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Former prime minister Manmohan Singh delivers lecture on 70th Anniversary of our Independence-Strengthening the Roots of our Democracy during the Ist Prof. S.B. Rangnekar Memorial Oration at Punjab University in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Manmohan Singh not likely to contest polls from Amritsar despite...

Singh has cited age and health concerns for not contesting polls.

11 March 2019 12:01 PM IST

Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi (Photo: File)

Vote 'without fear or favour' in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, appeals...

Election to the lone parliamentary seat in Puducherry will be held on the second of the seven-phase poll on April 18.

11 March 2019 9:48 AM IST

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI )

With poll code in place, Nirmala Sitharaman avoids special aircraft:...

Sitharaman, in Chennai for an event, avoided government car and escort vehicles and arrived at the airport in a BJP...

11 March 2019 9:08 AM IST

On March 4, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam met DMDK chief Captain Vijayakanth. (Photo: ANI)

DMDK joins BJP-AIADMK-PMK alliance in Tamil Nadu

The party will also support the AIADMK in the by-polls for 21 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

11 March 2019 9:00 AM IST

As soon as a member attains the age of 30, she will become a member of the Mahila Congress, where she will work in a similar capacity.

Madhya Pradesh issues ordinance hiking quota for OBCs

Earlier, the state government earmarked a quota of 20 per cent for STs, 16 per cent for SCs and 14 per cent for OBCs in...

11 March 2019 6:42 AM IST

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

BJD to give 33 per cent Lok Sabha tickets to women

Odisha has 21 Lok Sabha seats. The BJD had won 20 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls while one seat Sundargarh went to ...

11 March 2019 6:21 AM IST

CEC Sunil Arora addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

7-phase LS polls to be held from April 11 to May 19, results May 23

With the announcement of the poll schedule, the model code of conduct came into immediate effect.

11 March 2019 6:08 AM IST

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora (Photo: ANI)

For poll commission, the devil is in the detail

Arora failed to give the assurance that the VVPATs (the paper trails) for the ballots vote cast through EVMs will be...

11 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Congress chief whip Jyotiraditya Scindia wanted a discussion in the House on the issue of BJP offering money to Cong MLAs in return of their support. (Photo: PTI)

Congress to fight alone in UP, says Jyotiraditya Scindia

Scindia asserted that the Congress wants to have a UPA government at the Centre and it is determined to come back to...

10 March 2019 12:51 AM IST

Lalu Prasad Yadav

Lalu Prasad to approve RJD poll candidates; alliance partners

Prasad is presently serving prison sentences in Ranchi after being convicted in a number of fodder scam cases.

9 March 2019 6:19 PM IST

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said waiving farm loans is a small step towards addressing agriculture distress and a new green revolution is needed to resolve the problem. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

Rahul Gandhi to address public rally in Malda on March 23

The Malda district has been a Congress bastion for several decades.

9 March 2019 5:04 PM IST

An official document signed by BSP chief Mayawati and SP president Akhilesh Yadav was released which gave the break-up of the seats each party would contest. (Photo: File)

By failing to unite, Oppn seems to forget history

The test before the Oppn parties is to at least get the narrative right even though they appear to have failed in...

9 March 2019 6:47 AM IST