Jammu, March 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday expressed concern over the delay in the announcement of Congress candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in the state. “I’m keenly waiting for the Congress to announce its candidates from J&K so we can begin the campaign in right earnest,” Abdullah said on Twitter. […]
Panaji, March 19 (IANS) The BJP has hit back at a Church-backed organization that slammed its prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for misgovernance. Bharatiya Janata Party vice president Wilfred Mesquita said Tuesday the Church was free to make its own assessments and comments. “They have every right to comment and […]
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu state election commission has roped in actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan to campaign against cash for votes. In a video released by the election commission, Kamal has urged people to not sell their future and self-respect for a pittance. “Don’t vote by comparing which leader is paying more for voting. Think […]
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) Hours after a defiant Russia claimed the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea as part of its territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin called up Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to explain Moscow’s position with regard to the developments in Ukraine and the referendum in breakaway Crimea. The phone call took place around […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday discussed the situation in Ukraine and the Crimean referendum with Russian President Vladimir Putin over telephone, and hoped that all sides show restraint and find a solution protecting the interest of all parties. According to the external affairs ministry, Putin telephoned the prime minister at 7.30 […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday named former army chief, Gen. (retd.) V.K.Singh as its candidate for the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency. The seat is held by party president Rajnath Singh, who has shifted to Lucknow. The party also announced Shibun Lyngdoh as its candidate from Shillong.
Patna, March 18 (IANS) No one can defeat BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan said Tuesday. “Modi will emerge victorious with highest margin whether there is Aam Admi Party leader (Arvind) Kejriwal in fray or others. None can stop Modi from winning the […]
Shillong, March 18 (IANS) The opposition is dividing the people of India on communal lines, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said here Tuesday while launching his election campaign in Meghalaya. “The opposition believes in centralisation of power and politics of anger. But the Congress believes in uniting people, giving power to people, to youth, to women […]
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday vowed to defeat BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha election in Varanasi. “I was reading in some newspapers that it will be a symbolic fight (in Varanasi) and it is Modi who will win,” Kejriwal told a meting of Muslims from across […]
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Dubbing the model code of conduct for elections as “bizarre”, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Tuesday suggested simultaneous holding of Lok Sabha, assembly and local body polls so as to allow more time to the state governments to carry out development. “The model code of conduct is bizarre. Whenever elections are held […]