Politics

Modi also claimed there was a wave across the country in favour of the BJP and opposition grouping's 'survival is difficult'.

The National Conference patron accused the BJP of trying to divert people's attention by propping up emotive issues.

The Congress has promised to deposit Rs 72,000 annually into the bank accounts of 20 per cent of the poorest people across the country if it comes to power.

With GST, demonetisation and the rising cost of raw material pushing Moradabad's famed Rs 7,000 crore brass industry into crisis, jobs are scarce

Criticising the parameters of reservation introduced by the NDA, Tejashwi Yadav said a person with five acres of property cannot be termed poor.

Tejashwi also called out Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and challenged him to respond to the allegations.

N Venkatesh, the polling agent of Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency candidate Marri Rajasekhar Reddy, was arrested on Saturday after photographs and video he shot at the time of storing EVMs and VVPAT gadgets in Bogaram's Holy Mary College, went viral.

While referring to BSP chief Mayawati's speech, Adityanath had compared the Lok Sabha elections to a contest between 'Ali', a revered figure in Islam, and Bajrang Bali, the Hindu god Hanuman.

Irani filed her papers after a road show, which followed a similar route taken by the one organised by the Congress when Rahul Gandhi filed his own nomination papers here on Wednesday.

The BJP chief also claimed his party would introduce the National Register of Citizens, right now restricted to Assam, all over the country if it wins the Lok Sabha elections.

Asaduddin Owaisi, VK Singh, Ajit Singh and Chirag Paswan are among the other names in the fray for Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

Having swept the Assembly polls held in December last, the ruling TRS is hoping for an encore in the company of AIMIM while the opposition Congress and BJP appear to be focussed on winning select number of seats.

With nine first time contestants in both assembly and Lok Sabha , this is the highest number of women candidates in the state till date. There were seven women contestants in 2014 elections and one of them won.

Election this time in Firozabad and nearby constituencies in the region often described as 'Yadav Land' is about relations gone sour between the Chacha and Bhatija - Shivpal Yadav and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party.

Unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Odisha chief minister does not over-promise and that reduces the level of dissatisfaction among people, says a senior journalist.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed leaked documents to be relied upon by petitioners seeking review of its Rafale judgement and dismissed the government's preliminary objections claiming 'privilege' over them.