The Sasaram Lok Sabha seat, which goes to the polls on May 19, is virtually synonymous with the former deputy prime minister and socialist stalwart, the late Jagjivan Ram, Meira Kumar's father
The DMIC aims to slash the road travel time between Delhi and Mumbai by half - to 12 hours
As the battle in the state intensified, Prime Minister Narendra Modi entered the fray
5 of the 9 seats going to the polls on May 19 predominantly comprise the Bengali middle class, which doesn't take kindly to insult to its icons
Mamata Bannerjee took potshots at Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath, but steers clear of getting on to the wrong side of the religious right in her Diamond Harbour rally
Polling for the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections will be held on May 19
The Trinamool Congress had in 2014 won all the nine parliamentary seats that go to the polls in the final phase on May 19; the BJP had stood third in 6, fourth in 1, and second in two
The BJP distanced itself from her statement saying it did not agree with her, as "Mahatma Gandhi's killer cannot be a patriot"
Terming opposition parties as 'institution wreckers', he said their leaders represent 'temperamental mavericks, some highly corrupt and many a governance disaster'
Tejaswi's Rashtriya Janata Dal is fighting the polls in Bihar in alliance with the Congress, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, Hindustan Awam Morcha and Vikassheel Insan Party
Thakur said this in response to a question over actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan's remarks that free India's first terrorist was a Hindu", a reference to Nathuram Godse
UBS expects the Nifty to move up 5-10%, crossing their upside (and recent peak) scenario of 11,800 in case the BJP gets a single-party majority
Campaigning in Gurdaspur, Punjab, Deol's fame pulls cheering crowds even as his speeches are just disjointed snatches of film dialogue
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Uttar Pradesh, had promised to install the statue at the same spot where it stood before being desecrated on Tuesday
'Those involved in this act should be given strong punishment', said PM Modi
Besides Sunny Deol and Jakhar, the others in the fray are Aam Aadmi Party's Peter Masih and Punjab Democratic Alliance's Lal Chand
EC ended the campaigning for the last phase of polls one day before the deadline after clashes between TMC and BJP supporters were reported.
The remarks came after Election Commission curtailed electioneering for nine Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal by 20 hours
Twitter was yet to react to the EC order
Another reason for markets rising, irrespective of who wins, is that the election is a very big economic event in India's consumption-driven economy