Politics

Sumalatha's late husband Ambareesh had contested and won from Mandya in the past and enjoys popularity among the masses there.

Borrowing from Lohia’s ideas, Modi said the 'prolific thinker knew how disastrous Congress was' and it was ironic that 'those parties that falsely claim to be Dr Lohia’s followers are desperate to form an opportunistic Maha Milawat'.

Lalvenchhunga said championing the rights of Mizo people is his main political agenda and his party is in agreement with his views.

Local businessman Fazlur Rahman will fight against BJP's Raghav Lakhanpal, who was accused of fanning violence during Saharanpur riots.

Sitting MP and TRS parliamentary party leader Jithender Reddy, Mahabubabad MP Sitaram Naik and Khammam MP Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy have not been given a chance to contest. According to sources, Srinivas Reddy and Jithender Reddy were not given a ticket fo...

Akash, an MBA graduate from London, made his first public appearance in 2016 when he accompanied Mayawati to Saharanpur. The 24-year-old nephew also shared the stage with her during a rally in Meerut in February 2017.

There had been a lot of speculation that in the April-May election, the Prime Minister may opt for another temple town, Puri, but Modi has decided to stick with Varanasi, the seat he retained after winning two seats in the 2014 election.

There was the expectation that the party would make major changes in the ticket distribution in Uttar Pradesh to buck the anti-incumbency trend, but has dropped only six MPs in its first list of 28 candidates from the state.

Around 20,000 Gorkhas have been marked as ‘D’ Voters this Parliamentary election. Despite living here since Independence, the Gorkhas are allegedly harassed for being foreigners by the government.

The decision to field candidates in all the 28 seats was taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah after consulting the party state president, Eshwarappa said.

Announcing the first candidates’ list, Haasan said observers would have to watch out for the party’s final list on March 24 to see whether he would contest or not.

Not only social media, but party workers present at the large public gathering, jeered at the next generation Pawar leader as he delivered an 'unimpressive' speech.

In a separate development related to curbing black money in the polls, CBDT chairman P C Mody will hold a nationwide video conference meeting with all his I-T investigation units chiefs on Wednesday.

Naveen Patnaik's candidature from Bijepur is expected to neutralise the growing influence of both the BJP and the Congress in western Odisha and have a ripple effect on the adjoining parliamentary constituencies as well.

The DMK promised to take efforts for the release of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. The party also assured steps for waiver of all educational loans taken by students.

While announcing the party's first list of Lok Sabha candidates, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik also declared 54 of 147 candidates for the Assembly polls.