The voting for the 51 assembly constituencies which includes 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh, began on Monday at 7 am. These constituencies up for voting include Ayodhya, Amethi, Sultanpur, Bahraich and Shravasti. However, the first phase of voting for Uttar Pradesh began on February 11. The elections are expected to complete[Read More…]
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Gamblers betting huge on BJP’s win in Uttar Pradesh: Report
Although it is voters who are voting for the best to govern five Indian states, the situation are changing each day in the underground gambling markets of central and east Delhi. The poll results are to be announced in just few weeks. Day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark over[Read More…]
Man-animal conflict major poll issue in Kendrapara
Kejriwal trolls PM Modi on twitter
Be more careful while making statements: EC warns Manohar Parrikar
Election Commission on Thursday warned Defence Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar to be more careful while addressing election rallies. “Your statements violate said norms (model code of conduct),”EC said while advising Parrikar to be “more careful and circumspect in future.” Earlier on 7 February, the Election[Read More…]
Uttarakhand, 2nd phase of Uttar Pradesh polls begin today
Voting in Uttarakhand along with the second phase of Uttar Pradesh elections began on Wednesday morning. Polling is being carried out in 69 seats in Uttarakhand and in 67 constituencies in UP. Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat will be contesting from Haridwar rural. In UP, voting is being held in[Read More…]
Elections 2017: Indo-Nepal border to be sealed
Punjab Polls: Congress-Akali Dal clash intensifies tension
Political tensions have no sign of relief in Punjab. Worries escalate in Punjab’s Majitha constituency on Monday soon after the dispute erupted between supporters of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and Congress. Police reinforcements were rushed to Mian Pandher village in Amritsar district, 275 km from Chandigarh, following the clashes.[Read More…]
PM Modi mum on Bihar, will stop taking name of UP after polls: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing a joint election meeting along with chief minister Akhilesh Yadav at GIC (Government Inter College) ground here on Sunday. Just as PM Modi has stopped taking the name of Bihar after his party’s defeat in[Read More…]
Voting for state assembly elections begin in Punjab, Goa
Voting for a single phase of Assembly elections in Punjab and Goa is in a process. Goa is voting to choose members for the 40-seat Assembly while Punjab with 1.98 crore eligible voters will decide the fate of nearly 1,145 candidates for 117-seat Assembly. In the both states BJP is[Read More…]
EC to Cabinet Secretary: No last-minute demands to clear proposals
Displeased with ministries bypassing the Cabinet Secretary while seeking model code approval for Cabinet proposals, the Election Commission (EC) on Thursday said it would not entertain last-minute appeals for approval. EC also clarified that the Cabinet proposals were being sent at the last minute to build pressure for approval.[Read More…]
Twin IED blasts in Punjab: Two more children die, toll rises to five
Two more children, who were critically injured after a high-intensity twin blast that occurred during a political road show at Maur in Punjab’s Bathinda district on Tuesday night, have died at the Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana. These deaths occurred early on Wednesday morning. The death toll, in the[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Shiv Sena set to take on BJP on state level after split ahead of polls
After Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray shelved his party’s decades-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the civic body, and decided to never form an alliance in future, the Shiv Sena ministers are now putting pressure on the BJP on a state level as well. A delegation of[Read More…]
It’s US troops, not Indian soldiers who feature on BJP posters in Varanasi
In a major embarrassment to the BJP, a new poster of the BJP released in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh boasted a silhouetted image of soldiers from 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Screaming Eagles of the US armed forces. The image has also famously appeared as a banner by the famed[Read More…]
Eye on Punjab: Dr. Manmohan Singh likely to campaign for Congress
Congress is expected to field former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh as their star campaigner in the run up to Punjab Assembly Polls next year. The party manifesto is being prepared and the plan is to use former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to launch the manifesto of the party. The[Read More…]
ABVP claims three top posts in DUSU elections
ABVP, the student wing of BJP won three of the top posts of Delhi University Students’ Union, but ceded one position to the Congress’s student wing NSUI. The elections of DUSU were held on Friday. Over 36% of cast their ballots and the voting percentage recorded a drop by 7%.[Read More…]