Lucknow: Less than a month to go before the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the curtains could come down on Chief Minister Mayawati's biggest public promotion campaign yet, that includes the statues of herself and the BSP's election symbol, the elephant. The Election Commission is likely to take a decision on Saturday on whether to cover up all the statues. A decision will be taken at its meeting on Saturday...
09:13 AM, Jan 07, 2012
Watch the discussion with Karan Thapar on road ahead for the UPA government in 2012. ...
11:51 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Mathura: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday said he was confident of Congress victory in five poll-bound states, asserting that no Anna factor will mar the party's electoral prospects. "Congress would perform well in all the five states including UP. There will be no Anna effect," Hooda told in reply to a question in Vrindaban on Wednesday. Noting that Congress had always fought against corruption he said, "Had...
05:27 AM, Jan 05, 2012
New Delhi: Amid the raging controversy over induction of former Mayawati confidant Babu Singh Kushwaha, the BJP on Wednesday gave ticket to Sakshi Maharaj, a Lodh OBC leader of Uttar Pradesh who had earlier faced rape charges. Sacchidanand Hari Sakshi Maharaj, who has been Lok Sabha MP from Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh three times, will be the BJP candidate from Bhongaon in Western UP. The controversial leader had faced rape...
08:45 PM, Jan 04, 2012
The Union Budget could be delayed beyond March 9 due to assembly elections, indicated Pranab Mukherjee. ...
02:50 PM, Jan 04, 2012
BJP leader Vijay Bahadur Pathak has said his party will not support any corrupt person. ...
12:05 PM, Jan 04, 2012
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has hit out at the Election Commission, accusing it of stepping outside their Constitutional mandate. The Chief Minister accused the election officers of creating a confusion and interfering in governance matters. The Election Commission has retorted by saying that it was only acting within its limits. Over the last few months, the EC had asked the Punjab government to carry out certain...
01:25 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Monday night declared its second list comprising 81 candidates for Uttar Pradesh, along with candidates for 48 seats of Uttarakhand and 20 seats of Punjab for the forthcoming Assembly elections in these states. After declaring candidates for 143 seats of UP earlier, the BJP Central Election Committee declared candidates for 81 seats of the politically crucial state. Of these six are former ministers, six are former...
07:57 AM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: BJP on Monday night declared its second list comprising 81 candidates for Uttar Pradesh, along with candidates for 48 seats of Uttarakhand and 20 seats of Punjab for the forthcoming Assembly elections in these states. After declaring candidates for 143 seats of UP earlier, the BJP Central Election Committee declared candidates for 81 seats of the politically crucial state. Of these six are former ministers, six are former...
01:35 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India is fielding candidates in five states going to polls earlier this year, including Uttar Pradesh, having an understanding with Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India (Marxist"Leninist), besides some secular and democratic forces, the party's general secretary AB Bardhan said in Hyderabad on Monday. "In Uttar Pradesh, the main battle will be fought. Our intention is to see that the neither...
12:38 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Lucknow: The Bundelkhand Congress will contest 41 seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election and will field candidates in consultations with the Team Anna. "The Bundelkhand Congress will contest 41 seats in the state. Consultations for finalising the candidates have been held with Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Kumar Vishwas. The list will be made public on January seven," Bundelkhand Congress president Raja Bundela said. The party, which...
12:11 AM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi/Lucknow: Congress on Saturday hit out at UP Chief Minister Mayawati for the recent sacking of her ministers terming it an election "drama" and predicting that her reign will crumble like the council of ministers there. "Such an attempt to fool the people won't succeed. Voters are going to give a resounding slap (to BSP). If the ministers were corrupt why did she appoint them in first place and...
07:43 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday declared that the party will be in a position to decide the next prime ministerial candidate and called her party cadres to start working for Parliament elections. She also warned them of severe action if "they are in touch with traitors". Speaking at the party's general council meeting on the outskirts of the city, Jayalalithaa said, "Days...
09:04 AM, Dec 31, 2011
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress will take out as many as six rallies from the next month to spread awareness about Chief Minister Narendra Modi's "misrule" ahead of the December 2012 polls, a top party functionary said On Friday. "We have decided to take out Sardar Sandesh Yatras, named after Vallabhbhai Patel, from January 2 from different parts of the state, which will be led by our state leaders," Gujarat unit Congress...
09:46 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Lucknow: Giving a jolt to the ruling BSP, its National General Secretary Naresh Agarwal and two sitting MLAs from Hardoi joined the Samajwadi Party on Friday. "I am resigning from the Rajya Sabha and the post of BSP National General Secretary," Agarwal said addressing a gathering at a function at the SP headquarters in Lucknow. Besides Naresh, his son Nitin Agarwal and Rajeshwari - both BSP MLAs from Hardoi also...
03:53 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Panaji: Goa Congress said on Monday that it would have a pre-poll tie with the NCP for the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state scheduled on March 3. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhash Shirodkar said the Congress-NCP high command would meet in Delhi on Tuesday to decide on seat sharing amongst both the partners. "NCP has asked for around 12 seats out of 40 constituencies. The final decision would...
03:32 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Kotdwara: With just a month left for the Uttarakhand Assembly polls, Chief Minister BC Khanduri's close aide Bharat Singh Rawat's refusal to contest the elections has raised many eyebrows within BJP with many ticket aspirants terming it as a ploy to make way for his son. Rawat, who is a probable BJP candidate for the Lansdowne assembly constituency considering his popularity in the region, has expressed to the party high...
02:27 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: In order to curb the use of black money during Assembly polls in five states, the Election Commission has written to all political parties asking them to avoid cash transactions and instruct their cadres not to carry huge cash during elections. The Commission, in this context, has written a letter to all recognised political parties in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, enlisting the steps it...
02:14 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Imphal: Three political parties have formed a pre-poll alliance for the forthcoming January 28 Assembly elections in Manipur. Opposition leader and senior Manipur People's Party (MPP) leader O Joy said on Tuesday that they had decided to form a pre-poll alliance with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Janata Dal (United). JD(U) national president Arun Kumar Srivastava said the alliance was meant to defeat the Congress and bring a new government...
01:59 PM, Dec 27, 2011
Chandigarh: The BSP on Monday announced to go it alone in January 30 Punjab polls, putting to rest all speculations about the party forging pre-poll alliance with People's Party of Punjab. "We did not have any meeting with (PPP head) Manpreet (Singh Badal) and neither did he meet us," BSP general secretary Narender Kashyap said after releasing the first list of 90 candidates. Barring a former MP, the candidates are...
07:17 PM, Dec 26, 2011
