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K Chandrasekhar Rao's son and TRS working president K T Rama Rao has already addressed a series of party meetings in preparation for the Lok Sabha polls.(Photo: PTI)

K Chandrasekhar Rao to kick off LS poll campaign from Karimnagar

Telangana goes to polls in a single phase on April 11 and the process of filing nominations begins on March 18.

16 Mar 2019 2:56 PM

Palaniswami is the AIADMK Joint Coordinator. (Photo: File )

TN CM K Palaniswami calls on DMDK leader Vijayakanth

ADMK has struck a poll pact with the Vijayakanth-led party for the April 18 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.

16 Mar 2019 1:44 PM

Vadakkan said, 'I am deeply hurt and that is why I am here.' (Photo: ANI)

Till now he used to 'abuse' PM Modi: Cong on Tom's joining BJP

'Our best wishes to him,' Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said when asked about Vadakkan joining the BJP.

14 Mar 2019 4:19 PM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi takes a selfie with students at Stella Maris Women’s College in Chennai on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi on ‘economic divide’

Rahul also said economic growth is directly related to the mood of the nation and one cannot expect it to happen in a negative and fearful atmosphere.

14 Mar 2019 6:46 AM

Congress president Rahul Gandhi (Photo: PTI)

Rahul Gandhi assures central role for TN in competing with China

Underscoring the need to give a tough competition to China, Rahul Gandhi said.

13 Mar 2019 8:36 PM

Diplomats and other support staff serving in embassies are also service voters.

Over 9,000 service voters in Delhi's electoral roll; list being updated

The electoral roll is being continuously updated ahead of the Lok Sabha polls scheduled on May 12 in Delhi, officials said.

13 Mar 2019 2:55 PM

Union minister Upendra Kushwaha. (Photo: PTI)

Ousted RLSP leader claims 'Upendra Kushwaha' charged him Rs 90 lakh for LS ticket

Pradeep Mishra announced he would join the ruling JD(U) shortly.

12 Mar 2019 8:12 PM

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma (Photo: ANI)

Opposition using Ramzan as alibi to justify 'imminent defeat': UP deputy CM

A person who observes fast rises above narrow lines of 'apna' (self) and 'paraayaa' (others)," Sharma claimed.

12 Mar 2019 6:33 PM

Congress is also preparing a list of seats on 'winnability' basis. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

2019 LS Polls: Rahul Gandhi to hold 180 rallies across country

The rallies have been planned by the party's state units and the concerned general secretaries.

12 Mar 2019 10:10 AM

‘Modi or chaos’: Clear choice for people, says BJP

Comparing the Opposition camp with the NDA, Jaitley said there were no leadership issues within the ruling alliance.

12 Mar 2019 2:38 AM

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar springs a surprise, says won’t fight LS polls

Parth Pawar, the son of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, will be NCP’s candidate from Maval Lok Sabha constituency, said Mr Pawar.

12 Mar 2019 2:25 AM

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy

Congress likely to finalise candidates for Telangana by March 13

Lok Sabha elections in Telangana would be held in the first phase on April 11.

11 Mar 2019 8:05 PM

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh (Photo: PTI)

Exposed' Modi won't be PM again, predicts Cong's Digvijay Singh

He also predicted that the Congress, which was routed in the 2014 Modi wave, would do well this time around.

11 Mar 2019 7:12 PM

On the ruling party's poll preparations, the BJD chief said his party was fully prepared. (Photo: File)

BJD will perform 'very well' in Lok Sabha, Assembly polls: Naveen Patnaik

BJD will field candidates in the all 147 Assembly seats and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha.

11 Mar 2019 3:35 PM

CEC Sunil Arora addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

TMC fumes over 7-phase Lok Sabha elections in Bengal

West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra also echoed the views of the CPI(M) and the BJP.

11 Mar 2019 7:12 AM

The term of Sikkim Vidhan Sabha ends on May 27 while that of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha on June 18, June 1 and June 11 respectively. (Photo: ANI)

Arunachal, Andhra, Sikkim, Odisha Assembly polls to be held along with LS election

Sunil Arora said, 'There will be no state Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Only parliamentary elections will take place in the state.'

10 Mar 2019 7:34 PM

Modi extended wishes to the Election Commission and hailed body's efforts in organising smooth elections in India. (Photo: File)

Modi urges first time voters to vote in record numbers

Modi also wished all the rival political parties for the crucial Lok Sabha elections and kept the message of 'nation first' ahead.

10 Mar 2019 7:05 PM

Lok Sabha polls would be held in 7 phases. (Photo: ANI)

EC declares schedule for 2019 LS polls, counting of votes on May 23

Elections will be held for 543 seats of Lok Sabha on approximately 10 lakh polling booths across the country.

10 Mar 2019 6:00 PM

The state party leadership has started wooing the rebels following a signal to this effect by BJP national president Amit Shah, a senior party leader disclosed to this newspaper here on Wednesday unwilling to be quoted. (Photo: ANI)

BJP mulls homecoming of rebels ahead of 2019 polls

Sixty four BJP leaders were expelled for anti-party activities on the eve of the last assembly elections.

07 Mar 2019 12:42 AM

'There are 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Earlier, I had asked for 12. At the meeting, I requested Rahulji to give at least 10 seats to the JDS,' Deve Gowda told reporters. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Cong, JD(S) meet for seat-sharing; Gowda demands 10 in K’taka

Rahul Gandhi met Deve Gowda for seat-sharing talks at the latter's residence.

06 Mar 2019 1:39 PM

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