“After ground-level surveys and studying media reports and recommendations, the party’s parliamentary board will finalise the candidates. It doesn’t matter if a ticket aspirant is an old party member or new. The candidate would be selected on the basis... read more

The formal segment of the party leadership contest will then kick off on June 10, but prospective candidates have already begun laying out their bids for the top job. read more

“We will support the party or the candidate who will take up the issue with the district administration and the state government,” said Mahesh Dutt, who is looking after the property. read more

Ahead of the elections, the Congress and the AAP had been in an on-now-off-now discussion regarding a possible alliance in Delhi which never saw the light of day. read more

Gambhir, a former cricketer himself, and Atishi, who was the advisor to deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the Delhi government’s education department, are debutants in the election. read more

The five Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the fifth phase are Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Muzaffarpur, Hajipur and Saran. Maximum number of candidates in the fray are from Muzaffarpur (22), Sitamarhi (20) and Madhubani (17). read more

In Mumbai North, Congress’s star candidate, actor Urmila Matondkar said she will keep track of the other elections in the coming days. read more

Birbhum district has two seats, both of which were won by the TMC in 2014. From Bolpur constituency, TMC candidate Anupam Hazra (who joined the BJP this year) won by 2,36,114 votes. In Birbhum seat, the ruling party won by 67,263 votes. read more

Azam Khan had made a ‘khaki’ comment on film actor and BJP candidate Jaya Prada. Sharma had taken note of the remark and had even tweeted against it terming the comment ‘extremely disgraceful’. read more

A proposal to shift three booths in Maoist-dominated Ghatsila sub-division was also being sent to Election Commission of India (ECI), top district officials said. read more

According to Dattaram Karbat and Swapnil Koli, they are in the Lok Sabha fight to save their land, livelihood and to give a “voice” to Palghar’s residents. read more

Delhi Congress chief and three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit will be the party’s face from North East Delhi. read more

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who decided not to contest the elections this time to make way for his grand-nephew, will address a rally in Kharghar on Tuesday. read more

At least 19 candidates have been booked in serious criminal cases. The report said that 35 out of 120 candidates have completed matriculation while three are illiterates. read more

Rai said the Congress was giving an impression that the AAP refused to form an alliance. read more