While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress have started campaigning in the area, BJP is yet to start election activities. The party has asked all mandals to hold meetings. read more

Congress president Rahul Gandhi stepped up attack at PM Modi and other BJP leaders after a report claimed that former Karnataka CM BS Yeddyurappa paid bribes to the tune of Rs 1,800 to top BJP leadership. read more

Among the contestants who found their names on the list were party president Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, Rajnath Singh from Lucknow and Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur. read more

The BJP’s first list of candidates comes after a series of meetings of the BJP’s central election committee over the last five days. read more

The party will also form election management committees in all districts and parliamentary constituencies. All 280 mandals (which are at the ward level) will form such committees and meet on March 23. read more

Goa CM Manohar Parrikar updates: The former defence minister died on Sunday, prompting the Centre to announce a national mourning even as tributes flowed in from across the political spectrum for the 63-year-old BJP leader. read more

Political leaders paid rich tributes to Manohar Parrikar who died Sunday evening after a year-long battle with cancer. read more

BJP sources said initial surveys by party leadership and local RSS units suggest anger among Gautam Buddh Nagar’s rural populace -- which is 40 per cent of the constituency’s total population. read more

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to hold nearly 200 rallies across India, he will be surpassed by BJP chief Amit Shah in terms of number of rallies addressed during the elections. read more

The Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party are all set to launch their Lok Sabha election campaign with a joint rally on March 24 in Kolhapur. read more

With the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections just weeks away, the BJP’s Manifesto Committee held a meeting in New Delhi to finalise its poll promises. Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting to draw up the ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the upcoming polls. The party is seeking suggestions from its cadre and supporters via a programme called ‘Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat, Modi Ke Saath’. The Lok Sabha elections will be held in 7 phases, between April 11 and May 19, while votes will be counted on May 23. (Hindustan Times)read more

BJP chief Amit Shah, welcoming the declaration of elections for the 17th Lok Sabha, tweeted, “I call upon the people of India to turnout in record numbers and enhance the vibrancy of India’s electoral process.” read more

Rajnath Singh claimed that India has conducted three cross-border operations against terrorists in the last five years but refused to give details about the third. read more

Singh addressed the dedication ceremony for residential and other infrastructure facilities built at various states of India for personnel of the CAPFs, the National Disaster Response Force, the Land Port Authority of India, and Central Forensic Science... read more

The 75 acre campus, for the NDRF’s eighth battalion, houses permanent barracks and quarter facilities for jawans and officers, besides kennels for dog squads, and other facilities for storage of equipment and training. read more