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'Compared to BJP And BJD, We Are No Match': Congress's Puri Lok Sabha Pick Who Withdrew due to Fund Crunch to News18

Sucharita Mohanty said she even tried to run a donation drive to raise funds but was unsuccessful

5 May 2024 1:04 am
Was Keen on Alliance with Congress, Even Went to Meet Rahul Gandhi at 6 Am: TMC's Abhishek

Abhishek, the nephew of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and heir apparent, claimed that TMC candidates are the true representatives of the INDIA bloc in West Bengal.

4 May 2024 11:34 pm
I Am 50% in Population, I Want 50% in Wealth: Rahul Gandhi Again Stirs Poll Pot with 'Redistribution' Ladle

The Bharatiya Janata Party is planning to use this as more ammunition to attack the Wayanad MP and his party amid the Lok Sabha polls, questioning the economic model that he is promising

4 May 2024 10:06 pm
Sandeshkhali Video Vindicates Stand: TMC; BJP Claims Footage Doctored

Banerjee asserted that the honour of Bengali women were compromised by such allegations in Sandeshkhali, which he believes are aimed at maligning the state

4 May 2024 9:46 pm
Kangana Calls Motilal Nehru Names; Cong Files Complaint with EC

Ranaut had termed former prime minister Indira Gandhi a dictator and accused her son Sanjay Gandhi of enforcing vasectomy in India

4 May 2024 9:37 pm
RLD National Spokesperson Quits Party Over BJP Ticket to Brij Bhushan Singh's Son

Jhakar is among the top leaders of the RLD and is also the state president of the National Jat Federation

4 May 2024 9:06 pm
Will Protect Muslim Reservation, Oppose UCC, YSRCP's Vijayasai Reddy Tells News18

Andhra Pradesh will have simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections on May 13. A total of 25 seats in the Lok Sabha and 175 in the assembly will be up for grabs. Reddy is the YSRCP candidate for the Nellore parliamentary seat

4 May 2024 7:28 pm
Sex Scandal Row: HD Revanna Detained Shortly After Anticipatory Bail In Mysuru Abduction Case Denied

The woman was allegedly kidnapped from her home on April 29 by Satish Babanna a relative of Revanna

4 May 2024 6:50 pm
Karnataka's Ballari City To Witness Heated Political Battle | English News | News18 | Politics

Karnataka's Ballari City To Witness Heated Political Battle | English News | News18 | PoliticsThe land of the Reddy Brothers will see a closely contested election. In Ballari, BJP's Sriramulu is trying to ensure he is not pushed to political oblivion, while Congress' Tukaram is trying to break the BJP fort. NDTV's Pratibha Raman reports.

4 May 2024 6:44 pm
Defamation Case Against Rahul Over Alleged RSS Remark: Hearing Posted for June 29

The defamation case was filed by local RSS member Rajesh Kunte claiming Gandhi in a speech had linked the organisation to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

4 May 2024 6:06 pm
Banaskantha Lok Sabha Elections: The Only Gujarat Constituency Where Both BJP and Congress Have Fieled Women Candidates

Banaskantha polls: Two-term MLA Geniben Thakor of the Congress will take on BJPs Rekha Chaudhary, an engineering professor making her poll debut, in the May 7 Lok Sabha elections

4 May 2024 5:39 pm
Sagar Lok Sabha Seat: BJP Has Clear Edge But Can Congress Spring A Surprise in This Madhya Pradesh Constituency?

Rajbahadur Singh of the BJP is the incumbent MP here but the party has given the ticket this time to Lata Wankhede while Guddu Raja Bundela from the Congress is the other top contender

4 May 2024 4:46 pm
Arvinder Singh Lovely, Four Others, Join BJP Days After Quitting Congress

The Delhi Congress unit has been beset with intense turmoil and infighting, as the city leaders are miffed over the alliance with AAP and the high command giving preference to outsiders over local leadership, in ticket allotment for Lok Sabha polls

4 May 2024 4:40 pm
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | PM Modi Lashes Out At RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav After His Speech | News18

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | PM Modi Lashes Out At RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav After His Speech | News18

4 May 2024 4:37 pm
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav Stirs Controversy Over His Statement | News18

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | RJD Leader Tejashwi Yadav Stirs Controversy Over His Statement | News18

4 May 2024 4:32 pm
Sandeskhali News Updates | Mamata Banerjee Slams BJP Over Sandeshkhali | West Bengal News | News18

Sandeskhali News Updates | Mamata Banerjee Slams BJP Over Sandeshkhali | West Bengal News | News18

4 May 2024 3:37 pm
Satara Lok Sabha Election 2024: Can Loyalty to Sharad Pawar Decide Winner in This Maharashtra Constituency?

The fight for Satara has become a matter of prestige for the Sharad Pawar-led NCP which has been hit by a split in the party orchestrated by his very own nephew Ajit Pawar

4 May 2024 3:17 pm
Battleground Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg: Sparks Fly between BJP Candidate Narayan Rane And Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray in Campaigning

Observers say that Rane will have the upper hand in Sindhudurg and Shiv Sena (UBT) incumbent MP Vinayak Raut in Ratnagiri. How much each leader gains from the other's stronghold will decide who wins the May 7 election

4 May 2024 2:54 pm
Lok Sabha Election 2024: Ex-Bureaucrat Kumar Naik Set For Political Debut, Aims For Maiden Win In Karnataka's Raichur

The Raichur Loksabha constituency which falls under the Kalyana Karnataka region faces various issues related to healthcare, unemployment, education and lack of transport facilities

4 May 2024 2:36 pm
'Bihari Babu is Now Bengali Babu': In Asansol, Shatrughan Sinha Says Mamata Banerjee Has All Qualities to be India's Next PM

Commenting on Sandeshkhali, the actor-turned-politician questioned the BJPs alliance partner in Karnataka amid a raging sex scandal

4 May 2024 11:10 am
Sex Scandal Row: SIT To Conduct Spot Mahazar At Revanna's House in Hassan's Holenarasipura

A victim had alleged that she was sexually harassed by JD(S) leaders HD Revanna and Prajwal Revanna at his house in Hassan's Holenarasipura

4 May 2024 10:50 am
'Used Political Vendetta Bogey to Wriggle Out of Mess Created by Himself': Jharkhand HC in Order Dismissing Soren's Plea

The court, calling the former Jharkhand CM a losing litigant and anxious petitioner, said his excuse of illness of his parents for keeping more than Rs 36 lakh in cash prima facie looks untenable

4 May 2024 8:47 am
Numberspeak | What Connects Srinagar, Baramulla Lok Sabha Seats in J&K with UP's Mainpuri? Here's The 'Missing Link'

The three seats will see Lok Sabha elections in different phases. Mainpuri will go for polls on May 7, Srinagar on May 13, and Baramulla on May 20

4 May 2024 8:15 am
Varanasi Lok Sabha Constituency: Modis Magic And Congresss Trite Tactics Set Stage for Another One-sided Electoral Battle

Narendra Modi won the seat by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes in 2014, retained it in 2019 with an increased margin of 4.8 lakh votes, and is set to contest from the constituency for the third time this year. BJP leaders in the area have announced their bold ambition of Ab ki baar 10 lakh paar in terms of votes and a 7-lakh victory margin

4 May 2024 8:00 am
First Win: Russian Grandmasters Comeback As Congress Asserts Rahul Gandhi's Chess Proficiency

Garry Kasparov's reaction came after Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh hailed Rahul Gandhi as an experienced player of politics and chess and said it was part of the larger strategy of Congress

4 May 2024 7:49 am
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: PM Modi To Campaign For BJP In UP, Jharkhand; FIR Against Amit Shah For 'Poll Code Violation'

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: The Prime Minister is also set to blow the poll bugle in Jharkhand's Palamu tomorrow

4 May 2024 6:30 am
Brij Bhushan Holds Show of Strength in Kaiserganj with 700 SUVs And 10,000 Supporters as Son Karan Gets Lok Sabha Ticket

Brij Bhushan deliberately tried not to be the centre of attention and did not go near UP deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya or his son throughout the event and kept himself busy attending to the dignitaries and religious leaders. He also did not go for the filing of his sons nomination

4 May 2024 1:10 am
Man Hurls Shoe at Swami Prasad Maurya in Agra, Arrested

The man, identified as Dharmendra Dhakrey, has been and further action is being taken against him, Dauki SHO Rampal Singh said

3 May 2024 10:24 pm
Sanjay Nirupam Returns to Shiv Sena After 19 Years

Nirupam will work as Shiv Sena deputy leader and spokesperson, Shinde announced

3 May 2024 10:09 pm
Sonia Gandhi Launched This 'Yaan' 20 Times: Amit Shahs Chandrayaan Dig At Rahul

I am telling you Kharge Sahab, you started Bharat Jodo Yatra, but after June 4 , you will have to start `Congress Dhundo Yatra' because Congress is going to be invisible, Shah quipped

3 May 2024 10:01 pm
India Needs Leader With 56-inch Chest, Not Those Fleeing Battlefield: Rajnath's Swipe at Rahul

People like Gandhi want to lead the country, the senior BJP leader said in a swipe at Rahul Gandhi at a public meeting and claimed that many Congress leaders wanted Gandhi to contest from Amethi but he chose to run away

3 May 2024 9:59 pm
Delhi: AAP, Congress Leaders Meet to Chalk Out Lok Sabha Polls Strategy, Appoint Coordinators

Devender Yadav, the interim chief of the Congress' Delhi unit, said the meeting was held for improved coordination between the two parties' workers

3 May 2024 9:27 pm
As Rahul Takes Raebareli Route, Smriti Tells News18 He Lied to Wayanad Voters, 'Dual Face' of Gandhis Exposed

The Congress has picked Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli and Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi as the party released its candidates' list from the two Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha constituencies on Friday

3 May 2024 8:48 pm
'Mom Entrusted Me...': Rahul's First Reaction After Raebareli Nomination, Says 'Emotional Moment' For Me

About Amethi, a constituency which Rahul Gandhi represented until 2019, Rahul said that Rae Bareli and Amethi hold equal importance to him and expressed satisfaction over Kishori Lal being nominated for the Amethi seat

3 May 2024 7:31 pm
Raped, Kidnapped My Elderly Mother; Forced Me to Have Sexual Relations: 2 New FIRs Against Revanna, Prajwal

Revanna had moved the special court for elected representatives for anticipatory bail, but withdrew the petition after the prosecution pointed out that the allegations of sexual harassment, stalking, insulting modesty of women and criminal intimidation made against him were bailable offences. He did not appear in court on Friday, as he could have been arrested

3 May 2024 7:28 pm
Sangli Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Will Congress Rebel Vishal Patil Edge Maha Vikas Aghadi Out of the Title Fight?

The Congress and Shiv Sena-UBT, both part of the opposition INDIA bloc, have been dealt a huge blow in Sangli with Congress rebel Vishal Patil contesting as an Independent and the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi deciding to extend support to him

3 May 2024 6:55 pm
South Goa Lok Sabha Elections: Will The Flip-Flop Constituency Spring a Surprise Again?

Of the two Lok Sabha constituencies in Goa, the South Goa seat is known for throwing somewhat unexpected results, keeping the ruling as well as the opposition camps on tenterhooks

3 May 2024 6:26 pm
Belgaum Lok Sabha Elections 2024: High-Stakes Clash Between BJP's Jagadish Shettar and Congress's Mrinal Hebbalkar

Belgaum polls: The BJP has opted for experience with Jagadish Shettar barely months after he returned to the party and the Congress is placing its bets on youth with Mrinal Hebbalkar, the son of Belagavi Rural MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar.

3 May 2024 5:51 pm
75 Years of Gandhis' Raebareli vs 10 Years of Modi's Varanasi: A Tale of Two Cities

As Rahul Gandhi starts campaigning for the Lok Sabha elections from Raebareli on Friday, he is bound to face locals who would either compare the state of the city today with his grandmother's times, or Narendra Modis Varanasi

3 May 2024 5:14 pm
Barpeta Lok Sabha Election 2024: Know All About Assam Constituency Where Delimitation Played Key Role

For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the candidates in the fray are Deep Bayan of Congress, Manoranjan Talukdar of CPI(M) and Phani Bhusan Choudhury of AGP. The constituency will vote on May 7 in phase 3

3 May 2024 4:36 pm
Davanagere Lok Sabha Polls: It's All in the Families in This Karnataka Constituency

Davanagere is one of 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka which comprises eight assembly segments spread over Devanagere and Vijaynagara districts

3 May 2024 4:02 pm
'Wayanad Voters Taken for Granted': Rahul's Raebareli Run Gives Oppn Ammo, Congress Calls Him 'Fighter'

Since the Congress announcement, the BJP has been celebrating the move as Congress admission of defeat even before elections are held in Amethi --- which was wrested from Rahul Gandhi by Union minister Smriti Irani

3 May 2024 3:10 pm
Junagadh Lok Sabha Election 2024: Poll Date, Candidates and Key Issues in This Gujarat Constituency

Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly segments, namely: Junagadh (BJP), Visavadar (AAP), Mangrol (BJP), Somnath (Congress), Talala (BJP), Kodinar (BJP) and Una (BJP).

3 May 2024 2:37 pm
No Gandhi In Amethi Contest For First Time In 2 Decades, Smriti Irani Says 'People Rejected Them In 2019'

Irani's reaction came after Congress ended the Amethi suspense and fielded KL Sharma from the seat instead of the Gandhi siblings

3 May 2024 2:37 pm
BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh To Face Rahul Gandhi In Raebareli: All About Former Cong MLC Who Halved Sonias Win Margin in 2019

Raebareli is set to witness close contest between Congress and the BJP. Rahul Gandhi will be contesting against BJP's Dinesh Pratap

3 May 2024 1:41 pm
Congress Leader Approached Me To Fight On Hand Symbol: Brij Bhushan's Big Claim

Brij Bhushan Singh's revelation comes the same day his son, Karan Bhushan Singh filed nomination from the Kaiserganj seat, earlier in the day

3 May 2024 1:20 pm
Amethi Walkover for Smriti Irani? Why Rahul Gandhi's Absence May Snatch Bastion from Congress

Iranis whirlwind campaign to touch 400 meetings by May 18 means Congress candidate KL Sharma has a lot of ground to cover

3 May 2024 1:07 pm
'I Respect Balasaheb Thackeray, Won't Speak Against Uddhav,' Says PM Narendra Modi

In an interview with TV9, PM Narendra Modi said he will always be grateful to Balasaheb Thackeray and can never speak against his family even if it is Uddhav Thackeray, who is now in the Opposition.

3 May 2024 12:59 pm
Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha Election 2024: Poll Date, Candidates and Key Constituency Issues in The BJP Bastion

The Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha constituency encompasses part of Belgaum district and the entire Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

3 May 2024 12:13 pm
'Hindus Being Treated as Second Class Citizens in Bengal': PM Modi Attacks TMC Over Humayun Kabir's Video

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Trinamool Congress over appeasement politics and Sandeshkhali while addressing a rally in West Bengal's Bardhaman.

3 May 2024 12:04 pm