Politics

Of the 1,300 polling stations of the Inner Manipur seat, 76 would be entirely manned by women polling officers. The 38 polling stations in the Yaiskhul assembly constituency will also be officiated by all first-timers women polling officers.

Two years ago on April 9, Churmujru village witnessed a bloody by-polls. Young boys were fired upon by security forces as they pelted stones at the polling booth.

A BJP delegation including Union ministers J P Nadda, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and V K Singh also asked the EC to take action against cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu alleging that he tried to "spread hatred" with his speech in Bihar's Katihar co...

The letter was in response to an earlier plea made by a group of former civil servants expressing concern over the credibility and functioning of the Election Commission.

The model code of conduct, besides other things, bars a party in power to use the official machinery to help it in elections.

The ticket distribution and selection of candidates alludes to the fact that SP and Congress are seeking to minimise damage to one another in seats where they are in fray.

In the 2014 National Election Studies post-poll survey, it was found that almost two out of every ten voters made up their minds on who to vote for, during and on the basis of party's political campaigns.

The Congress leader suffered injuries at the Gandhari Amman Kovil temple in Thampanoor, after the weighing scale on which he was sitting broke and fell on his head.

A charge often thrown at Mamata Banerjee is her alleged ‘divide and rule’ policy with the numerous development boards. In doing so, she also exposed the caste fault lines that exist in the Gorkha community

For the Gorakhpur seat, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath was in search of a popular face who wouldn’t try to deepen his own roots in the constituency.

The TDP chief had met EC officials to complain about the widespread EVM malfunctioning and violence during the first phase of voting in the state on April 11.

Arvind Kejriwal further said that because of PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, the unfulfilled agenda of Pakistan to divide India on the religious lines seems to be working.

The Odisha chief minister, who has been claiming that no national party will get the majority to form the government on its own at the Centre, said the BJD has kept its options open to support any party for government formation.

The BSP chief also expressed her gratitude to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for revealing the caste of Lord Hanuman.

Senior Congress leader and the party's Darjeeling Lok Sabha candidate Shankar Malakar said he had sought permission for Gandhi's chopper to land at the police ground on April 14 but it was denied by the police.

After the MGP withdraws support, the opposition benches will have 14 Congress MLAs and one each from MGP andNCP.