Politics

In Odisha, the BJP has grown inorganically at the expense of the BJD, adding at least four rebel MLAs from Naveen Patnaik’s fold.

The house of a bank employee in Navanagar, Bagalkot was searched and Rs 1 crore was seized. intelligence suggested that the person is accumulating cash for distribution for election purposes.

While the first phase of polls will be held in 212 ZPTCs and 2365 MPTCs, 199 ZPTCs, 2109 MPTCs will go to polls in the second phase and 124 ZPTCs and 1343 MPTCs in the last phase.

Urging voters to elect Azam Khan from Ramgarh, BSP supremo Mayawati said that the massive crowd implies that the SP candidate will win by a huge margin.

Reiterating the 'speed-breaker didi' jibe, which he has used at almost all of his rallies in the state, Modi said reports from the first two phases of polling in Bengal had given sleepless nights to Banerjee.

Priyanka Gandhi also attacked the ruling BJP at the Kanpur rally, accusing it of being concerned only about 'its own progress' instead of the country's.

Thakur is under fire for saying that Karkare died in the 26/11 terror attack because she had cursed him for 'torturing' her when he probed the Malegaon blast case as then chief of the state Anti-Terrorism Squad.

The prime minister should note that backward class students were not receiving their scholarship money under his rule, the Dalit leader added.

Congress General Secretary Chetan Rawal has submitted a written representation to the Election Commission demanding that Patel be given adequate police protection.

The chief electoral officer of Madhya Pradesh said a complaint had been received against Thakur and the matter was being looked into.

With increasingly personal attacks against each other, both Sharad Pawar and Narendra Modi have broken an old code in Maharashtra politics.

However, the TMC has denied any connection with the attack and has pointed at the infighting within the BJP for the attack.

Modi took on Kumaraswamy for saying the matter of airstrike on terror camps in Pakistan in Balakot should not be overpublicised "fearing the vote bank bank would get angry."

Vinay Patel, the farmer who denied the helicopter landing permission, was upset with Hardik Patel, saying he is "playing politics on the bodies of those who died" during the Patidar reservation agitation.

As per Election Commission guidelines, voters are not allowed to carry their mobile phones within a 100-metre radius of polling stations on the day of voting.

The Tamil Nadu polls are also a crucial test for the local leadership. DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi’s son MK Stalin, who succeeded him as the party president, Edapadi Palaniswami, the current chief minister and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam are all...