India, Politics, 25th Mar 2019, News & Stories from India

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India Politics 25 Mar 2019

India, Politics, 25 Mar 2019

Congress leader Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P Chidambaram, on Monday filed nomination for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls from Sivaganga parliamentary seat. (Photo: ANI)

Karti Chidambaram files nomination from Sivaganga seat

Cong will contest on 9 out of 39 parliamentary seats in TN along with the sole seat in Puducherry, while its ally DMK will contest 20 seats.

25 Mar 2019 8:53 PM

Late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal and Abhijit have been asked to join the BJP, said Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar on Monday. (Photo: File)

BJP has requested Parrikar's sons to join party: Vinay Tendulkar

Parrikar, a senior BJP leader, died on March 17 evening after a prolonged battle against cancer at the age of 63.

25 Mar 2019 8:48 PM

The Finance Minister told reporters here that the Congress has a history of cheating the poor and misleading the country in the name of removing poverty as it only gave them slogans but not the tools and resources. (Photo: File)

Cong's bid to 'cheat' poor again: Jaitley slams Rahul's minimum income promise

The government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been giving away Rs 5.34 lakh crore to the poor families, Jaitley said.

25 Mar 2019 8:44 PM

Former Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram and his grandson Aashray Sharma on Monday joined Congress in the presence of party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and party in-charge of Himachal Pradesh Rajani Patil. (Photo: ANI)

Sukh Ram returns to Congress, calls it homecoming

Sukh Ram’s son Anil Sharma is a cabinet minister in Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur-led BJP government in Himachal Pradesh.

25 Mar 2019 8:29 PM

Paralympian Deepa Malik and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA Kehar Singh Rawat joined BJP on Monday. (Photo: ANI)

Paralympian Deepa Malik, INLD MLA Kehar Singh join BJP

Both Malik and Rawat joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Haryana unit chief Subhash Barala and general secretary Anil Jain.

25 Mar 2019 8:25 PM

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) general secretary K Anbazhagan on Monday suspended actor Radha Ravi (pic) from the party following his remarks against actor Nayanthara. (Photo: ANI)

DMK suspends actor Radha Ravi over derogatory remarks against Nayanthara

The actor earned a lot of backlash after the clip of his speech at the event went viral.

25 Mar 2019 7:39 PM

NCP general secretary DP Tripathi released the party manifesto in Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

NCP releases manifesto, advocates talks with Pakistan

'We will open talks with Pakistan during which we will insist on discussing terrorism,' read the manifesto.

25 Mar 2019 7:17 PM

The decision was formally announced after Kamal Haasan met Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna in Howrah on Monday. (File Photo)

Kamal Haasan's MNM forges alliance with TMC for Andaman and Nicobar

MNM party floated by actor turned politician Kamal Haasan has forged an alliance with the TMC in Andaman and Nicobar islands.

25 Mar 2019 6:33 PM

Tensions between Congress-Janata Dal(Secular) became more intense after both, JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda and Congress sitting MP SP Muddahanumegowda, filed their nomination from Tumkur parliamentary constituency on Monday. (Photo: ANI)

Congress-JD(S) standoff over Tumkur seat: Deve Gowda, sitting MP file nominations

Muddahanumegowda filed his nomination for Tumkur despite a request made by K'taka Deputy CM G Parmeshwara to 'obey the coalition dharma'.

25 Mar 2019 5:51 PM

The decision to contest from second seat emerged after the Congress Working Committee met for discussions. (Photo: File)

Apart from Amethi, Rahul Gandhi to contest second seat from South: report

The second seat could be from Kerala, Karnataka or Tamil Nadu.

25 Mar 2019 5:44 PM

Actor-turned-politician and BJP MP Hema Malini on Monday filed her nomination from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura parliamentary constituency. (Photo: File)

BJP MP Hema Malini files nomination from Mathura

Before filing her nomination, she offered prayers at the Banke Bihari Temple accompanied by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

25 Mar 2019 5:33 PM

Sheikh has made 15 announcements in his election manifesto. (Photo: screengrab)

‘10 litres of brandy free’: Tiruppur independent candidate makes election promise

Dovood promised to import pure liquor from Puducherry and distribute it among the families.

25 Mar 2019 4:58 PM

Singh is known for bringing some remarkable changes in the constituency. (File Photo)

Gen VK Singh files his nomination paper from Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat

BJP leader and Union Minister General (retd) VK Singh on Monday filed his nomination paper for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.

25 Mar 2019 4:49 PM

A day after his brother-in-law joined the BJP, Samajwadi Party's Badaun MP Dharmendra Yadav on Monday said his name should not be linked with him as he cannot have any relation with any BJP leader. (Photo: File)

SP MP Dharmendra Yadav disowns brother-in-law for joining BJP

Dharmendra Yadav's bother-in-law Anujesh Pratap Singh Yadav joined the BJP on Sunday in Agra.

25 Mar 2019 4:49 PM

While former Union minister and sitting MP Sanjeev Balyan is the BJP contender, the Congress has not fielded any candidate from the seat. (File Photo)

RLD chief files nomination from Muzaffarnagar

RLD chief Choudhary Ajit Singh filed his nomination as the SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate from Muzaffarnagar.

25 Mar 2019 4:38 PM

The BJP on Monday released its eighth list for the ensuing General elections. (Photo: ANI)

2019 Lok Sabha polls: BJP releases eighth list of candidates

Earlier in the day, Swain joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at state party headquarters in Bhubaneswar.

25 Mar 2019 3:31 PM

Naidu termed Reddy as the only problem of the state and urged people to ensure that YSRCP was wiped out in the elections. (Photo: ANI)

YS Jaganmohan Reddy is like 'ganja' in 'Tulsi' garden: N Chandrababu Naidu

TDP chief said Kadapa district which gave birth to great personalities like Annamayya, Veera Swamy and Yogi Vemana was like a Tulsi garden.

25 Mar 2019 3:13 PM

The meeting was chaired by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and attended by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, senior leaders such as Priyanka Gandhi, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge and A K Antony. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

2019 LS polls: CWC meets to give final shape to manifesto

The party manifesto is being framed by a committee headed by P Chidambaram.

25 Mar 2019 3:09 PM

Dawood Ibrahim and Lambu Shakeel were accused in the 1993 JJ shootout case. (Photo: File)

Former Dawood aide dies in Mumbai hospital of heart ailment

Lambu Shakeel was suffering from a heart ailment, a hospital official said.

25 Mar 2019 3:03 PM

With two days left for filing of nominations for the first phase of polls in Karnataka, the Congress on Monday said that its coalition partner JD(S) has conceded the Bangalore North Lok Sabha seat to the party. (Photo: File)

JD(S) gives Bangalore North LS seat to Congress

K C Venugopal thanked JD(S) patriarch and former PM Deve Gowda for the move calling it a 'kind gesture'.

25 Mar 2019 2:57 PM

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