Bagalkot(Karna): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday made a pitch for a strong government at the Centre and mocked the “helpless” dispensation of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, who…

Mumbai: The Congress on Thursday said it has submitted 33 complaints to the Election Commission about “glitches” in the electronic voting machines (EVMs) at some polling booths across…

Azamgarh (UP): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat. The SP chief, accompanied by BSP national general secretary Satish…

New Delhi: A man flung shoes at BJP leaders addressing a press conference at the party’s headquarters here on Thursday. It was not immediately clear why the person,…

Lucknow: Back from an Election Commission ban for campaigning for 48 hours, BSP chief Mayawati Thursday lashed out at BJP and its leaders for levelling “unfounded” charges on opposition…

New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday questioned the Election Commission order suspending a high-ranking poll official deputed to Odisha for allegedly checking the prime minister’s chopper and said EC…

Amta: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday mocked Congress’s promises to eradicate poverty, and said India will actually be freed of poverty the day it gets rid of…

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday condemned as “totally barbaric and inhuman” the reported recent beheadings of two Punjabi men in Saudi Arabia and said he…

New Delhi: A Delhi Court Thursday reserved its order on a plea of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman arrested in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, who had sought seven-day…

Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati Thursday accused UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of blatantly violating the 72-hr EC ban on canvassing and the poll body with turning a blind eye to the violations….

Rajnandgaon: Naxals triggered an IED blast on Thursday in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district where polling for Lok Sabha elections is underway, a senior police official said. No casualty was…

Ahmednagar: Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, facing heat for campaigning — despite being a Congressman — for his son who is a BJP candidate,…

Chennai: Polling for Tamil Nadu’s 38 Lok Sabha constituencies and bypolls in 18 assembly segments began Thursday and Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan, and DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi…

Raipur: Two Naxals, allegedly involved in the killing of a BJP MLA and four security personnel, were gunned down in a fierce encounter with police on Thursday in Chhattisgarh’s…

Sambhal (UP): A case has been registered against the Samajwadi Party candidate from here for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Circle officer of Chandausi, Poonam Mishra, Thursday said, “SP…

New Delhi: As voting for the second phase of polling started Thursday morning, Congress president Rahul Gandhi urged voters to “vote for Nyay” (justice). Gandhi also appealed to voters…

Bhubaneswar: Over 76.93 lakh voters will on Thursday decide the fate of 279 candidates, including Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union minister Jual Oram, in the second phase…

Tiruvallur (TN): About 1,300 kg of gold, apparently being taken to Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD), which runs the Lord Venkateswara temple in Andhra Pradesh, was seized by election flying…

New Delhi: The Congress was left red-faced Wednesday after its spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi alleged that partymen, who had “misbehaved” and “threatened” her, were being let off. She lashed…

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission on Wednesday suspended an officer posted as General Observer in Odisha for allegedly checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chopper in Sambalpur in violation of…