New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will hear a BJP plea seeking the deployment of Central Paramilitary Forces in West Bengal for the panchayat elections alleging that its candidates were...

New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The opposition is raring for a contest for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman as it sees a realistic chance of beating the ruling BJP-led NDA when election is held after incumbent P.J....

Bengaluru, April 6 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner Om Prakash Rawat and Election Commissioners Sunil Arora and Ashok Lavasa on Thursday launched three mobile applications for voters ahead of the May 12 Karnataka ...

Bhubaneswar, April 4 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday slammed Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, saying he has failed to carry out development work in the state.

New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed for listing in the first week of July for final hearing a public suit that sought to bar candidates from simultaneously contesting from two constitue...

Kolkata, April 4 (IANS) Additional Director General of West Bengal Police (Law and Order) Anuj Sharma on Wednesday said the state police force was sufficient to conduct the Panchayat polls peacefully in the state.

Bengaluru, April 4 (IANS) Tne Election Commission on Wednesday held meetings with top state officials to review the preparations for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections, an election official said.

Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) Counting of votes for the Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh began amid tight security on Wednesday, a poll official said. In the initial rounds of counting, BJP is l...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 14 (IANS) The BDJS, the BJP's strongest ally in Kerala, announced on Wednesday that it won't back the Bharatiya Janata Party in the soon to be announced Assembly by-election at ...

Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) Fourteen candidates, including 11 from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), field their nomination papers for the biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha, scheduled for March 23, officials sai...

Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) The Telangana Assembly Speaker on Tuesday disqualified two senior Congress legislators due to their unruly behaviour during Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan's address at the joint session the pr...

Bengaluru, March 13 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) candidate B.M. Farooq with a declared assets of around Rs 770 crore is the richest of the five aspirants in the fray for biennial elections to the four Rajya Sabh...

Patna, March 14 (IANS) The RJD-led Grand Alliance in Bihar took a lead on Wednesday over the BJP in the Araria Lok Sabha and the Jahanabad Assembly seats while the BJP was ahead in the Bhabhua Assembly s...

Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) In a huge blow to the ruling BJP, the Samajwadi Party on Wednesday took winning leads in both the Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur which were vacated by Chief Minister Yo...

New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the names of 18 candidates, including former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha fro...