Haryana govt loses majority, 3 Independent MLAs withdraw support
In a major setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Haryana government during the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections, three Independent MLAs Tuesday announced their withdrawal of support from the ruling party in the state.
Lok Sabha elections: TMC seeks voter turnout report of phase 1 and 2 from CEC
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has requested the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to provide the voter turnout report for phase 1 and 2 in the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
Former Congress leader Radhika Khera, actor Shekhar Suman join BJP
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress leader Radhika Khera and actor Shekhar Suman joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday.
Modi 'enjoys' himself dancing in humourous poll video, BJP takes swipe at Mamata
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the serious, often toxic, political discourse, internet memes and humorous videos involving political leaders provide some comic relief to the high pitched elections in the country.
PM Modi on Muslim quota: 'Reservations can't be on the basis of religion'
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly opposed reservations on the basis of religion, amid the ongoing debate over the Muslim quota in the Lok Sabha elections.
Ratlam (MP)/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said his party would remove the Supreme Court-mandated 50 percent cap on caste-based reservation and increase quota benefits for people from Dalit, backward, and tribal communities if voted to power.
Bengaluru: The plea made by Karnataka Janata Dal (Secular) MLA HD Revanna has been arrested after a local court denied his plea for interim protection in a kidnapping case of his maid, who appeared in the viral sex tapes involving the leader's son Prajwal Revanna, media reports said.
'Mother entrusted me with the responsibility,' Rahul says facing flak on Rae Bareli nomination
Rae Bareli/IBNS: Attacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and his former opponent, Smriti Irani, for not making a comeback from the family bastion of Amethi and contesting the polls from the relatively safe seat of Rae Bareli instead, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said his mother has entrusted him with the responsibility of serving a constituency that means a lot to his family.
Lok Sabha polls: Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Rae Bareli
Rae Bareli/IBNS: Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli constituency for the Lok Sabha elections.
'Hindus became second-class citizens in Bengal': Modi slams TMC as election season peaks
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for allegedly making Hindus the "second-class citizens" in West Bengal.
PM Modi rakes up 'vote jihad' remark in his Bengal campaign, slams Congress-TMC-Left
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday revived the "vote jihad" remark, which has been made by Congress leader Salman Khurshid's niece and Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam, while campaigning in West Bengal.
Modi makes 'daro mat' jibe at Rahul Gandhi after Congress leader moves from Amethi to Rae Bareli
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday weaponised his prime opponent Rahul Gandhi's popular "daro mat (don't be afraid)" call against the Congress leader, who switched from Amethi to Rae Bareli as a second seat to contest in the Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul Gandhi doesn't run away: Congress' Amethi candidate Kishori Lal Sharma on BJP's jibe
New Delhi/IBNS: The Gandhi family moving out of the key Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh has opened the doors for Kishori Lal Sharma, a loyalist of the Gandhis working with the party for four decades.
Kishori Lal Sharma: Know about Congress' Amethi pick
New Delhi/IBNS: Cutting across all speculations that either Rahul Gandhi or Robert Vadra will contest from Amethi, a Congress bastion until 2019, the grand old party on Friday announced the name of Kishori Lal Sharma as its candidate from the seat for the Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be attending the nomination filing of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.