DPCC chief Ajay Maken held two meetings of booth presidents in the East Delhi parliamentary constituency on Sunday. He said the Delhi unit has started the process of forming booth committees which will be made of 20 Congress workers each. read more

Increasingly it is used by politicians around the world to denounce or dismiss news reports that do not fit their version of the truth. read more

The inaugural committee had raised a record $107 million and the outside body, Rebuilding American Now — a political action committee (super-PAC) allowed under US election laws to raise unlimited amounts of money — $23 million. read more

In 2017, rumours that health campaigns are a ploy to make children sterile spread in the region, which had an immunisation rate of 13%. This year, govt roped in village elders and religious preachers to achieve success read more

While the Vishva Hindu Parishad saw the defeat as disenchantment of ‘Ram bhakts’, the allies feel their say would increase ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls read more

Sharad Pawar also expressed displeasure over the way the Gandhi family was targeted by the BJP during the election campaign. “The election campaigning targeted only one family, but the BJP didn’t realise that the new generation has not seen Nehru, Indira... read more

The unrest follows a crackdown on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in recent weeks, with hundreds of supporters from the main opposition movement thrown behind bars before campaigning had even begun. read more

Actors Anushka Sharma and Kartik Aaryan have been named the hottest vegetarians in a poll conducted by PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals). read more

Chhattisgarh elections results 2018: While exits polls had predicted a close contest between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress, the Congress was way ahead of the ruling BJP as per early trends. read more

Under US law, campaign contributions, defined as things of value given to a campaign to influence an election, must be disclosed. Such payments are also limited to $2,700 per person. read more

Residents allege that the civic authorities are ignoring the sad state of the natural habitat read more

Federal law requires that any payments made “for the purposes of influencing” an election must be reported in campaign finance disclosures. The court filing Friday makes clear that the payments were made to benefit Donald Trump politically. read more

The ministry of health and family welfare has launched a nationwide campaign to support World health organisation’s (WHO) campaign to eliminate measles and control rubella congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) by 2020 read more

Rajasthan assembly elections 2018 LIVE updates: Voting over in 199 constituencies of Rajasthan. read more

Sidhu had been in the news for the past few days, first with his Pakistan visit to attend the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor and then with his ‘Rahul is my captain’ remarks. read more