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Cong questions EC for suspending its Odisha poll official, asks what...

The Congress also wondered what Modi was carrying in his helicopter that he did not want India to see.

18 April 2019 2:33 PM IST

H.D. Deve Gowda

Deve Gowda defends family politics, his grandsons contesting LS polls

All the eight MLAs and three ministers of Mandya were adamant that Nikhil Kumaraswamy should contest from there.

18 April 2019 2:27 PM IST

Rajnath Singhs statement assumes significance in the wake of actor Naseeruddin Shahs remarks in reference to the killing of a policeman in Bulandshahr earlier this month. (Photo: ANI)

India will be poverty free when it will be Congress free: Rajnath...

Rajnath Singh said since the days of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress has been promising eradication of poverty.

18 April 2019 2:24 PM IST

...there is a trend among the police officials that they undertake encounters when they anticipate that they can be transferred. Their acts are emulated by their subordinates, Akhilesh Yadav said. (Photo: ANI)

Akhilesh Yadav asks EC to rectify malfunctioning EVMs immediately

Akhilesh said people are not able to depend on the technology and the EC as well as the government should assure the...

18 April 2019 2:20 PM IST

At the time of the incident, BJP leaders Bhupendra Yadav and G V L Narsimha Rao were addressing the media (Image: ANI twitter)

Watch: Man hurls shoes at BJP MP GVL Narasimha during press conference

It was not immediately clear why the person, who identified himself as a doctor by profession, threw the shoes.

18 April 2019 2:10 PM IST

Nilwaya polling booth in Dantewada district where Maoists killed four civilians on October 30, recorded 19 votes. The polling booth was newly opened. (Representational image)

Voters film polling process at booth, share on Facebook; probe ordered

Cases are being registered under Cyber Act against the concerned people an official said.

18 April 2019 1:50 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Ban inclusion of loan waivers in poll manifestos: Petitioner seeks...

The petition has been listed for hearing on April 22 before a bench headed by Justice S A Bobde.

18 April 2019 1:44 PM IST

The EVM and the VVPAT are in focus as elections loom and pet theories about the machines keep surfacing.

Polling official dies of heart attack in Chhattisgarh

A polling official died after suffering a heart attack while on election duty in Chhattisgarh's Kanker on Thursday.

18 April 2019 1:25 PM IST

Authorities had conducted a search at a store in Theni Lok Sabha constituency Tuesday night following inputs about suspected cash. (Image: File)

EC flying squad recovers cash worth over Rs 11 lakh in Mumbai's Sion...

Central agencies and EC have been conducting raids and searches across the states to ensure illegal money is not used to...

18 April 2019 1:09 PM IST

Sixteen hundred candidates fate would be decided by voters across 11 states and one Union Territory. (Photo: AFP)

2019 Lok Sabha polls, phase 2: Seats that are crucial today

Vellore and East Tripura were cancelled later due to corruption and security concerns respectively.

18 April 2019 1:03 PM IST

Good works of mine and that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre will help me win this Lok Sabha election again, said actor-turned-politician Hema Malini on Saturday. (Photo: ANI)

SP-BSP-RLD alliance afraid of good work done by PM Modi: Hema Malini

'SP-BSP are only engaged in fighting. There is a huge Modi wave here.The nation is very much impressed with work of PM...

18 April 2019 12:51 PM IST

Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, filed her nomination from Lucknow Parliamentary Constituency on Thursday, two days after she joined the Samajwadi Party (SP). (Photo: ANI)

Poonam Sinha files nomination from Lucknow; fielded against Rajnath...

SP, BSP, and RLD are contesting Lok Sabha polls in alliance in Uttar Pradesh. SP will contest on 37 seats, BSP on 38 and...

18 April 2019 12:43 PM IST