Phulbani: Once in the spotlight for riots after the murder of a VHP leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati in 2008, the tribal dominated Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat in Odisha is witnessing a pitched triangular battle among BJD, BJP and Congress. Though five candidates are in the...
Jharsuguda: With Jharsuguda Assembly constituency all set to witness triangular contest between BJD, Congress and BJP in the 2019 general elections, nominees are leaving no stones unturned to attract voters – with at least one of them employing Hindi movie stars to draw crowd to...
Bolangir/Titlagarh/Kantabanji: Taking part in a marathon road show during the party’s Vijay Sankalp rally in various parts of Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan came down heavily on the BJD government led by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and the Congress party led by...
kabisuryanagar: The first phase of polls in Ganjam came to an end Thursday. The second phase elections will be held April 18. Nominees of the three major parties and an Independent have intensified their campaigns in the Kabisuryanagar Assembly segment under Aska Parliamentary constituency with...
Hinjilicut: Even as electioneering for the second phase of polls picked up, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik went on a campaigning spree in Ganjam district Friday. He took part in a marathon road show in Hinjilcut, appealing the electorate to vote for the ruling party. The...
New Delhi: A day after the Election Commission directed that all recorded programmes displayed on NaMo TV be pre-certified, the Delhi poll body has directed the BJP not to air any content on the platform without its certification, officials said. The poll body had on...
New Delhi: The Congress Friday approached the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah for allegedly ‘dragging’ the armed forces in politics repeatedly. Congress leaders Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Randeep Singh Surjewala also raised the issues of Union Minister Smriti...
Leaders across party lines have lobbied hard to field their kin in hustings-2019 Bhubaneswar: Sons, daughters, wives and brothers of several influential and senior political leaders have jumped into the electoral fray this time in the simultaneous polls being held for Lok Sabha and the...
Kolkata: The BJP leadership Friday demanded repoll at several booths in Cooch Bebar Lok Sabha seat alleging that the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) indulged in malpractices during polling there Thursday. The saffron party also claimed that the TMC rigged those booths where state police personnel...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday refrained from hearing a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission to bar Jammu and Kashmir politicians Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti from participating in the Lok Sabha election as they have allegedly made ‘seditious’ statements....
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