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CAA notified: Rules for the new citizenship law draws Opposition parties' ire

India, March 12 -- After the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government won the 2019 Lok Sabha election with a thumping majority-with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alone winning over 300 seats- th... Read More


Doubt over whether Gehlot and Pilot will contest LS elections

New Delhi, March 12 -- New DelhiFormer Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and ex-deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot may not contest the Lok Sabha elections this summer though the former's son, Vaib... Read More


Doubt over whether Gehlot and Pilot will contest LS elections

New Delhi, March 12 -- New DelhiFormer Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and ex-deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot may not contest the Lok Sabha elections this summer though the former's son, Vaib... Read More


Mayawati reiterates BSP's plan to contest Lok Sabha polls alone

India, March 11 -- In the run up to the 2019 general election, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati was so determined to field good candidates that she had reached out to former Prime Minister and... Read More


In Rajasthan, Congress to assign areas of responsibility to top leaders

India, March 11 -- Out of power in Rajasthan, the Congress high command is expected to assign areas of responsibilities to its top leaders in the state for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in a plan t... Read More


Suspense continues over Rahul Gandhi's candidature from Amethi

India, March 8 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha candidature was approved from Kerala's Wayanad as expected at the first meeting of the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) on Thursday. ... Read More


Congress poll panel to meet today amid calls for Rahul Gandhi's Amethi candidature

India, March 7 -- Those lobbying for tickets, it is said, at the Congress headquarters on New Delhi's 24, Akbar Road, never get it as the real influence works elsewhere. But this does not deter party ... Read More


Cong may assure scholarship package for caste groups in election manifesto

New Delhi, March 6 -- The Congress is set to offer a package of scholarships for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), substantially higher than the current... Read More


Poll manifesto: Cong may assure scholarship package for caste gps

New Delhi, March 6 -- The Congress is set to offer a package of scholarships for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs), substantially higher than the current... Read More


Congress manifesto may focus on women, farmers

New Delhi, March 6 -- Unemployment allowance to beneficiaries through direct benefit transfer (DBT), heavily subsidised cooking gas cylinders, sops for poor women on the lines of Karnataka's Gruha Lak... Read More