Lok Sabha poll: BJP zeroes in on Balurghat

Mar 30, 2019, at 04:52 pm

Kolkata, Mar 30 (UNI) Banking on the performance of the party in the rural polls, BJP is eyeing the Lok Sabha seat of Balurghat this time.

Asom Gana Parishad names candidates for two remaining LS seats

Mar 30, 2019, at 04:42 pm

Guwahati, Mar 30 (UNI) The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which is an ally of the BJP-led coalition in Assam, has announced its second and last list of candidates for the ensuing General Elections.

Narendra Modi calls upon people to vote for 'New India'

Mar 29, 2019, at 06:45 pm

Hyderabad, Mar 29 (UNI) Prime Minister Narender Modi kick-started the BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign in Southern India on Friday with a call to vote for a "New India".

Lok Sabha Poll: Telangana govt declares public holiday on April 11

Mar 29, 2019, at 06:02 pm

Hyderabad, Mar 29 (UNI) The Telangana Government on Friday issued a notification declaring April 11 as a public holiday under negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in view of polling for 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.

Prakash Raj to contest Lok Sabha polls with 'whistle' symbol

Mar 29, 2019, at 05:51 pm

Bangalore, Mar 29 (IBNS): Actor Prakash Raj, who will be contesting the Lok Sabha polls this time, on Friday shared his poll logo on the social media after it was approved by the Election commission.

Hardik Patel receives a jolt as HC refuses to stay conviction

Mar 29, 2019, at 05:17 pm

New Delhi/ Ahmedabad, Mar 29 (IBNS): Narrowing his chances of contesting the Lok Sabha polls, the Gujarat High Court on Friday rejected Patidar leader Hardik Patel’s plea seeking stay on sentence awarded to him in a rioting case.

PM Narendra Modi to launch NE campaign tomorrow

Mar 29, 2019, at 05:13 pm

Guwahati, Mar 29 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart his campaigning for Parliamentary election in North East when he visits Assam tomorrow.

Amit Shah visits West Bengal, targets Mamata Banerjee

Mar 29, 2019, at 04:42 pm

Alipurduar, Mar 29 (UNI) BJP national president Amit Shah on Friday alleged chief minister Mamata Banerjee was left red-faced when Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an air strike in Pakistan's Balakot.

BJP leader Varun Gandhi files nomination papers from Pilibhit

Mar 29, 2019, at 04:38 pm

Pilibhit, Mar 29 (UNI) BJP MP Varun Feroze Gandhi on Friday filed his nomination papers from Pilibhit , which has traditionally been his mother Maneka Gandhi's Lok Sabha seat.

Sambit Patra files nomination for Lok Sabha polls from Puri

Mar 29, 2019, at 04:35 pm

Puri, Mar 29 (IBNS): Senior BJP leader Sambit Patra on Friday submitted his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls.

Assam district develops app for first-time voters

Mar 29, 2019, at 03:32 pm

Guwahati, Mar 29 (UNI) A district in western Assam is going the digital way to attract the first-time voters towards the election process and ensure their participation.

AITC releases election manifesto; Mamata Banerjee wants a judicial inquiry into demonetisation

Mar 27, 2019, at 05:40 pm

Kolkata, Mar 27 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister and AITC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded a judicial probe by a Supreme Court judge into the noteban of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currencies.

'Moral code of conduct' has been made mockery by Centre, alleges Mehbooba Mufti

Mar 27, 2019, at 05:28 pm

Srinagar, Mar 27 (UNI) Reacting sharply to Haryana’s BJP government appointing Kamaldeep Bhandari, wife of the judge hearing the Kathua rape case, to an important statutory post on March 8, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the 'Moral code of conduct' has been reduced to a joke under the central government.

Nagaland government declares April 11 as paid holiday

Mar 27, 2019, at 04:36 pm

Guwahati, Mar 27 (IBNS): The Nagaland government has declared Apr 11 as a paid holiday in view of Lok Sabha election.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra campaigns in Amethi

Mar 27, 2019, at 04:33 pm

Amethi, Mar 27(UNI) Congress general secretary of Uttar Pradesh east Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday held a brief road show in her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s constituency Amethi, where she appealed the booth workers to pull up their socks to ensure Congress victory.

BJP-Shiv Sena alliance for 'Hindutva', says Fadnavis

Mar 24, 2019, at 11:44 pm

Kolhapur, Mar 24 (UNI): Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnvis has said that Bhartiya Janata Party ( BJP) and Shiv Sena entered into an alliance for 'Hindutva' and not only for to gain power.

BJP's 'telescopic' view on Rahul Gandhi's nomination papers

Mar 24, 2019, at 11:18 pm

New Delhi, Mar 24 (UNI): Even as Congress leaders have given a hint that party president Rahul Gandhi is 'considering' suggestions to contest from a second seat in South India besides Amethi, the BJP on Sunday sought to mount pressure on him saying "a telescopic view" will be maintained on his nomination papers.

Congress slams 'bogus blogger' Arun Jaitley over 'dynasty' remark

Mar 24, 2019, at 09:31 pm

New Delhi, Mar 24 (UNI): Hitting back at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for blaming the party's current travails on its dynastic character, the Congress on Sunday said the latest attack by Jaitley was a "cheap Cover Up Exercise" for the NDA's colossal failures of the past five years.

Bihar: BJP leaves seats lost in 2014 to JD(U)

Mar 24, 2019, at 08:56 pm

Patna, Mar 24 (UNI): Bihar NDA has moved cautiously in seat-sharing deal among its allies for Lok Sabha election as BJP avoided contesting seats which it lost in the 2014 poll and instead left them for its ally JD(U).

Congress will win election if it contests in Pakistan: Ram Madhav

Mar 24, 2019, at 08:20 pm

Guwahati, Mar 24 (IBNS): BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday hit out at Congress leaders over their comments on the IAF airstrikes in Balakot and said the Grand Old Party would win if they contested elections in Pakistan.

PM Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath to address poll rallies in Bengal

Mar 24, 2019, at 08:02 pm

Kolkata, Mar 24 (UNI): The BJP West Bengal unit has decided to organise rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath during the seven phases of polling in the state.

Congress failed to put pressure on Pakistan after 26/11: Sushma

Mar 24, 2019, at 07:40 pm

Noida, Mar 24 (UNI): Taking a dig at Congress for failing to exert enough international pressure on Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said the Modi government took the matter to the international level after the February 14 Pulwama terror strike and the retaliatory air strikes proved the country's ability to defend its borders.