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By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Change has been the cry in this election in Odisha. It has been the refrain of voters in a majority of constituencies. The obvious implication of this is that anti-incumbency factor has come into play in the state for the first time since chief minister, Naveen Patnaik took up the reins […]

Kolkata: An association of polling officials on Saturday approached West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer seeking stringent measures, including house arrest, against Trinamool Congress’ Birbhum district chief Anubrata Mondal to ensure free and fair polls on Monday. “We have information that ruling party leader Anubrata Mondal is threatening polling officials to conduct polls in his party’s favour. […]

New Delhi: With less than 15 days to go to for the May 12 Lok Sabha elections in the national capital, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday intensified their poll campaign here. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan, who is pitted against Congress’ J.P. Agarwal and the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Pankaj Gupta from the Chandni Chowk […]

Asansol: Union Minister and BJP candidate in West Bengal’s Asansol Lok Sabha seat, Babul Supriyo, feels the opposition alliance will never materialise or cause any trouble to Narendra Modi regime, as it is only a “desperate attempt by corrupt political leaders to take a backdoor exit” from the grave charges they face. Talking to IANS on […]

New Delhi: Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Gurdaspur parliamentary seat, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday. After his meeting with Deol, Modi shared a photograph of him with Deol and tweeted: “What struck me about Sunny Deol is his humility and deep passion for a better India. Happy […]

New Delhi: Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir on Sunday hit back at AAP’s Atishi Marlena over her allegations that he has two voter IDs, saying one makes such allegations to hide lack of vision and poor performance. “When you do not have a vision and have done nothing in the last four and a half years, you […]

Sreerampur (West Bengal): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday claimed that 40 MLAs of West Bengals ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) were in “touch” with him and would desert Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee whose party hit back by filing a “horse trading” complaint with the Election Commission against him. “When the lotus blooms all over Bengal […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on Tuesday a Congress petition that claimed that the Election Commission had refused to act on a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah for making “hate speeches” and “using” armed forces for “political propaganda” during the Lok Sabha polls. The […]

Srinagar: Voting in the second phase of the troubled Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir ended on Monday marred by street protests but with only 10 per cent of the electorate coming out to vote. Two youths sustained pellet injuries in clashes with the security forces in Kulgam district. Both were shifted to […]

Gurdaspur (Punjab): With his popular dialogues “Yeh dhai kilo ka haathi hai” and “Hindustan Zindabad Tha, Zindabad hai aur Zindabad Rahega” to lure people, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol started his campaign for the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat on Monday after filling his nomination papers as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. Filing his nomination under his real […]

Kolkata: Amid widespread violence, including the attack on a Union Minister, clashes outside polling booths, hurling of bombs and EVM snags, over 76 per cent of the electorate voted till 5 p.m. in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Monday. Long queues of men and women were seen outside the […]

Kolkata: The Election Commission on Monday filed an FIR against Union Minister and BJP candidate from Asansol Lok Sabha seat, Babul Supriyo, for entering a polling booth in the constituency with his armed security personnel. Another FIR was filed against unknown persons who vandalised his car in the same area. “An FIR has been filed […]

Kendrapara: Following the demise of BJD’s Patkura Assembly constituency candidate and veteran leader Bed Prakash Agarwalla due to protracted illness, his wife Sabitri Agarwalla has been named as the party candidate for the constituency. Sabitri’s candidature was announced by BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. “I will try my best to continue the development […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday is set to decide on complaints of alleged violations of the model code of conduct (MCC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congres President Rahul Gandhi and BJP President Amit Shah. While Modi and Shah have been accused of making “hate speeches” and “using” armed forces for “political propaganda” […]

Jagatsinghpur: Violence erupted at booth no 187 at Birabhadra Nodal School under the Jagatsinghpur Assembly constituency after BJD’s Kakatpur MLA candidate Tusharkanti Behera visited the booth yesterday. As per reports, when Behera entered the polling station, a polling agent of another party opposed his entry which led to a clash between the MLA candidate’s supporters […]