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Elections 2019: Allocation of requisite EVMs, VVPATs underway, says ECI

Around 2,230,000 ballot units, 1.63 million control units and nearly 1.73 million VVPATs will be used for the forthcoming elections in 2019, read a statement

Sharad Pawar won't contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls due to old age: Ajit Pawar

Sharad Pawar had left the Congress party over the foreign nationalist issue of Sonia Gandhi and constituted the NCP

Five states to see high-stakes poll battle before 2019 Lok Sabha Elections

Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, MP, Mizoram and Telangana set to go to polls

How a financial squeeze on farmers poses a challenge for PM Modi in 2019

Indian farmers voted overwhelmingly for Modi in 2014. But a fall in rural incomes risks damaging that support next year

With eye on 2019 Lok Sabha polls, UP BJP to create 50,000 WhatsApp groups

BJP has established a well-oiled IT team at almost 163,000 poll booths in UP

Counting Swallows before summer: Political wind could be shifting

Among other things, even the BJP's plan to field a larger number of film stars and cricketers in elections than in the past suggests it realises the Modi tsunami of 2014 may be losing its force

LS polls 2019: BJP, Cong, SP, BSP battle for affection of Hindu gods in UP

Congress President Rahul Gandhi, thanks to his many visits to temples in recent times, is now being portrayed by the party cadres as a 'Shiv bhakt'

2019 polls: Committed to deploy VVPATs at all polling stations, says ECI

The Commission has estimated a requirement of 171% ballot units

Yogi to face 'mini referendum' in parliamentary bypoll ahead of 2019

Gorakhpur, Phulpur bypoll to test Yogi government's poll preparedness

With eye on 2019 polls, Modi govt may not go slow on labour reforms in 2018

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has envisaged to concise over 44 labour laws into four broad codes

A welfare scheme for 500 mn Indians: Is this Modi's big plan for 2019?

The government has drafted a bill to extend benefits to all workers, including those in informal employment, by merging and simplifying 15 federal labour laws into one

I swear I'll topple BJP govt in 2019 general elections: Mamata at TMC rally

Accusing the BJP to be involved in several scams and pocketing huge sums of money during demonetisation besides fuelling communal tensions, West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, upped her opposition, vowing to oust the BJP from India."From August 9 to 30, we'll undertake the BJP Bharat Choro (Quit India) movement. I swear to topple the BJP government in the 2019 general elections - karenge ya marenge (we'll do or die)", she said here during the Martyr's Day rally which her party, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) celebrates with much fanfare.Her reference to the usage of words by Mahatma Gandhi (during the independence movement) comes in wake of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi repeatedly referring to Gandhi during several of his addresses.Banerjee, while assuring her support to Congress supremo, Sonia Gandhi, Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, RJD supremo, Lalu Prasad Yadav and the DMK, said in the forthcoming general elections, all ..

Catch them young: Modi eyeing 133 million first-time voters for 2019 polls

In 2019, first-time voters in India will be twice the size of France's population

Triple talaq verdict to shape BJP's 'New India' campaign for 2019 LS polls

New Delhi, 23 AugustIn its campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had promised 'achhe din', or better days. But its 2019 Lok Sabha, already in the works, is expected to shift the goalpost to building of a 'New India'.The campaign would focus on the efforts made during Narendra Modi government's tenure in meeting Sangh Parivar's core ideological agenda - construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, implementation of a uniform civil code and repeal of Article 370, or related provisions like Article 35A, that grant Jammu and Kashmir special status.This 'new India' campaign, that the PM spoke about in his independence day speech, is set to be spelt out in greater detail at the BJP's forthcoming national executive meeting next month. According to party sources, this vision of a 'new India' would talk about constructing a nation where the so called appeasement of religious minorities would stop, Hinduism would be accorded "due status" and there will be one law ..

Yogi govt to launch projects worth Rs 2 trn before 2019 Lok Sabha polls

UP plans to hold CSR Conclave, UP Startup Conclave and Krishi Kumbh to cultivate a pro-industry image and attract investment

What about the 2019 general election?

Forget the Congress. Whichever the party, whatever the coalition, whoever its head, India needs a viable opposition

Modi must advance elections by a full year to lose no more than 75 seats

If Modi govt wants to lose no more than 50-75 seats, next general election should be brought forward by a year

Who'll be NDA's face in Bihar in 2019 polls? Here's what Nitish Kumar said

Earlier, Sushil Modi said Nitish Kumar is ruling alliance' leader in the state and the NDA will seek votes in the 2019 polls in the name Nitish Kumar and PM Modi's works

Amit Shah meets ex-CJI Lahoti, Ramdev to seek support for 2019 polls

Launching the 'Sampark For Samarthan' exercise, earlier, Amit Shah had met former Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag and Subhash Kashyap on May 29

We will win 2019 general elections by building an alliance: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi said that the Congress party was building a "formidable alliance" to fight the divisive forces in power in India