By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 24 (IANS) The road to political success that six-time Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and former Telecom Minister Sukh Ram, both Congress veterans, have followed throughout their lives has…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) The Mumbai Police on Tuesday lodged an FIR against Narsingh P. Yadav, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist wrestler-turned-Assistant Commissioner of Police, charging him with campaigning for Congress candidate for the Mumbai…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla/Manali (IANS) Members of the hospitality industry in Himachal Pradesh are pinched by heat of the Lok Sabha elections as tourists footfall across various destinations in the state has nosedived even on…
Gurugram, April 21 (IANS) Residents of 72 villages in Gurugram’s IMT Maneser area may boycott the Lok Sabha elections after the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) served notices to take back Rs…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 21 (IANS) It’s ‘blind love’ for two BJP politician fathers when it comes to supporting their sons in the Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh. While one ‘lost’ his cabinet…
Lucknow, April 20 (IANS) Sanghmitra Maurya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun Lok Sabha seat, has landed in a controversy by asking her supporters to resort to fake voting if the…
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 20 (IANS) As polling for the four Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh is almost a month away, the Ellerslie building — housing the state secretariat — wears a deserted…
Lucknow, April 19 (IANS) A Dalit man, who accidentally cast his vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, has chopped off his index finger for the “mistake”. Pawan Kumar, in a…
Shimla, April 19 (IANS) The simmering discontentment over the absence of basic amenities in the area along the China border is forcing 400-odd voters in Himachal Pradesh’s remote Kunnu and Charang villages in Kinnaur district…
Raiganj (West Bengal), April 18 (IANS) A 90-year old woman, who had failed to exercise her franchise in the previous municipal polls and urged Special Police Observer for West Bengal, Vivek Dube to arrange adequate…
Ranmban (Jammu & Kashmir), April 18 (IANS) It was an interesting sight to see a newly-wed couple visiting one of the polling booths in Ramban district of Jammy & Kashmir in the bridal attire, on…
Akola (Maharashtra), April 18 (IANS) A voter on Thursday smashed the electronic voting machine (EVM) while casting his vote in Akola Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. The incident occurred at around 1 p.m. at the…
Latur (Maharashtra), April 18 (IANS) Heads turned when 105-year-old Kabaibai Ganpati Kamble on Thursday reached a polling station to cast her vote in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Seated on a wheelchair, Kabaibai was…
Shimla, April 18 (IANS) Over 100 bikers, from six countries and 15 Indian cities, will motivate voters in Himachal Pradesh on ways to strengthen democracy when they take part in the three-day Eighth Hero MTB…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Actor-politician and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan and his daughter Shruti Haasan queued up at a polling booth here and voted in the Lok Sabha polls. The father and…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Voting in some polling booths in Tamil Nadu was delayed on Thursday owing to technical problems with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), as per reports reaching here. In the Kanniyakumari Lok…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami on Thursday stood in the line and cast his vote in Edappadi in Salem district. It was a pleasant surprise for the voters standing in…
Chennai, April 18 (IANS) City-based Clarion Hotel President announced on Thursday that it was offering a 50 per cent off on the food bills of people who have voted in the polls for the 38…
By Milinda Ghosh Roy Kolkata, April 18 (IANS) In the midst of Lok Sabha elections, a body representing about 65,000 sex workers of West Bengal is pushing for recognising them as labourers, on the basis…
Chandigarh, April 17 (IANS) In Haryana 20,428 voters have the opportunity to be voting brand ambassadors on May 12 — when polling will take place in the state for 10 Lok Sabha seats — as…