Till now, the Congress had three layers involved in ticket allocation for any poll – Pradesh Election Committee (PEC), Screening Committee and Central Election Committee (CEC). read more

Amit Shah wrote a blog on Friday, attacking Congress president Rahul Gandhi of politicising the Kandhar hijacking case for political gains. read more

In an interview to a TV channel, excerpts of which were released on Thursday, Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit was asked about the criticism that the UPA government did not do much after the Mumbai terror attack in 2008. Her reply to the question... read more

Perhaps a more engaged and ideologically robust opposition could as they did in the 1990s when the ‘mandir wahin banayege’ saffron army was stopped in its tracks in Uttar Pradesh read more

The Terai area of Uttarakhand has sizeable presence of Sikhs making it a good vote bank. The importance of the community lies in the fact that they own large tracts of land and figure among the big farmers, holding immense economic clout. read more

Earlier in the day, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said in Delhi that his party and a breakaway outfit of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are in talks for an alliance in Punjab for the Lok Sabha polls. read more

Lok Sabha election 2019 Highlights: Congress is launching its Lok Sabha election campaign from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, the home state of PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah with a meeting of its top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi,... read more

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, state party chief Sunil Jakhar and general secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs Asha Kumari met former prime minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday evening... read more

A tight contest is in store for the lone Lok Sabha seat from Puducherry in the upcoming 2019 elections. read more

According to sources, the meet was earlier slated for February 15 and had been cancelled in view of the Pulwama terror attack on February 14. read more

The CMP being put together by some opposition parties ahead of the summer’s Lok Sabha elections may include an urban job guarantee scheme along the lines of MGNREGA-like legislation, people with knowledge of the matter said on condition of anonymity. read more

It is necessary that India, along with the rest of the world, frees Islamabad from the clutches of Rawalpindi. read more

Union minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday hit out at opposition parties for questioning the Balakot attack and playing into Pakistan’s hands to discredit India by dividing India’s political opinion. read more

Saying that “We have to live with Pakistan forever and forever”, the former Union minister pitched for talks with the neighbouring country and said that war was not an option. read more

Snowfall in the state was heavy during the fourth spell from January 24 to January 26. Kothi in Lahaul Spiti recorded the highest 88 centimetres of snow. read more