Politics

Varun Gandhi said people are less aware about the selection of their elected representatives, and choose them based on caste, religion and region, which is not the way to take the country forward.

Although inconsequential in terms of the strength inside state Assembly, the results of the by-election are expected to alter political equations within both Congress and the BJP.

When a big crowd cheered Yeddyurappa wrapped in a green shawl on turning 75, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was by his side at Davanagere in central Karnataka.

Earlier, the BJP had officially denied that Manoj Baitha was party member, Baitha is absconding since the incident in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

According to reports, of the 10 seats up for grabs, the ruling BJP is all set to win eight seats while Samajwadi Party is on course to win one seat.

"The PM is showing the dream of 2022 to the people, but he must understand that there will be a new mandate in 2019 itself," Tariq Anwar told reporters.

The jibe drew laughter from the large crowd that had gathered to listen to Modi, who became the first Prime Minister to address a public meeting in this former French colony in 33 years.

Focussing its election campaigns around Prime Minister Narendra Modi has paid the BJP rich electoral dividends, except in Delhi and Bihar in 2015.

In reply to another query on NCP chief Sharad Pawar's praise of Rahul Gandhi, Fadnavis said that there couldn't be worse days for Pawar if he had to praise the Congress leader.

While Haasan launched his party Makkal Needhi Mayyam in Madurai on Wednesday, Rajinikanth had announced in December that he will enter politics.

The AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal is also likely to address the meeting, sources close to Kamal Haasan said.

The latest trends from Gandhinagar show the BJP leading in 43 nagarpalikas. The Congress which is ahead of the ruling party in 27 seats seems to have made inroads in urban areas. The party had won only 14 seats in 2013 elections.

Smriti Irani claimed that crimes against women had gone up in the state, despite its matrilineal system, and promised that a dedicated women police force would be set up to ensure women's security if the BJP was voted to power.

With local Jat activists voicing resentment against local BJP MP and former Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh spent two days in the riot-torn district of Muzaffarnagar.

The yatra was flagged off from the VHP's local headquarters Karsewak Puram in Ayodhya by party general secretary Champat Rai. The 41-day yatra will reach Rameshwaram, in Tamil Nadu, after covering parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karna...

On the last leg of his four-day bus tour of Hyderabad – Karnataka region ahead of Karnataka Assembly polls, Rahul, during his interaction with professionals and business leaders, said, “RSS is running the government. It has planted its people everywhere....