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: […]
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday rubbished speculations that it was going soft on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, asserting it was against communalism. “Our fight is against corruption of Congress and communalism of the BJP. Our chairperson (Mamata Banerjee) repeatedly has said we do not support the face of […]
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu), March 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday came down heavily on rival DMK’s manifesto, terming it a bundle of lies. The AIADMK chief also urged the people to oust the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre as people suffered under it. Addressing an election rally in the town, around […]
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A court Saturday imposed a fine of Rs.2,500 each on former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his AAP colleague Manish Sisodia after they failed to appear in a defamation case filed against them by Communications Minister Kapil Sibal’s son Amit. Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil Kumar Sharma allowed the two Aam Aadmi […]
Bangalore, March 15 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Saturday struck a chord with Bangaloreans during a day-long road show to campaign for his party’s candidates contesting in the general elections. “People of Karnataka, especially Bangaloreans, are fed up with the Congress and the BJP whom they voted to power in every alternate election […]
Ghaziabad, March 15 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and Congress candidate from Ghaziabad parliamentary constituency Raj Babbar held a road show in the city Saturday. Babbar flagged off his road show from UP Gate at 11 a.m. He was accompanied by district Congress president Bijendra Yadav. After paying tribute to Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad and Subhas Chandra Bose […]