- India
EC gears up to deal with 4-Ms – Muscle, Money, Misinformation, Model Code violations
New Delhi: Drone-based checking at borders, surveillance of non-chartered flights, a crackdown on misleading advertisements and fake news, and “ruthless” action against poll violence are among the EC’s strategies to deal with…
- India
Elgar Parishad case: SC reserves verdict on Shoma Kanti Sen’s bail plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on a plea filed by Shoma Kanti Sen, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case who has challenged a Bombay High Court…
- India
Adhir welcomes EC decision to hold polls in 7 phases in Bengal
Kolkata: Welcoming the Election Commission’s decision to conduct the general elections in West Bengal in seven phases, Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday, March 16, expressed satisfaction with the move,…
- India
CEC Rajiv Kumar uses poetry to rebut criticism of EVMs
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar used a verse on Saturday to take a dig at the critics of electronic voting machines (EVMs), saying the poll authority is often at…
- World
Plea seeking security for Bhagat Singh’s 93rd death anniversary event filed in Pak court
Lahore: A petition was filed in a Pakistani court here on Saturday, March 16, seeking foolproof security for an event organised next week to observe the 93rd death anniversary of freedom fighters Bhagat…
- India
26 assembly bypolls across 13 states to be held along with Lok Sabha elections
New Delhi: By-elections to 26 assembly seats across 13 states, including six constituencies in Himachal Pradesh where Congress MLAs were disqualified for rebellion, will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections beginning…
- Hyderabad
Telangana BJP chief hopes for 2nd straight win in Secunderabad
Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy would be hoping for a second straight victory as he enters the fray again from the prestigious Secunderabad constituency in Telangana…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Assembly polls: Stage set for fierce poll battle between YSRCP & TDP
Amaravati: With the EC on Saturday announcing the poll schedule for the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh on May 13, the poll bugle has been sounded in the…
- India
Something fishy: Farooq on not holding Assembly elections in J&K with LS polls
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said there is “something fishy” in not holding the Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir along with the Lok Sabha polls. The former…
- India
UP: Man dies days after setting himself ablaze outside SP office, 3 held
Shahjahanpur: A 45-year-old man succumbed during treatment at a Lucknow hospital days after he set himself afire outside the superintendent of police’s office here over inaction on his complaint, officials said on…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP polls: Pulivendula, Kuppam in limelight as Jagan, Naidu set to contest again
Amaravati: Pulivendula and Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh assume the status of key constituencies as Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu will be contesting from there respectively…
- Bangalore
LS polls: Congress & BJP brace for another mega battle in Karnataka in less than a year
Bengaluru: The Congress and BJP are bracing for another mega electoral battle in less than a year in Karnataka as they lock horns in the high-stakes Lok Sabha elections. Elections will be…
- Telangana
No corrupt person will be spared, says PM Modi after Kavitha’s arrest
Hyderabad: A day after the arrest of BRS leader K Kavitha in a money-laundering case, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that the BRS entered into a partnership with other “hardcore corrupt…
- India
Assembly elections in J-K soon after LS polls, says CEC
New Delhi: The Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir will be held after the Lok Sabha polls as organising both simultaneously is not viable from the security point of view, Chief Election…