2019 Lok Sabha Elections

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Earlier, just like her grandmother Indira Gandhi, Priyanka jumped the wooden barricade and greeted people after a public rally in Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: ANI)

Watch: Priyanka Gandhi gives another surprise, this time in Bhatinda

She began her speech in Hindi but quickly switched to Punjabi and said: 'I am happy to be here. My husband is a Punjabi.'

15 May 2019 9:07 AM

Violance erupted during the roadshow of BJP President Amit Shah in Kolkata on Tuesday.(Photo: ANI)

TMC seeks meeting with EC in aftermath of Amit Shah roadshow violence

Earlier, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had condemned the attack and mentioned that an inquiry will be done.

15 May 2019 8:29 AM

BJP president Amit Shah waves at supporters during a roadshow ahead of the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Photo: Abhijit Mukherjee)

Violent BJP-TMC clashes, arson mar Shah’s Kolkata roadshow

Mamata Banerjee plans protest against damage to Vidyasagar statue today.

15 May 2019 5:41 AM

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Sonia calls meet of all non-BJP allies on May 23

Gandhi’s outreach to the Odisha chief minister, therefore, holds a lot of political significance.

15 May 2019 12:47 AM

The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took strong exception to the offer saying that it was an attempt by the ruling Congress to lure voters with liquor.

Discount offer in bars to voters sparks row in MP

The officer of local excise department in Indore had made the controversial offer to increase voting in the polls.

15 May 2019 12:42 AM

TRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao (Photo: PTI)

Too early to speak of a Federal Front PM

The idea of the so-called Federal Front has been in the air from before the voting process kicked off in early April.

15 May 2019 12:00 AM

Sisodia termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the saffron party's chief Amit Shah as the 'biggest danger' to the country. (Photo: File)

AAP ready to join hands with non-BJP front post polls: Sisodia

The deputy chief minister of Delhi also accused the BJP of playing 'divisive' politics.

14 May 2019 8:24 PM

Asked about reports of Stalin being in talks with BJP, Soundararajan said 'that is true' and laughed. (Photo: ANI)

MK Stalin in touch with BJP, claims BJP TN President

The BJP's claim comes a day after TRS supremo and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekara Rao met DMK President Stalin.

14 May 2019 7:23 PM

Yedyurappa has claimed that BJP would win a minimum of 22 out of 28 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. (Photo: ANI)

Yeddyurappa dismisses Congress' claims about switching of BJP MLAs

Congress' Venugopal had claimed that several BJP MLAs would join Congress after the Lok Sabha poll results.

14 May 2019 6:20 PM

Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu (Photo: File)

'Rahul Gandhi is a good leader, has concerns for the nation,' says Chandrababu Naidu

Naidu claimed that PM Narendra Modi has become desperate on realising that he is losing the Lok Sabha elections.

14 May 2019 6:09 PM

In a recent TV interview, Modi had said that rain was a better pick for Balakot strikes as the clouds could help IAF fighter jets evade detection by the Pakistani radar during the operation. (Photo: ANI)

Will rain make aircraft disappear in India?: Rahul's dig at PM Modi

Rahul also touched upon the issues of GST and demonetisation.

14 May 2019 5:55 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi insulted his father and grandmother during the ongoing election campaign. (Photo: File)

I will die but never insult his parents: Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi

'Modi ji insults my father, grandmother, great grandfather. But I will never in my life speak about his family,' Rahul said.

14 May 2019 5:21 PM

Vijayvargia alleged that Kolkata Police is not allowing flags and posters and is even trying to remove a makeshift platform which has been erected to welcome Shah. (Photo: File)

BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya on dharna ahead of Shah's road show

Shah is scheduled to take out a road show from Shahid Minar in central Kolkata to Swami Vivekananda's house in north Kolkata.

14 May 2019 4:36 PM

Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill addressed a press conference in Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

'Beti Darao, Balatkari Bachao,' Congress hits out at BJP

Congress accused BJP of not providing help on time to the who was allegedly sold by her father and gang-raped in Hapur.

14 May 2019 4:10 PM

We will win, we are talking to DMK: Tamil Nadu BJP president

'BJP is all set to win, all poll predictions point to BJP's victory, wherever you go BJP is winning,' she added.

14 May 2019 3:29 PM

Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia. (Photo: File)

'BJP campaigns on Modi's name, Modi on Pakistan's,' says AAP

Sisodia affirmed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will support a 'non-BJP, non-Modi government' at the Centre.

14 May 2019 3:16 PM

Modi spoke about road and highway construction and makeover of Manduadih railway station and multi-model terminal on river Ganga. (Photo: ANI)

Every Kashi resident is contesting on mybehalf: Modi

Modi outlined his personal and emotional association with the city and its people in a video released by his website on Monday.

14 May 2019 3:04 PM

The lecturer Rajeshwar Shastri Musalgaonkar, who taught Sanskrit at Vikram University in Ujjain, predicted a big victory for the BJP and posted his views on Facebook. (Photo: Facebook)

Lecturer predicted BJP's victory, suspended by MP government

The Higher Education Department of the state government recommended disciplinary action under the MP Universities Act, 1973.

14 May 2019 2:54 PM

'The former CBI director also said they (JD(U) and BJP) are involved in sending Lalu Prasad Yadav to jail,' alleged the RJD leader. (Photo: ANI)

Nitish Kumar, BJP responsible for sending my father to jail: Tejashwi Yadav

Yadav said, 'Now the court will decide whether he will come out of jail rather than Kumar or Narendra Modi.'

14 May 2019 1:51 PM

The BJP supporters wished Priyanka all the best. (Photo: Screengrab)

Watch: Priyanka Gandhi’s epic response to supporters chanting ‘Modi, Modi’ in MP

Earlier, Priyanka broke security protocol after a rally when she jumped off wooden barricade and posed for selfies with the supporters.

14 May 2019 1:00 PM

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