Politics

Although the Left has often cited its three decades of Bengal as evidence of ideology trumping caste, the issues dominating the battle over Matua vote are eerily similar to the ones that Jogendranath Mandal warned of.

The Election Commission functionary said a senior leader of a political party has been given the list of rallies in West Bengal on Thursday to drive home the point.

Earlier in the day, Thakur kicked up a major row by describing the Mahatma's assassin Godse as a 'deshbhakt' (patriot).

The simmering tension between the cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and the chief minister had come out in open on a few occasions in the past.

A BJP delegation including Union ministers Prakash Javadekar, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Vijay Goel met the poll panel after Article 324 of the Constitution was imposed due to violence, suspending campaigning for the day.

Marking a history in electoral politics, the Election Commission had cut short campaigning in West Bengal for the last phase of the election on May 19.

The Congress has said the Election Commission had lost its credibility and independence, and time had come to review the process of the poll panel's appointment.

Adityanath said the socialist leader's dream has been fulfilled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP will form the government with a clear majority after the 2019 elections.

In an exclusive chat with News18’s Amitabh Sinha and Brijesh Kumar, Modi said he pities those who have been trying to hurt his image for over 20 years but failed.

Lok Sabha Elections: A day after the Trinamool Congress and BJP workers clashed in West Bengal, the Election Commission will meet today to take a call on the issue.

In January last year, Modi had asserted in a television interview that people earning Rs 200 a day by selling pakodas cannot be considered unemployed.

Spandana's attack came after the Supreme Court directed the immediate release of BJP's youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma on bail, days after she was arrested for allegedly posting a morphed image of Mamata Banerjee on social media.

Naidu had sought to conduct regular official meetings citing the wide gap between the polling day and the (vote) counting date.

The ECI said it has sought explanation from these media houses as to why action should not be taken against them for violation of provision of section 126A of Representation of the People Act.

Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSR Congress is busy relocating its office from Lotus Pond in Hyderabad to a newly constructed building at Tadepalli in the capital region.

Earlier in the day chief of BJP's Tamil Nadu unit Tamilisai Soundararajan claimed that the DMK was in talks with the BJP.