Politics

The Election Commission had earlier described the film on PM Modi as a hagiography that may disturb the level-playing field if it is released during elections.

In the Saradha Scam, it was alleged that Mitra, known to be one of Banerjee's most trusted aides and a founder member of the party, enjoyed benefits from the Saradha group.

The Rajasthan chief minister sought to rebut PM Modi’s charge that the state government was dilly-dallying in implementing central schemes related to health insurance for the poor and pensions for farmers.

Raj claimed that the BJP had not even considered Ram Nath Kovind 'good enough for giving him a ticket when he wanted it' and suggested he was rewarded with the President's post only because he stayed quiet.

BJP state president for Uttarakhand, Ajay Bhatt said that the party has formed a committee to file a detailed report on the infighting and that if required the party will discard the legislators for their behavior.

Speculation of the Gadar star taking the political plunge had been doing the rounds since last week when Deol met BJP president Amit Shah at Pune airport.

Salman Khurshid said that it will be better if the debate takes place in a gaushala, to find out if the cow is with Yogi or him.

The father of one of the victims of the Malegaon blast had moved the court last week, urging it to bar Thakur from contesting elections since the trial is in progress.

The third phase is dotted with key contests, some of them being Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan versus BJP’s Jaya Prada, Congress veteran Mallikarjun Kharge versus Umesh Jadhav, among others.

The population distribution across the constituency suggests that almost 80% of the voters live in the urban areas while just the remaining 20% reside in the rural region.

So far, the Commission has transferred nearly 12 police officers, including Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma and appointed Dr Rajesh Kumar in his place.

He said this in reply to CM Yogi’s statement that people would have been grazing the cattle of the upper castes had there been no constitution.

Jaya Prada told a gathering in Rampur that the way Khan was commenting on her, the 'BSP chief can imagine what all he will be looking at with his X-Ray vision if she comes along with him'.

Unfazed by two Election Commission notices in one day for her contentious remarks, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on Sunday re-affirmed her earlier statements saying she would build a ‘grand Ram temple in Ayodhya’.

Lalwani hasn’t contested any big poll but has remained in thick of things of BJP in Indore for two decades including his stint as BJP district president and chairman of IDA.

Addressing a rally in Gujarat’s Patan, the Prime Minister appealed to the people to vote for their ‘own man’ and son of the soil’.