Politics

Prakash Raj will be contesting from the seat against BJP's outgoing MP P.C. Mohan, who too filed his nomination from Bangalore Central seat on Friday.

Local businessman Fazlur Rahman will fight against BJP's Raghav Lakhanpal, who was accused of fanning violence during Saharanpur riots.

Some of the controversial names which have figured in the saffron party’s first candidate list are - Raghav Lakhanpal (Saharanpur), Dr Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (Muzaffarnagar), Kunwar Bhartendra Singh (Bijnor), Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar (Moradabad) and Satish Gaut...

The AMMK is contesting 38 of the 39 seats in the state and Dinakaran had earlier announced candidates for 24 seats.

Leaving no chance for the regional giants to take advantage of the caste factor, the party has made six changes in the first list of candidates.

Key to the politics in Darjeeling hills is the Gorkhland issue which has been steered in multiple ways by the BJP and the TMC camps. While infighting within the GJM has weakened solidarity in the hill area, TMC is seen to be cashing in on it to gain suppo...

The Congress is going it alone in the polls in the state. The Congress-TDP combine received a severe drubbing in the Telangana Assembly elections in December last.

The Congress fielded V Kishore Chandra Deo's daughter Shruti Devi as its nominee from the same seat that he lost in 2014.

RJD would be staying away from Holi celebrations this year as a mark of respect for the jawans killed in the Pulwama attack, Tejaswi Yadav said.

Artistes prepare satirical songs on various issues — social, political and economic to entertain people and in support of particular candidates to woo local voters.

Shripad Naik, MoS, Ayurveda, and a senior BJP leader from Goa, had an over three-decade-long association with Parrikar.

Gandhi also said the Congress is of the view that one part of the country should not rule other parts as each state has its own voice which should be respected.

In a separate development related to curbing black money in the polls, CBDT chairman P C Mody will hold a nationwide video conference meeting with all his I-T investigation units chiefs on Wednesday.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora stressed on how even social media companies need to adhere to a model code of conduct as followed by political parties.

Shivpal Yadavhas decided to contest from SP stronghold of Firozabad, where he will take on Ram Gopal Yadav’s son Akshay Yadav, who is also the sitting MP from the constituency.

Akshay Yadav is the sitting MP from the Firozabad seat, which has been won five times by the SP since 1999.