Indian Parliamentary Election News 2018

Don't politicise Beawar deaths, Rajasthan BJP chief tells Congress

Posted On : Feb 19,2018

Jaipur, Feb 19 (IANS) BJP state unit President Ashok Parnami on Monday accused opposition Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot of politicising the 19 deaths in a cylinder blast in Beawar town of Ajmer dist...

Tripura scripts another record, over 92% electorate votes in Assembly polls

Posted On : Feb 19,2018

Agartala, Feb 19 (IANS) Over 92 per cent of Tripura's 2,536,589 voters cast their votes in Sunday's peaceful elections in 59 of the 60 Assembly seats, setting a new record in the electoral history of Ind...

Congress hits out at Modi over security situation in J&K

Posted On : Feb 15,2018

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Expressing concern over the rising number of terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi the same five questions he had shot at the UP...

BJD will win Bijepur by-poll by good margin: Naveen

Posted On : Feb 15,2018

Bhubaneswar, Feb 14 (IANS) Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday expressed confidence that his party will win the by-election for the Bijepur Assembly seat by a good m...

Congress will form government in Meghalaya on its own: Pala

Posted On : Feb 15,2018

Shillong, Feb 14 (IANS) Former Union Minister Vincent H. Pala today exuded confidence that Meghalaya's ruling Congress will come to power on its own after the February 27 assembly elections.

How can convicted person barred from polls hold party post, asks SC

Posted On : Feb 13,2018

New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said if a convicted person can't contest election, then how can he lead a political party and select candidates to contest elections.

Former Nagaland CM Rio elected unopposed to assembly

Posted On : Feb 13,2018

Kohima/Shillong, Feb 12 (IANS) Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party's Chief Ministerial candidate Neiphiu Rio was declared uncontested to the 60-member Nagaland assembly after his lone rival of the ruling Naga P...

11 of 31 CMs charged with crimes, 25 are crorepatis: Report

Posted On : Feb 13,2018

New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) As many as 11 out of a total number of 31 Chief Ministers of various states and union territories (UTs) in India have crminal cases against them while 25 of them are crorepatis, an analysis ...

Rajasthan budget geared for polls, says Congress; BJP terms it inclusive

Posted On : Feb 13,2018

Jaipur, Feb 12 (IANS) Congress declared the Rajasthan Budget for 2018-19 presented on Monday as an "election budget" while the ruling BJP's state unit chief Ashok Parnami termed it as inclusive as it cares for all s...

Modi government has no 'economic mind': Yadav

Posted On : Feb 13,2018

Chandigarh, Feb 13 (IANS) Former Janata Dal (United) Rajya Sabha MP Sharad Yadav, who is all set to float a new political outfit, hit out at the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday, saying it has no 'economic mind' ...

Congress chief connects with people in north Karnataka

Posted On : Feb 12,2018

Hospet (Karnataka), Feb 10 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday connected with the people in Bellary district of Karnataka after receiving a rousing reception on his four-day visit to the poll-bound st...

A week ahead of February 18 Tripura polls, CPI-M candidate dies

Posted On : Feb 12,2018

Agartala, Feb 11 (IANS) A week ahead of the February 18 Assembly elections, a sitting CPI-M MLA and candidate in Charilam in western Tripura died on Sunday evening due to cardiac arrest, an official said...

BJP leader Uma Bharti says will not contest elections

Posted On : Feb 12,2018

Jhansi, Feb 11 (IANS) Union Minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti on Sunday said she will not contest any elections in the future though she will continue to work for the party.

BJP will form next Meghalaya government on its own: Rudy

Posted On : Feb 12,2018

Shillong, Feb 11 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Sunday voiced confidence that his party will form the next government on its own in Meghalaya after the February 27 assembly election...

Nagaland BJP lodges complaint against news portal

Posted On : Feb 12,2018

Dimapur, Feb 12 (IANS) Nagaland's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday lodged a police compliant against a news portal that claimed top party leader Ram Madhav was caught red-handed by separatist National Socialis...