Politics

Santosh Kumar Rai, in a notification issued on Saturday, ordered a magisterial inquiry into the "physical assault" of Jill Gyamar, who was on election duty near Leel village under Sangram circle of the district.

Congress says it will increase the government expenditure year-wise to double the healthcare budget to 3 per cent of the GDP by 2023-24.

Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao said the BJP was trying to divide people on the lines of religion to garner votes as the NDA government has not been able to fulfil any of the promises made in 2014.

While it is clear that there have been no discussions across the table between the two parties yet, (Rahul Gandhi had to give a go-ahead, AAP needed a formal indication), there are various seat sharing formulas that are being discussed internally.

In an interview to Sena MP Sanjay Raut in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', Uddhav Thackeray said he agreed to the alliance after BJP president Amit Shah came to him twice to sort out the issues.

Election Tracker LIVE: Addressing a poll rally in Odisha, BSP chief Mayawati has hit out at both Congress and BJP, saying one was embroiled in Bofors scam while the other now faces “Rafale scam”.

Tejashwi Yadav also said the Bihar grand alliance, which represents the oppressed and marginalised sections of the society, has rattled the BJP-led NDA.

Addressing a rally at the BJP-Sena alliance's poll campaign in Wardha district of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis also expressed confidence that people will help the BJP emerge victorious in the upcoming election.

Apart from this, law enforcement agencies have seized nearly 63 lakh litres of liquor from across the country, including states where alcohol is banned, since the Model Code of Conduct came into effect on March 10.

Sinha slammed the BJP's leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah saying earlier there was 'lokshahi' (democracy) and now there is 'tanashahi' (dictatorship) in the party.

According to RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha, the CPI-RJD alliance could not be forged also because his party was not willing to compromise on its candidate Tanveer Hassan.

Mufti also said that new conditions would emerge if Article 370 is scrapped. The article of the Indian Constitution grants special autonomous status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing a rally in Ahmedabad, Amit Shah claimed that in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, people saw the leader they had been waiting for since the last 70 years.

The deceased was a supporter of NPP candidate Tirong Aboh, who is contesting from the Khonsa West assembly seat in the state.

The SP candidate from Gorakhpur is Rambhual Nishad who has been a two-time MLA from Kaudiram Assembly seat which he lost in 2012.

With Friday's announcement of 18 candidates, the BJD has so far announced candidates for 119 seats out of the 147 assembly segments in the state.