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Explained: Why Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency will have ballots and not EVMs for 2019 elections

Nizamabad, the third largest city in Telangana, saw 245 candidates filing their nominations. Most of them are farmers demanding the government to allow an appropriate price for their red jowar crops.

Mar 29, 2019

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav named in latest Congress list

Vaibhav Gehlot will contest against Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Jodhpur.

Mar 29, 2019

Indian Congress party president Rahul Gandhi (L) with his sister Priyanka Gandhi pay tribute to their late father

'Why not Varanasi,' Priyanka Gandhi teases on request to contest from Rae Bareli

Priyanka's remark came at an interactive session with the party workers and village heads of Rae Bareli.

Mar 29, 2019

Account deleted and tweets vanished. Was Som Dutta threatened for her revelations on Tejasvi Surya's abuse?

Recently, in a series of tweets, a woman had revealed her bad experiences with the 28-year-old BJP candidate. Dr Som Dutta alleged that she had suffered because of him for five years and that the party should conduct a background check on their candidate before giving him the party ticket.

Mar 28, 2019

Is this PM Modi's 'real surgical strike' and 'revenge game' ahead of Lok Sabha elections?

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has termed the IT raids as revenge politics organised by PM Modi against Congress and JD(S).

Mar 28, 2019

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Live Updates: Pakistan applauds Congress's language, claims PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched his party's campaign for the Lok Sabha 2019 elections. PM Modi address rallies in Meerut and Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir.

Mar 28, 2019

Is Tejasvi Surya next MJ Akbar, asks Congress as sexual abuse charge surfaces against BJP leader from Bengaluru South

BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya finds himself at the centre of a controversy after the Karnataka Congress attacked him, citing gruesome details of allegations of abuse by a woman against him.

Mar 28, 2019

Will Raghuram Rajan join Congress after his role in Nyay programme formulation?

Former RBI governor Rajan's statement on returning to India for shaping an inclusive economy is seen as indicative of his desire to be the next finance minister.

Mar 28, 2019

Will Amaron owner and India's richest MP Galla Jayadev retain Guntur constituency?

An industrialist by profession, the 52-year-old is an MP of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) representing Guntur Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

Mar 28, 2019

RGV announces to contest AP election against Pawan Kalyan: It's advance April fool joke

Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV finally revealed that his announcement about contesting Assembly elections against Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan in Bhimavaram, was an advance April fool joke.

Mar 28, 2019

Nirmala Sitharaman's sign forged for fake job racket, FIR filed against BJP general secretary

In a tweet, BJP general secretary P Muralidhar Rao said that he has no connection to the case.

Mar 27, 2019

Rift in Karnataka BJP over Tejasvi Surya's Lok Sabha nomination from Bengaluru South

MLA V Somanna has sought answers on how the wife of late Union minister Ananth Kumar Hegde was denied a ticket at the last moment.

Mar 27, 2019

Twitter goes berserk after PM Modi's speech; Rahul Gandhi wishes World Theatre Day

PM Modi has announced that India has become a space superpower along with the United States, Russia and China.

Mar 27, 2019

Yogi Adityanath takes a jibe at Rahul Gandhi - Congress chief sat at Somnath temple like offering namaz

Rahul Gandhi had drawn severe backlash for the Somnath temple incident as his name was listed as a non-Hindu visitor in the temple log book by party's media coordinator Manoj Tyagi.

Mar 27, 2019