Lok Sabha polls
- Kashmir
Promise of revoking AFSPA in J&K made in view of LS polls: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that the promise of revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir has been made in view of…
- India
BJP’s Dilip Ghosh apologises for comments on Mamata
Kolkata: Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday apologised for his remarks on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that triggered a political storm. The apology came hours after the BJP sought…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Rs 38 cr worth cash, goods caught since MCC for LS polls came into force
Hyderabad: Unaccounted cash and goods valued at over Rs 38 crore were confiscated by law enforcement agencies in Telangana following the implementation of the model code of conduct (MCC) after the announcement…
- India
Stay away from seeking votes on basis of religion: Azad to DPAP workers
Jammu: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday asked his party colleagues to stay away from seeking votes on the basis of religion, asserting that religion has no…
- Kolkata
BJP’s Dilip Ghosh makes controversial remarks against Mamata, TMC hits back
Kolkata: A controversy erupted on Tuesday after senior BJP leader and MP Dilip Ghosh was heard mocking the family background of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a purported video clip.…
- Bangalore
Mining baron Janardhana Reddy rejoins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Minister and mining baron G Janardhana Reddy on Monday rejoined the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Gangavati MLA, who is an accused in an illegal…
- India
VK Singh not to contest Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi: BJP leader and Union Minister General V.K. Singh (retd) on Sunday announced that he will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The former army chief has been a two-time…
- News
‘Local vs outsider’: Congress UP chief on contest against PM Modi in Varanasi
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai, who has once again been named as the party candidate from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said on Sunday there will be a direct…
- Andhra Pradesh
Nani vs Chinni: Vijayawada to witness battle between brothers
Vijayawada: Two brothers are pitted against each other in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency for the May 13 elections. Kesineni Sivanath is contesting on the ticket of Telugu Desam Party (TDP)…
- Hyderabad
Lok Sabha Polls: Rs 1.73 cr cash seized in Hyderabad since MCC implementation
District Election Officer and GHMC Commissioner Ronald Rose has said that a total of Rs.1,73,60,800 in cash, Rs.23,61,964 worth of other goods, and 314.45 liters of illegal liquor have been seized in…
- India
BSP releases first list of 16 candidates, relies on first-time candidates
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has released its first list of 16 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Sunday. In the first list, the party has announced candidates from mainly…
- Hyderabad
Barring agony, fear, nothing done by Owaisi for Hyderabad: BJP’s Madhavi Latha
Hyderabad: BJP’s rookie contestant, 49-year-old K Madhavi Latha, is unperturbed by sitting Hyderabad MP and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi’s “larger than life image,” and claims all he has given to the constituency…
- India
Congress nominates JNU prof, ex MLA for two LS seats in Manipur
Imphal: The Congress has nominated JNU professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam and former MLA Alfred Kanngam Arthur for the Inner and Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seats respectively in the upcoming polls, an official…
- News
Union min Jitendra Singh’s wealth more than doubled in 10 years
Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh, who is fighting his third Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket from Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur parliamentary constituency, recorded a growth of over 100 percent in…
- Chennai
Confident of winning from South Chennai, says Tamilisai Soundararajan
Chennai: Ahead of the April 19 Lok Sabha polls, a BJP candidate from South Chennai, Tamilisai Soundararajan on Saturday expressed confidence that she will win from this constituency. She said she is…
