NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended on Sunday evening and seems set to be the most crucial test for the BJP. A total of 92 seats across 11 states and Union Territories will be going to the polls on May 7.This phase will see all seats in Gujarat,…
NEW DELHI: 75 International visitors from Election Management Bodies (EMBs) of 23 countries came to India to watch the world’s largest elections unfold, according to the Election Commission press release. “75 delegates representing various EMBs and organisations from 23 countries namely – Bhutan, Mongolia, Australia, Madagascar, Fiji, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Moldova, Tunisia, Seychelles, Cambodia, Nepal,…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and party candidate from Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy, found himself embroiled in a controversy following an incident where he slapped a woman after she allegedly expressed her intention to vote for the ‘flower’ symbol in the upcoming May 13 election.A video capturing the former minister’s action during…
NEW DELHI: The suspense around Congress’s picks for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats finally ended on Friday. And yes, one of the Gandhis is in the fray in politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, as a senior party leader A K Antony had stated almost a month back. But there are some twists…
HYDERABAD: A 108-year-old woman is among the first to cast her vote for the Lok Sabha elections to be held in Telangana on May 13.On Friday, the woman Eshwaramma, a resident of KCR colony in Nizamabad, cast her vote at her house making use of the home voting facility.Home voting will continue up to May…
NEW DELHI: All eyes are now on Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli constituency as Congress fields star campaigner Rahul Gandhi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Congress leader will be facing BJP‘s Dinesh Pratap Singh.BJP on Thursday had declared Dinesh Pratap Singh as its nominee for Rae Bareli, a constituency where he previously faced off…
NEW DELHI: Shyam Rangeela, a comedian renowned for his mimicry of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has announced his candidacy for the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday, intending to contest from the Varanasi constituency against PM. In a post on X, Rangeela said, “I am excited by the love I am receiving from all of you…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Tuesday evening announced actor-turned politician Raj Babbar as its candidate for the Gurgaon constituency in the Lok Sabha elections. Raj Babbar, a seasoned Congress leader, has previously served as a Member of Parliament from Firozabad and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.The grand old party has unveiled four candidates in its…
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NEW DELHI: Accusing the Centre of “misusing” Enforcement Directorate to “crush” its political opponents ahead of the parliamentary elections, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has told Supreme Court that his arrest was illegal, arbitrary and an unprecedented assault on the tenets of democracy based on free and fair elections and federalism.Countering the allegations of the agency…
