PM Modi in Gujarat tomorrow to seek mother's blessingsOn Monday, he will be in Varanasi, the LS seat he retained in the elections by a margin of 4.79 lakh votes.
25 May, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Small, yet not insignificant: Minor players of big battleground statesThese small parties, with their pockets of influence, can swing outcomes in some constituencies
14 May, 2019, 12.38 PM IST
11 Lok Sabha seats, SP and BSP never won in UPThe Lucknow seat on which the alliance is still indecisive and has not fielded its candidate yet, is BJP's stronghold.
15 Apr, 2019, 01.06 PM IST
BJP conspired to field Bhim Army's Chandrashekhar from Varanasi to divide Dalit votes: MayawatiThe BSP chief said, "Each and every vote of the Dalits is important to remove the arrogant, autocratic, casteist and communal BJP from powe...
31 Mar, 2019, 02.37 PM IST
Winnability a prime factor in seat allocationIn 2014, the SP won five seats and came second on 34 seats. The BSP couldn’t win a single seat, but it also came second on 34 seats.
22 Feb, 2019, 07.41 AM IST
Is the BJP poll juggernaut slowing? Lessons for the party from setbacks in UPThe results may raise questions over the BJP’s micro-planning for booth management in its organizational structure.
14 Mar, 2018, 08.31 PM IST
Intact MBC support explains Mayawati’s choice of Azamgarh for rally II“BSP still enjoys a support base among a section of the Most Backward Castes (MBC) here. She may keep her eye on SP’s Muslim vote-bank in t...
02 Oct, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
Third eye: Will Karra bite the Anantnag bullet?PDP rebel Karra, who joined Congress and had defeated Farooq Abdullah from Srinagar seat in 2014 which he quit some months back, might be a...
20 Feb, 2017, 01.23 AM IST
Gujarat bypolls: BJP gets unassailable lead in Vadodara Lok Sabha seatBypolls were held in Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency after PM Narendra Modi vacated this seat after choosing to retain Varanasi seat in UP.
16 Sep, 2014, 11.27 AM IST
Narendra Modi thanks Vadodara, says looks forward to serve 'Ganga Maa'At the same time, Modi also congratulated students who successfully passed the CBSE examinations, the results of which were declared today.
29 May, 2014, 06.08 PM IST
Shiv Sena to contest Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi"We have our alliance with BJP in Maharashtra, not in UP. We will strive to expand our party in other parts of the country," Sena spokesper...
21 Mar, 2014, 02.25 PM IST
Congress tried to rope in Sachin Tendulkar to contest against Narendra ModiAccording to reports, the party also contacted cricketing idol Sachin Tendulkar, who is the party's Rajya Sabha member, but he refused to b...
20 Mar, 2014, 01.04 PM IST
Narendra Modi likely to be declared Varanasi nominee on SaturdayThe decision will end the suspense over whether Modi will contest from the east UP seat to boost BJP's prospects in the crucial heartland c...
14 Mar, 2014, 11.40 AM IST
Mukhtar Ansari will fight Lok Sabha polls from Varanasi if Narendra Modi doesAfzal Ansari, who looks after the affairs of Quami Ekta Dal (QED), said that Mukhtar will also contest from Ghosi parliamentary constituenc...
12 Mar, 2014, 02.25 PM IST
LS Polls: Now, BJP faces dissent over Lucknow seat for Rajnath SinghOn Sunday, Joshi expressed unhappiness with the media for reports over his protest, but did not decline to take questions on the Varanasi s...
10 Mar, 2014, 08.30 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls 2014: Congress to decide on candidates via primariesaking a leaf out of the AAP strategy, the Congress will decide candidates of 16 LS seats, including that of Union Minister Kapil Sibal’s Ch...
31 Jan, 2014, 06.28 AM IST
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