Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:13:47
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara Friday said he has requested the JD(S) to return Tumkur seat to the Congress if former prime minister H D Deve Gowda is not contesting from the constituency.
The development comes amid simmering discontent within the Congress's local leadership over ceding of Tumkur seat to the alliance partner.
Parameshwara, who has held a series of meetings wi
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:09:34
Limited to a couple of constituencies in the old Mysuru region in the successive Lok Sabha polls since its formation in 1999, the JD(S) in Karnataka is aiming to break new ground in the coming parliamentary elections capitalising on the party being in power.
After the Janata Dal split in 1999, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda's JD(S) has been winning two to three Lok Sabha seats in the old M
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:06:10
Income tax sleuths Friday seized unaccounted cash of Rs 1.5 crore from a lodge here in which a rural development department engineer was staying, sparking demands from the BJP for minister Krishna Byre Gowda's resignation.
Rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) minister Byre Gowda has denied any involvement in the matter.
Acting on a tip, I.T officials raided the lodge at Anand Rao circl
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:00:25
Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar Friday released a list of 37 Lok Sabha candidates who will contest the upcoming polls under the banner of his new political front, dealing a blow to Congress-NCP efforts to forge a grand alliance against the BJP in the state.
They will contest the next month's polls under the banner of the VanchitBahujan Aghadi (VBA), a social coalition of Dalits and Muslims jointl
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:57:22
Slamming what he termed as the "wrath of coercive agencies" on the business community, former prime minister Manmohan Singh Friday said trust between the government and businesses has eroded and a hostile narrative has been built that will hurt the economy.
Speaking at Hindu Business Line's award event, Singh without taking any names said there was no room for authoritarian impositions after th
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:54:09
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday urged his supporters to take the 'main bhai chowkidar' (I too am watchman) pledge, saying he is not alone in the fight against graft and social evils.
"Your Chowkidar is standing firm & serving the nation. But, I am not alone. Everyone who is fighting corruption, dirt, social evils is a Chowkidar. Everyone working hard for the progress of India is a Chowkid
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:50:59
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to hear the plea of 21 opposition leaders, led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, seeking that VVPAT slips of at least 50 per cent of voting machines in each assembly constituency be checked randomly in the Lok Sabha elections.
The leaders from six national and 15 regional parties, claiming to represent 70-75 per cent of the population, have al
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:44:14
The BJP is likely to release its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday, when its central election committee is scheduled to meet.
The list will have the names of most of the candidates for the first phase of polling, which will be held on April 11 in 91 seats.
The election for 543 parliamentary seats will be held in seven phases till May 19 and the counting of votes w
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Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:35:18
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan on Friday said that Rampur unit of his party will boycott upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
“The BJP wants to control all the institutions in the country and it has been successful to an extent. The Rampur unit of the party has announced that they will boycott the Parliament elections,” former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister and Rampur MLA, Khan, said wh
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