Agra, March 16 (IANS) After much dilly-dallying, the BJP has finally re-nominated outgoing MP Ram Shankar Katheria for the Agra Lok Sabha seat. Katheria faces tough competition from a dozen rivals including a former lady mayor. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BSP) candidate will take on the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party. In 2009, […]
New Delhi/Patna, March 16 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha, industrialist Anil Kumar Sharma and party president Sharad Yadav figure in the second list of the Janata Dal-United candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar that was released in Delhi Sunday. A day after the JD-U announced the first list of six candidates, Sharad Yadav named the […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Sunday extended his greetings to the citizens of Delhi on the occasion of Holi and appealed to Delhiites to celebrate the festival in its “true spirit”. “The festival of Holi marks the arrival of spring and ushers in joy and happiness for all. I extend warm greetings […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said he will respond later Sunday whether or not he will take on BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi. Kejriwal, now in Karnataka to address election rallies, tweeted: “Many people (are) asking me: ‘Will I contest against Modiji?’ I will talk on this issue in […]
Karan Jaiswal, 28, can’t forget his first escapade with ‘bhang’, a popular concoction made with the buds and leaves of the cannabis plant, during Holi. For almost six hours, he felt he was flying free in the air. Widows play with colored powder at the Pagal Baba Ashram in Vrindavan on Saturday, March 15, 2014. […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi, while party president Rajnath Singh will now fight from Lucknow, the BJP announced Saturday. According to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s fourth list, which has 55 names, released late Saturday, Arun Jaitley, the leader of opposition in Rajya […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi late Saturday thanked the party for announcing his candidature for the Lok Sabha polls from the temple town of Varanasi. “Grateful to the Party for giving me opportunity to contest the election from the holy city of Varanasi! An honour to contest from Varanasi,” Modi […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The BJP said Sunday it was confident of winning a majority in the Lok Sabha on its own after its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was named the candidate in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. BJP leaders told IANS that the candidature, although widely anticipated, would enthuse party activists both in the […]
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) BJP’s Delhi chief Harsh Vardhan will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Chandni Chowk against Congress’s Kapil Sibal, according to the fourth list announced by the party late Saturday. Bhojpuri movie star Manoj Tiwari will contest from North East Delhi, while Mahesh Giri will fight from East Delhi. From New Delhi, […]
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) People should vote for BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi so that India becomes a superpower, actor-turned-politician A. Vijayakant said here Saturday. The DMDK chief also wondered why the AIADMK and the DMK are opposed to Lokayukta and anti-corruption courts. Addressing an election rally at Arcot, 115 km from here, Vijayakant said: […]