Election

Hailakandi (Assam): Congress president Rahul Gandhi called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a ‘thief and a coward’ who runs away from a direct debate with the leader of the main opposition party. Launching a tirade against Modi, the Congress leader alleged that the Prime Minister’s schemes...

Bhubaneswar: The high decibel campaign for first phase general elections in Odisha came to an end today. Four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats of the state will go to the polls on April 11 in this phase. As many as 60.3 lakh voters will...

Hyderabad: The tenure of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India would be best remembered for mob-lynchings, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said Tuesday here. Referring to reports of a man being thrashed by a mob for allegedly selling beef in Assam,...

Bhubaneswar: The BSF has called on people living in Maoist-affected areas of Odisha to cast their votes without fear, claiming that their participation will send a "clear message" to the extremists that violence and intimidation will no longer be accepted in the state. Election in...

Ausa (Maharashtra): Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deal Pakistan such a blow that nothing remains of it to mess with India. Addressing a poll rally here Tuesday with Modi, their first joint rally since the Shiv Sena and BJP...

Raiganj (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ‘baptised in politics through violence and riots’, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday while addressing a rally here. She claimed that even Adolf Hitler would have committed suicide if he had witnessed Modi’s activities. Addressing the...

Ausa (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held the Congress responsible Tuesday for the creation of Pakistan. Addressing a poll rally at this town in Latur district of Maharashtra, Modi also appeared to be treading sensitive ground by asking first-time voters to dedicate their votes to...

Raigarh: Buoyed by its performance in the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls last year, the Congress is making a serious attempt to make a dent into BJP’s bastion of the Raigarh a Lok Sabha constituency which the saffron party has been winning for last two decades. The...

Khallikote: Development will take place if BJP comes to power at the Centre and in Odisha, said Manoj Sinha, Union Minister of State for Railways while attending an election meeting at Bikrampur panchayat under Khallikote Assembly seat Monday. There is need for having a ‘double...

Nabarangpur: The Nabarangpur Assembly seat was a Congress bastion till 2009 but it went to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) after it was declared a reserve constituency for tribal candidates that year. Since then, BJD has won twice from this seat. This time, the Congress...