Politics

This is not the first time the BJP has accused the TMC government of denying permission to hold public meetings in West Bengal.

Krishna denied that the issue of unemployment would affect the BJP's prospects in the Lok Sabha polls.

Pointing to sheep and goats 'procured from outside' grazing in the fields, Congress' Konda Vishweshwar Reddy said the biryani in Telangana tastes differently under the TRS regime.

Tokheho Yepthomi is the consensus candidate of the ruling NDPP-led People's Democratic Alliance (PDA), which comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Janata Dal (United) and an Independent.

Shah is replacing BJP veteran L K Advani, who had been winning uninterrupted from Gandhinagar since 1998, from the prestigious constituency.

The JD(S) bagged Tumkur seat after a hard bargain with the Congress as the grand old party did not concede Mysore, another seat that it had demanded, due to strong resentment from Siddaramaiah, as it is his home turf.

Firozabad MP Akshay Yadav is the son of Shivpal's estranged cousin — SP principal general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav.

Among the states that have submitted names of expenditure-sensitive seats, Tamil Nadu tops the list with all its 39 constituencies falling under EC glare. As of now, the state also tops the list of seizure reports of the EC.

The chief secretary also got a writ petition filed in the high court, challenging the EC order even as Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu shot off a seven-page letter to the poll panel, protesting against the transfers, particularly that of the DG, Intellig...

The BJP stalwart kick-started his campaigning and said he will seek votes on the basis of development work done by him in the constituency, which will vote on April 11.

He mocked the delay in announcement of a BJP candidate for Bhopal, and said the party dubbed him a weak candidate but has not been able to find an opponent for him.

Raghuram Rajan also said both the BJP, through its cash transfers to small farmers, and the Congress, through its Nyay scheme promise, have shown that cash transfers are the way forward to alleviate poverty.

The Congress candidate from Bhopal on Tuesday called on several religious heads to seek their blessings.

Sudin Dhavalikar was allotted portfolios of Transport and Public Works which would be now looked after by Sawant.

P Muralidhar Rao and others are accused of taking Rs 2.17 crore from the realtor on the false promise of securing him the post of Pharma Exil chairman.

The party had earlier drummed up Rajput sentiments against the BJP last year. It is also trying to bring in independent MLAs into its fold ahead of the polls.