Rahul to file fresh apology to SC over ‘chowkidar chor hai’ misquote

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said he will apologize to the Supreme Court through a fresh affidavit for wrongly attributing the “chowkidar chor hai” remark and linking it with the top court’s order in Rafale case. Read More
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LS poll Phase 4: About 65% turnout, violence in Bengal

Voting for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election concluded covering 72 constituencies across nine states, including a part of Jammu & Kashmir’s Anantnag constituency. With this, voting has now taken place for 70 per cent of the Lok Sabha seats. Read More
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LS poll reach midway, social media still struggling to fight fake news

Social media is still scrambling to control the spread of election-related misinformation, even now that the three phases of voting are over with four phases to go and the polls have reached a midway. Read More
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IAS officer to challenge EC over ‘disciplinary action’ against him

IAS officer Mohammed Mohsin has decided to take up another legal battle against the EC for recommending disciplinary action against him to the state government. Read More
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Narendra Modi files his nomination from Varanasi with allies join in show of strength

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, filed his nomination papers to contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi in the presence of NDA allies in a major show of strength for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in which he is fighting for a second term in power. Read More
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Denial of tickets to veterans dulls poll mood for Congress in Bihar

Congress president Rahul Gandhi visited Bihar five times for election campaigning but silence seems to have enveloped the Congress in the state. Party’s campaign hasn’t gained momentum as none of the grand alliance leaders were present at the meetings, exposing the fissures among the alliance partne Read More
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BJP contests on more LS seats than Congress for the first time

The Bhartiya Janata Party for the first time contesting on more seats than the Congress Party in the national election. BJP has declared the list of 437 candidates out of 545 for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Read More
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Congress ends suspense, fields Ajay Rai From Varanasi

The Congress Party, on Thursday, put an end to months of speculation, Priyanka Gnadhi Vadra will not contest from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. The party has fielded Ajay Rai from Varanasi seat, who placed third in the 2014 election. Read More
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LS poll Phase 3: Around 66% turnout, 1 killed in Bengal

Voting for the third phase of the Lok Sabha election concluded amid reports of EVM malfunctions and sporadic violence, in which one person was reportedly killed outside a polling booth in West Bengal. Around 69% of eligible voters exercised their franchise in this phase. Read More
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BJP releases Lok Sabha candidates’ list for 7 Delhi seats

The Bhartiya Janata Party has released the names of its seven candidates for the seven Lok Sabha seats from Delhi. Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans is among the names, who replaces sitting BJP MP Udit Raj from Delhi Northwest. Delhi will go to the poll on May 12. Read More
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