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The party lawmaker from Uttar Pradesh Shyama Charan Gupta joined the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday. (Photo: Facebook/shyamacharangupta)

BJP's UP lawmaker Shyama Charan Gupta resigns, will contest from SP

Gupta will be contesting the upcoming elections from Banda constituency.

16 Mar 2019 2:01 PM

With Naveen Patnaiks announcement, the BJD has to field at least seven women candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Odisha which has 21 Parliamentary seats. (Photo: PTI)

Women aspirants lobbying for party tickets in Odisha

The total number of women MLAs in the 147-member Odisha Assembly is 12.

16 Mar 2019 1:51 PM

Palaniswami is the AIADMK Joint Coordinator. (Photo: File )

TN CM K Palaniswami calls on DMDK leader Vijayakanth

ADMK has struck a poll pact with the Vijayakanth-led party for the April 18 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.

16 Mar 2019 1:44 PM

Alka Lamba on Friday said it would be an honour for her to join back the Congress party. (Photo: File)

Will always welcome her: Cong on Alka Lamba joining party

Congress party's Delhi in-charge PC Chacko said that AAP leader Alka Lamba will be welcomed whenever she wants to return to the party fold.

16 Mar 2019 1:41 PM

He was welcomed in the party by senior BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

JD(S) General Secretary Danish Ali joins BSP ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

It is likely that Danish Ali is fielded for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.

16 Mar 2019 1:34 PM

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday drew a comparison between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, adding that the world needs leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. (Photo: File)

World don't need leaders like Hitlers, Mussolinis and Modis: Digvijaya Singh

Rahul said that the world stands in need of compassion and understanding and not bigotry and hate-filled extremism.

16 Mar 2019 1:07 PM

Ram Prasad Sarmah said he was resigning from the primary membership of the BJP after serving the RSS and VHP for 15 years and the BJP for 29 years. (Photo: File/PTI)

Assam BJP MP Ram Prasad Sarmah quits party

The list has been sent to Delhi and the names of the candidates for the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam is scheduled to be announced Saturday.

16 Mar 2019 1:06 PM

The party has fielded state Congress working president and former MLA A Revanth Reddy from Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat. (Photo: File)

2019 Lok Sabha polls: Congress names 8 candidates for Telangana

The names of the eight candidates in the state figure in the list announced by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Friday night.

16 Mar 2019 12:52 PM

The driver, who was allegedly in an inebriated state, was brutally thrashed by the public present in the area. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Girl jumps from moving auto to resist molestation by driver in Lucknow

The girl was admitted in a nearby hospital while the driver was taken into custody by police.

16 Mar 2019 11:50 AM

The BJP welcomed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's aunt and her husband into the party fold at a function in Kochi. (Photo: File)

BJP welcomes Cong leader Tharoor's relatives; says long-time supporters of party

BJP Ernakulam district general secretary KS Shaiju said the function was organised to give party's membership to Tharoor's relatives.

16 Mar 2019 11:21 AM

His comments came a day after ruling Trinamool Congress legislator from Bhatpara Arjun Singh joined the BJP on Thursday. (Photo: File)

Don't have enough candidates in Bengal who can win elections: BJP's Dilip Ghosh

'If someone wants to come and join our party to be part of our development process, how can we stop it,' said Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh.

16 Mar 2019 11:08 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Amit Shah and other top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will attend the central election committee meeting. (Photo: FIle)

BJP likely to release first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls today

The list will have the names of most of the candidates for the first phase of polling, which will be held on April 11 in 91 seats.

16 Mar 2019 10:55 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged his supporters to take the 'main bhai chowkidar' (I too am watchman) pledge, saying he is not alone in the fight against graft and social evils. (Photo: File)

Watch: PM tweets ‘Main bhi chowkidar hu’ video, launches campaign for LS polls

Modi has often described himself as a 'chowkidar' who would neither allow corruption nor get corrupted himself.

16 Mar 2019 10:41 AM

Union Minister of State for Tourism and Culture Mahesh Sharma (pic), while addressing a gathering here, asked how a Member of Parliament (MP) can fulfill wishes of people when God himself cannot. (Photo: File)

How can an MP fulfil your wishes, if God cannot: BJP leader

Sharma was addressing a public gathering on Thursday in Bhajan Lal temple in the city.

16 Mar 2019 10:23 AM

YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday accused the TDP of orchestrating former MP, YS Vivekananda Reddy's murder and demanded a CBI probe in the matter. (Photo: File)

YSRCP blames TDP for Vivekananda Reddy’s death, demands CBI enquiry

YS Vivekananda Reddy was found dead at his residence on Friday morning.

16 Mar 2019 10:11 AM

Jaitley was referring to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has been recently appointed as Congress general secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: File)

'One failed, other won't take-off': Arun Jaitley's jibe at Priyanka Gandhi

Generation after generation, the Congress Party's leadership berth is reserved for a member of the preferred family, he said.

16 Mar 2019 9:38 AM

Among the third list of candidates declared by the Congress after a meeting of the party’s central election committee are five from Assam, two from Meghalaya, one from Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland each, besides eight from Telangana. (Representational Image)

Congress releases third list of 18 candidates for Lok Sabha elections

Ex Meghalaya CM Sangma has been fielded from Tura, All India Mahila Congress chief Dev from Silchar and Gaurav Gogoi from Kaliabor in Assam.

16 Mar 2019 8:49 AM

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and senior leader Azam Khan address a press conference after the by-election results, at the party headquarters in Lucknow on Wednesday. (Photo: File)

Samajwadi Party’s Rampur unit to boycott Lok Sabha polls 2019: Azam Khan

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan on Friday said that Rampur unit of his party will boycott upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

16 Mar 2019 8:45 AM

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