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SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP president Mayawati. (Photo: File)

SP, BSP agree on LS tieup in UP; Cong likely to go alone

The SP and the BSP may fight on 37 seats each, leaving 6 seats for allies like the RLD.

06 Jan 2019 5:38 AM

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, all political parties in the agrarian state of Haryana are trying to woo farmers, a very influential electoral force in the state.

Parties in a race to woo farmers ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The ruling BJP is also trying to win over farmers by proposing to start a pension scheme for peasants.

05 Jan 2019 4:45 AM

The Sena, an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, slammed PM Modi for his comment in a recent interview, broadcast by several TV channels, that any government action on the temple construction can happen only after the judicial process is over. (Photo: File)

If not now, then when?: Shiv Sena to BJP on Ram temple

Sena said if Ram temple not be built before 2019, it will be like betraying people, for which BJP and RSS would have to apologise to them.

03 Jan 2019 4:23 PM

KT Rama Rao quoted late Telangana ideologue K Jayashankar as having said that the state should get its due not by begging but by dictating. (Photo: File)

‘With 16 LS seats, KCR will bend Delhi's neck’: KT Rama Rao’s 2019 threat

K T Rama Rao said interests of state would be well-served if TRS is in 'decisive position' by winning substantial Lok Sabha seats.

03 Jan 2019 12:19 PM

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Prime Minister should have spoken about the 10 big promises and issues he had talked about earlier. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

PM Modi’s New Year interview ‘bereft of reality, full of rhetoric’: Congress

Terming it as 'fixed interview', Congress said there was no mention of ground realities or any concern for promises made by PM.

02 Jan 2019 11:46 AM

PM Modi: No decision on a Ram Temple ordinance till judicial process over

He alleged that the Congress was slowing down the judicial process to resolve the Ayodhya issue.

02 Jan 2019 1:12 AM

Prakash Raj has been vocal about his views on the current BJP-led government at the Centre. (Photo: File | ANI)

‘Ab ki baar Janatha ki Sarkar’: Actor Prakash Raj to fight 2019 polls

Prakash Raj said he will contest as independent candidate in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

01 Jan 2019 3:45 PM

Ashish Patel (Photo: Twitter | @ErAshishSPatel)

Rift within NDA surfaces, allies boycott Modi’s event

The Apna Dal leader also demanded Mr Modi’s intervention in sorting out the matter of the increasing divide between the two parties.

30 Dec 2018 2:33 AM

Bihar Janta Dal United president Vashishtha Narayan Singh presents the membership slip to former Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) vice-president Bhagvan Singh Kushwaha as he joins JDU, in Patna on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Ahead of 2019 LS polls, RLSP VP Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha, supporters join JD(U)

Bhagwan said, 'I have left RLSP and joining JD(U) with 35 state level office-bearers after Kushwaha decided to join UPA.'

29 Dec 2018 11:50 AM

PM Modi is looking to claw back support among 263 million farmers and their many millions of dependents after BJP lost power earlier this month to Congress in 3 big heartland states, analysts say. (Photo: File)

PM Modi mulling 3 options to help farmers hit by low crop prices: report

3 options are direct payment to landowning farmers, compensation for those who sold produce below govt prices and loan-waiver.

28 Dec 2018 7:22 PM

The three-phased Rath yatra, also being called the 'Save Democracy Rally', was scheduled to be held this month and cover all the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies. The rallies were to be flagged off by BJP president Amit Shah. (Photo: File)

BJP's rath yatras aimed at stirring up communal passion in Bengal: Trinamool

TMC's Chatterjee said his party believes in constructive politics unlike BJP which 'only believes in destruction and dividing people'.

28 Dec 2018 8:58 AM

During a press interaction after a function where he felicitated the panchayat election winners of South Salmara district, the journalist asked AIUDF chief if he would ally with the Congress or the BJP in the future. (Photo: ANI)

Get out of here or will smash your head, AIUDF chief threatens scribe, tries to hit him

Ajmal allegedly tried to hit journalist too, while his supporters forced scribe to tender apologies publicly.

27 Dec 2018 10:38 AM

BJP chief picks in-charges in 17 states for 2019

Interestingly, Mr Jhadapia had left the BJP in 2007 complaining against the “autocratic” attitude of the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi.

27 Dec 2018 1:19 AM

Yadav was in Bareilly Tuesday night to take part in a programme. (Photo: File)

Willing to ally with Congress to defeat BJP in 2019 polls: Shivpal Yadav

Yadav also said that Ram temple should not come up on a land which was under dispute.

26 Dec 2018 6:26 PM

Exuding confidence about the BJP forming government after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said, 'The people of the three states in which BJP lost the recent Assembly elections by slight margin will definitely vote for BJP in Lok Sabha.' (Photo: File)

If BJP govt doesn't back off, Ram temple can be built tomorrow: Subramanian Swamy

Swamy further asserted that Ram temple would be built before the Lok Sabha elections 2019.

24 Dec 2018 12:36 PM

TRS won 88 of the 119 assembly seats, riding the popularity of a slew of its government's welfare projects, including the farmer-centric schemes, quelling challenges from the Congress-led front and BJP. (Photo: File)

TRS juggernaut rolls on in 2018, KCR shifts focus to Lok Sabha polls

TRS chief KCR announced plans to push his initiative for non-BJP and non-Cong front at national level.

24 Dec 2018 12:10 PM

People will see through the alliance, PM Modi said during his interaction with booth workers from Chennai Central, Chennai North, Madurai, Tiruchirappally and Tiruvallur constituencies in Tamil Nadu through video conference. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

'Mahagathbandhan' an alliance for 'personal survival', says PM Modi

Mahagathbandhan is a grand alliance of opposition parties against the BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

23 Dec 2018 3:17 PM

Chavan said the two parties held talks on Friday with other like-minded outfits such as the CPI, CPM, Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), Samajwadi Party and Prakash Ambedkar's Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh. (Photo: PTI)

Alliance talks with smaller parties for 2019 polls in final stage: Ashok Chavan

The Congress and NCP have already decided to contest the coming Lok Sabha elections together.

22 Dec 2018 2:21 PM

'There are no differences in the coalition in Bihar, but JD(U) is the big brother in the state,' he said while talking to ANI. (Photo: ANI)

We are big brother in Bihar, not BJP; no differences within NDA: JD(U)

'There was no crisis, but some differences, which have been mitigated. LJP, JD(U), BJP will work towards winning,' JD(U) spokesperson said.

22 Dec 2018 2:15 PM

Sangh steps up pressure on BJP for Ram temple

The Sangh Parivar is already campaigning for the temple across the country.

21 Dec 2018 5:49 AM

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