Punishment given under the special laws should run consecutively and not concurrently because “cash transactions are the root cause of many evils”, reads the petition. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party and other opposition parties have protested the alleged refusal of Banerjee’s to have her baggage checked on her arrival on a Thai Airways flight on March 16. read more

The seven days state mourning for the former CM ended on Sunday while the 12-day period of mourning will complete on March 28. read more

Hours after Congress President Rahul Gandhi furnished details of the minimum income guarantee proposal which is part of the party’s election manifesto, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley critiqued the idea in detail. Accusing the Congress party of cheating and fooling India’s poor for decades, the Finance Minister said that the NDA government is already providing support via direct benefit transfers worth Rs 5.4 lakh crore per year to India’s poor. He said that this amount was much greater than the Rs 3.6 lakh crore proposed under Congress’ scheme. (Hindustan Times)read more

With just weeks to go for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi announced a key highlight of his poll manifesto. Declaring his intention to ‘eradicate poverty’ in India, Gandhi promised Rs 72,000 per annum to 5 crore poor families if his party comes to power. Gandhi said that the Congress had consulted eminent economists to work out a fiscally prudent scheme. The promise is being seen as Congress’ response to the NDA government’s decision to provide Rs 6,000 per year as income support to poor farmers. (Hindustan Times)read more

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 constituency watch of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. Since 1998, Balaghat Lok Sabha constituency has consistently voted for the BJP. read more

Suvendra Gandhi held a meeting on Sunday with his father’s loyalists and declared that he will now contest independently from Ahmednagar read more

The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency has swung between the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Congress an equal number of times. It has never voted for the BJP. read more

Sitting MP of Tehri Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, will once again contest the election from here. The BJP leader spoke to HT. read more

Veteran BJP Shanta Kumar, in his in a candid talk with HT’s Naresh K Thakur opens up about his future plans and how he sees politics in the region shape up without him. read more

The Bharatiya Janata Party had taken the Mandi Lok Sabha seat from the Congress in 2014 elections, when riding on Modi wave. Ramswroop Sharma scored a surprise victory defeating Pratibha Singh. read more

Prakash Mishra retired as the head of the Central Reserve Police Force in February 2016, and joined the BJP in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. read more

Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath addressed an election rally on Sunday in Behat Lok Sabha constituency. read more

Four weeks ahead of the first phase of polling, both national parties have declared most or half of their candidates. The BJP till Sunday afternoon announced 296 candidates (excluding one independent candidate that it supports), against 218 candidates... read more

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari along with North West Delhi MP Udit Raj addressed the party workers in Mangolepur Khurd, in Mangolpuri while South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri addressed the party workers in Sangam Vihar. read more