJD and the opposition BJP. Congress has pitted Pradip Debata, a businessman, against BJD stalwart and sitting Rajya Sabha...

Bhubanewar:  More than 97 lakh voters will exercise their franchise in 10,464 booths in the third phase of election to be held on April 23 next for six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly seats. Chief Electoral office sources here said 97,56,922 voters will exercise their...

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah accused Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar of spreading falsehoods, claiming that he was doing so because of his party’s falling fortunes and family fights over seats. Shah’s barb was in reaction to Pawar’s claim that late BJP...

Srinagar: The BJP, with its ‘noxious agenda’ of ‘banishing’ Muslims and minorities wants to ‘divide’ the country, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Sunday as she hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks at a rally in Kathua in Jammu region of the...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 398 candidates including 52 for Lok Sabha and 346 for Assembly constituencies will contest the fourth and final phase of election scheduled to be held, April 29 next. Chief Electoral Office sources here said elections for six Lok Sabha seats of...

New Delhi: Opposition parties Sunday held a meeting to discuss the issue of EVM malfunctioning and said they will approach the Supreme Court again to demand that at least 50 per cent of paper trails be verified with EVMs. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu...

Kathua: Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Abdullahs and Muftis, stating that the two families ‘ruined’ three generations of Jammu and Kashmir and added that he will not allow them to ‘divide’ India. The Prime Minister was referring to National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah’s...

Chandigarh: By 0fielding former Union Minister Kumari Selja, state Congress President Ashok Tanwar and former cabinet Minister Ajay Singh Yadav for the May 12 Lok Sabha elections in Haryana, the opposition Congress has again taken a political gamble of fielding big names to take on...

Bhubaneswar:  A day after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik took potshots at BJP for not naming its chief ministerial candidate, the state unit of the saffron party mocked Naveen by saying, "an Odia-speaking person would be the next Odisha chief minister". BJP's criticism of Naveen...

Saranda: Polling will be held in Bargarh district April 18 during the second phase of elections. Of the five Assembly constituencies in the district, Attabira is the most significant one for all the three main political parties, that is, the BJD, the BJP and the...