Politics

Politicians seem to be behaving like local chieftains. Palaniswami is said to be lording over the western part of the state, while Dhinakaran hopes to do well in the southern districts and Stalin is betting on northern Tamil Nadu.

Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Georges Igor Himansky with his victims, aged 14 and 15, from Kathmandu's Thamel area on Friday.

The footage actually shows an art installation in Spain and the currency notes seen in it were reportedly painted by hand.

Not only has there been a continuous decline in both the allocation of funds under the gender budget and in the expenditure of the Ministry of Women and Development during the BJP-led government, but crimes against women also rose.

Hema Malini earlier said it will be dangerous for the country if Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn't return to power as he alone has the courage to do what is right for the nation.

Naidu, while addressing a press conference after the meeting, said even advanced countries such as Germany and the Netherlands have opted for ballot papers.

Addressing a public rally at Barkhola in support of BJP candidate Rajdeep Roy, Sarma said voting for Sushmita Dev will drag Silchar backward by five years.

The southern state that has mostly seen personality-driven politics over the last three decades is in search of an alternative now.

The Bihar deputy chief minister, in an interview last month, had said that he was close to Lalu Prasad and knew him better than his wife, Rabri Devi.

The former Madhya Pradesh CM, who was often accused of minority appeasement by the BJP in the past, has, of late, been seen extensively indulging in religious activities in the company of seers.

The fact that workers of each party are now being asked to support candidates of the ally hasn't gone down well with the rank and file.

PM Modi's 'glow' also became a topic of discussion when Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy remarked that the prime minister 'applies wax and make-up and then stands in front of camera'.

The image, shared more than 4,500 times since it was published on April 7, 2019 in a Facebook post, has been doctored from an original photo of a meeting between Pakistan Army Chief and Imran Khan on April 4.

He also touched on Modi's oft-repeated allegation that nobody from the Congress family went to visit Bhagat Singh when he was in jail awaiting the gallows during the freedom struggle.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister found fault with the Deputy Election Commissioner's clarification that there was no problem with the EVMs in the state.

The Congress also fielded former Barnala MLA Kewal Singh Dhillon from Sangrur Lok Sabha seat. He is pitted against sitting AAP MP Bhagwant Mann and former state finance minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa.