Politics

Ruling TRS nominee and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha is among the contestants in the Nizamabad constituency where the farmers have entered the poll fray in large numbers to highlight their plight.

For chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and opposition party Janasena’s Pawan Kalyan, the attempt has been to encash on the Andhra Pradesh versus Telangana sentiment in the state.

Sitting Congress MP SP Muddahanumegowda filed his nomination wearing the Congress party's scarf and said he still has faith about getting a ticket from his party.

Kanhaiya plans to reach out to the voter in person, not spend on social media, focus on ground issues in Begusarai, but battle the idea of Modi head on.

A former Bigg Boss contestant, Swami Om, in a statement said he will fight against the "anti-Hindu" stance of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had put out a tweet depicting his party symbol, a broom, chasing a "Hindu swastika".

Speculations were rife after a picture of Sapna Choudhary posing with Manoj Tiwari surfaced on the internet, a day after she dwindled out of the Congress party.

The alliance has been facing several roadblocks, with the JD(S) now realising it has no candidates to put up from its share of eight seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

A Delhi court has extended till March 25 the interim protection to Karti from his arrest as well as that of former Union minister P Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis scam cases filed by the CBI and the ED.

The Indian Army retaliated strongly but the casualties suffered by Pakistan were not known immediately, the officials said, adding Pakistani troops used mortar and small arms to target forward posts and villages.

According to sources, Gandhi earlier turned down the request, saying he did not know much about the Wayanad constituency, which is an important Congress seat.

Sitting MLA Nitesh Ganga Deb has been fielded from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, while Jayaram Pangi is the BJP candidate for Koraput (ST) parliamentary seat.

BJP is contesting 25 out of total 48 seats in alliance with the Shiv Sena, which will fight on rest of the seats.

Some Delhi BJP leaders who attended the meeting claimed 'objections were raised over celebrities joining the BJP for Lok Sabha tickets and demanded priority for dedicated leaders and workers during ticket distribution'.

The Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP), formed barely a year ago, has been given three Lok Sabha seats, as it has gained a lot of traction among the Nishad community members.

Senior BJP leader Babulal Gaur appreciated Priyanka Gandhi's persona and called her a mirror image of her grandmother, former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

The BJP, which announced candidates for five out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, droped five names of sitting MPs as it announced candidature for five seats on late Thursday evening.