Politics

Transfer of votes is important as in the third phase of polling, ten seats which are going for polling in UP constitute the potato belt, once considered as the Yadav stronghold.

In an interview to a TV channel last week, Pragya Singh Thakur had claimed that she was among those who had razed the disputed structure, which “was a blot on the country”.

Bhopal returning officer and collector Sudama Khade served notices to Thakur and BJP’s Bhopal unit president Vikas Virani. Both have been directed to furnish their replies within 24 hours.

Revanna's father and former PM HD Deve Gowda is contesting from Tumkur, while his son Prajwal Revanna is a JD(S) candidate from Hassan and his nephew and CM HD Kumaraswamy’s son is a contestant from Mandya.

The petitioner has also sought a direction that the Election Commission should have power to refer complaints against them for seeking vote on the basis of religion, race, caste, community or language to appropriate investigation agencies.

The BJP leader also lashed out at the Bhupesh Baghel government in the state for allegedly discontinuing with most of the welfare schemes started by the Raman Singh dispensation in the past.

The order by the Ministry of Home Affairs came a few days after it blacklisted another Bangladeshi actor, Ferdous Ahmed, and served him a 'Leave India' notice.

The ad was approved by the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee, which deals with the election campaigns of the political parties.

Lashing out at the TMC in West Bengal, Rajnath Singh alleged that democracy has ceased to exist under its rule in the state.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, top actor Rajinikanth voted at Sivaganga district's Kandanur and Chennai respectively. BJP's Tamil Nadu unit chief Tamilisai Soundararjan and actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president Kamal Haasan also cast their...

The Rajasthan chief minister called the Modi-led BJP government a "government of rhetoric" and claimed its exit was imminent after the Lok Sabha election.

Fatehpur Sikri, bordering Rajasthan, has a huge number of Brahmin and Thakur voters (roughly 6 lakh) and tends to witness reverse polarisation against the 2.25 lakh Jat voters present here.

Demanding strict action against Rahul Gandhi, Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the Congress chief's behaviour was in violation of the model code of conduct (MCC).

Never in the history have four senior judges of the Supreme Court come out and said that the country's democracy was in danger, the senior Congress leader said.

Day curfew was lifted from Kishtwar on Monday after remaining in force for a week following the killing of a senior RSS leader Chanderkant Sharma and his security guard by unknown gunmen.

Congress and JD(S) together have 55-80% votes in eight Lok Sabha seats in this region and under normal circumstances, voting should be a mere formality. But the current trends on the ground are making the alliance partners nervous.