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Lok Sabha polls: PM Modi set to visit Kerala again on March 15, 17

Following this, on March 17, Modi will undertake another visit to Pathanamthitta to rally support for Anil K Antony, the BJP candidate and son of Congress stalwart A K Antony, sources said

Congress leader moves SC seeking to restrain govt from appointing new ECs

In its March 2023 order, the Supreme Court had said the prime minister, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and the CJI would pick the CEC and the ECs

BJP govt 'misusing' ED to create fear among Oppn leaders: Sharad Pawar

"BJP leaders know about the ED's actions in advance...looks like the orders come from the BJP," Pawar claimed

Amending Constitution as BJP wants will be end of democracy: Chidambaram

Chidambaram's remarks came after BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde's controversial statement that his party needed a two-thirds majority to amend the Constitution and remove unnecessary additions by Congress

BJP's CEC to meet today, likely to discuss more Lok Sabha candidates

The meeting is also likely to be attended by the BJP's partners in the NDA from Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, and Bihar

Assessing BJP's 2019 Sankalpa Patra promises ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls

While Modi govt in 2nd term has delivered on several promises it made in BJP's 2019 manifesto a few such as doubling farmers' income, turning India into a $10 trn economy by 2032 remain uphill tasks

Congress moves Delhi HC challenging dismissal of plea in tax penalty case

Last week, the ITAT had dismissed the Congress' appeal against the imposition of penalties for discrepancies in tax returns for previous years

LS polls: Cong CEC meet to finalise candidates for remaining seats today

Earlier, Congress released its first list of candidates for 39 Lok Sabha constituencies on March 8

The North-South divide: The 'fiscal injustice' rhetoric is biased

It should not be forgotten that in the 1950s and 1960s, the North Indian states subsidised Southern and Western India as part of the cooperative model of nation-building

Kharge as PM candidate: A pre-election gambit

Umbrella parties with no fundamental commitment to OBC or Dalit politics are not known to have gained electorally from such opportunistic pivoting

LS polls: Will do away with 'secular' in Preamble, says Karnataka BJP MP

In 2017, Hegde, the then Union Minister of State for Skill Development, had courted controversy for his comments regarding changing the Constitution

Lok Sabha elections: En route to 370 seats, BJP looks for co-travellers

It is tying up with regional parties - big and small - to reach the target the PM has set for the 2024 polls

Blues after the pink slip: BRS preparing to come back strongly in Telangana

But Congress and BJP are not giving it any breathing space. Aditi Phadnis reports from Hyderabad

Trinamool's West Bengal list, Meghalaya plan dent INDIA bloc's blueprint

Banerjee paraded 42 of her party's Bengal candidates, including cricketer Yusuf Pathan

Brijendra Singh quits BJP, joins Cong citing 'compelling political reasons'

Soon after announcing his resignation on X, Bijendra Singh, the son of BJP leader Birender Singh, reached Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in New Delhi and joined the opposition party

BJP, TDP, Jana Sena will form alliance for upcoming LS, Andhra polls: Naidu

In 2014, the TDP and the BJP fought the Lok Sabha polls and assembly elections together, while the JSP had supported the 2014 general and assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh

India to become third-largest economy during PM Modi's third term: UP CM

During the programme, the chief minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 673 development projects worth Rs 679 crore

We converted difficulties into opportunities: Rajnath Singh lauds PM Modi

'We have brought the poor of this country at par with the upper class of this country,' he said

Rahul pays tributes to Sardar Patel on last day of his yatra in Gujarat

On March 13, Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will address a gathering of tribal women in Dhule where they will announce the party's guarantee on justice for women, he said

SC's responsibility to protect its dignity: Sibal on electoral bonds issue

'The government in power does not want the names to be declared before the election is over. It is as simple as that,' Sibal said