Politics

Usha Thakur, in her 60s, was held from her house in Sector 31 at around 10 am, a police official said.

The incident happened on Thursday when the actor-turned-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam founder was getting off the stage after completing his address.

A few kilometres away from where the Congress chief addressed the media, Narendra Modi held a press conference -- a first for the Prime Minister in his five years in power.

RJD’s rise to prominence in the social media ladder is also a reflection of its ambitions because its main opponent Nitish Kumar's Janta Dal (United) is indeed nascent in the Twitter space.

From retired bureaucrats to journalists to former member Railway Board, all the candidates have a common goal — to bring about a positive change in the society.

Senior police inspector Vilas Jadhav said an activist, Ravindra Tiwari, had lodged a complaint against Sunilkumar Nishad at Parksite police station in Vikhroli for his comments against Pragya Singh.

The BJP's Bhopal candidate had earlier invited the ire of the Election Commission for her remark on the Babri Masjid demolition and faced criticism for claiming Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare had died because of her “curse”.

The Bharatiya Janata Party candidates in at least 10 of the state's 42 constituencies have been imported from other parties, or are fresh recruits into the saffron fold.

The Congress leader accused Modi of solely concentrating on marketing strategies and dubbed him arrogant.

PM Modi said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has become so frustrated with her 'imminent defeat' that she is threatening him with arrest.

Kumaraswamy's statement about Kharge had come at a time when there was growing clamour within the Congress for Siddaramaiah to become Chief Minister once again, resulting in a public spat between the Congress and JDS.

The petition has also contended that use of symbols similar to the national flag or emblem might prejudicially affect poll prospects of a candidate and would amount to a corrupt practice under the Representation of the People Act (RPA) of 1951.

Rahul Gandhi said that the experts he consulted before proposing the 'Nyay' scheme in the party manifesto had told him it was necessary for restoring the purchasing power of the people 'hit by demonetisation and GST'.

Sushma Swaraj said during Indira Gandhi's tenure as the Prime Minister from 1967-71, 1971-1977 and again during 1980-84, not a single woman was appointed as a Cabinet Minister.

Addressing a rally in Manwar under Dhar Lok Sabha seat, Gadkari said although only 30 per cent of the Ganga river has been cleaned so far, it has enabled Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to undertake Ganga Yatra.

Former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan repeated his claim that Congress leaders were lying on the issue of farm loan waiver.