Politics

Elections held for Munger, Nalanda, Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Arrah, Buxar and Jehanabad seats.

There is a visible wave of Narendra Modi in major cities and some urban areas. But, in rural areas, caste still is a dominant factor.

Downplaying the discussions of a 'Modi wave' in the country, he said that it is only a BJP wave and Modi is not bigger than the party.

At a meeting in Sultanpur on Monday, Priyanka said that Varun had been led astray and that it was Sultanpur's duty to vote him out.

"We will not spare the corrupt. Each one who has looted public money will be booked," Naqvi said.

Singh achievement in stitching together the India-US n-deal and successfully overcoming domestic resistance to it.

Earlier in the day, former coal secretary PC Parakh has alleged that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did little to rein in ministers responsible for coal allocations.

Kesarkar made the announcement in Sawantwadi at a meeting of over 1,500 party workers, a day after he quit the NCP.

Deve Gowda is the only former prime minister contesting in the current Lok Sabha elections.

The Progressive Writers Association (PWA) is planning to organize a public meeting against Modi in Varanasi on May 4.

"In the next 10 days, I am going to write recommending Jashodaben for the 'Bharat Ratna'," Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said.

Modi said some reports were spreading thick and fast in social media that the PM was under some "foreign pressure" to finalise the Siachen dispute by handing it over to "enemies" and that he had okayed it.

The EC has decided that no advertisement of political nature shall be allowed on any government building.

The BJP has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission, demanding the rejection of nomination of all the other Chandulal Sahus.

High voter turnout was witnessed in one Lok Sabha constituency of Tripura with 81.08 per cent polling taking place on Saturday.

DMDK on Friday extended support to the Ramadoss-led PMK for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls to Puducherry.