In Chautala vs Chautala, AAP shows a bias
Chandigarh, April 16 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi, led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has been accused of showing a political bias in the ongoing feud in the Chautala family in…
Poll Trivia
Papers filed amid fanfare in Jammu, tight security in Valley
Jammu/Srinagar, April 15 (IANS) The filing of nomination papers by candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections has brought about a clear division between Jammu region and the troubled Kashmir Valley. In Jammu division, the candidates…
BJP contestant wants to put his lock on EVM strong rooms
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Making an unusual request, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Telangana’s Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency on Monday sought the Election Commission (EC)’s permission to also put his lock on the…
Ex-Army chief’s political career remains grounded for now
Chandigarh, April 15 (IANS) He was the first Sikh to become the Army chief but the political career of General J.J. Singh (retired) seems to be grounded for the time being. The newly formed Shiromani…
BJP in Himachal gunning its own leader
By Vishal Gulati Shimla, April 14 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh is gunning its own party leader, who resigned from the Jai Ram Thakur-led cabinet two days ago. The BJP is…
Khattar feels Congress was running a ‘BBC ki Sarkar’
Chandigarh, April 12 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar never spares an opportunity to draw comparisons between his four and a half-year-old government in the state and the nearly one decade long rule of…
Transfer of SIT IG by EC isolates SAD in Punjab
Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) It took a complaint from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to get Punjab Police Inspector General (IG) Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh shifted out by the Election Commission from the high-profile special…
Dial down big, fat Goan wedding: EC to Congress leader
Panaji, April 10 (IANS) Goa’s poll officials want wedding celebrations of Congress candidate for the Shiroda Assembly bypoll Mahadev Naik’s son, Pankaj to be toned down. They have cited potential fears of the poll-bound politician…
Meghalaya poll officer issues Braille voter I-card
Shillong, April 9 (IANS) Chief Electoral Officer Fredrick Roy Kharkongor of Mehalaya, here on Tuesday, handed the first Braille elector photo identity card to Padmahree Bertha Dkhar, principal of Jyoti Sroat Inclusive School, the first…
LS polls Phase I: Richest to take on poorest in Telangana
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) In an unusual turn of events, the richest and the poorest candidates in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections are pitted against each other from the same constituency. An…
‘Sandesh’ gets a facelift in election season
By Binita Das Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) The “sandesh” has been dressed up. It is on a catwalk either as the Trinamool’s “jora ghash phul” (twin-flower), BJP’s lotus, Congress hand symbol or the hammer and…
Uthiramerur in TN practiced democracy in 920 A.D.
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) The system of electing people’s representative originated in Uthiramerur, about 90 km from here, in the Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu, claimed R. Seshadri, Hereditary Trustee of the temple. As per…
‘Nonsense Club’ to give tuition for LS polls
Chandigarh, April 8 (IANS) The late Jaspal Bhatti’s ‘Nonsense Club’ on Monday announced special ‘tuitions’ for politicians and voters ahead of the Lok Sabha battle. Nonsense Club member Savita Bhatti inaugurated the ‘Coaching Centre’ here…
Party-themed ‘sandesh’ sweet-talk voters in Bengal
By Binita Das Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) ‘Sandesh’ has been dressed up. It is on a catwalk either as the Trinamool’s ‘jora ghash phul’ (twin-flower), BJP’s Lotus, Congress’ Hand symbol, or the hammer and sickle…
Party hoppers before Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Before the Lok Sabha elections, a number of politicians switched parties hoping better prospects. IANS compiles a list of the prominent leaders who switched allegiance in the run-up to the…
All you need to know about EVMs
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) With leass than a week to go for the Lok Sabha elections, IANS has compiled some interesting facts about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). An EVM consists of a control unit…
Interesting facts about Lok Sabha elections
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) With the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections all set kick off on April 11, IANS has compiled some interesting facts about India’s general elections. The first Lok Sabha elections in 1952…
Two of 5 militants killed on LoC said to be locals
Srinagar, June 3 (IANS) Two of the five militants killed by the Indian Army last month while trying to sneak into Jammu and Kashmir’s Tangdhar sector from Pakistan were on Sunday identified as locals by…
Infiltration bid foiled, militant killed: Army
Srinagar, June 3 (IANS) A militant was killed on Sunday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara as alert troops foiled an infiltration bid, defence sources said. Firing was still on…