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TV serials peddling govt schemes? EC wants political content vetted

Election officials in Maharashtra directed producers of television serials Bhabhiji Ghar Par Hai and Tujhse Hai Raabta to remove content that was deemed to benefit prospects of a political party

BSP supremo Mayawati terms 48-hour EC ban order as 'black day'

The EC on Monday imposed ban on Mayawati for "provocative" communal remarks, which it said had the "propensity to polarise the elections"

The Chessboard - Ep 3: Has 2019 been the most abusive poll campaign ever?

In episode 3 of Business Standard's political podcast, Ankur Bhardwaj and Aditi Phadnis discuss the SC's notice to Rahul Gandhi, abusive poll campaign and phase two of polls

EC restrains Adityanath, Mayawati, Azam Khan, Maneka from poll campaigning

Maneka, Azam also 'censured' as SC ticks off poll panel for not acting on leaders over hate speeches

Arvind Kejriwal did U-turn on Delhi seat-sharing, says Rahul Gandhi

AAP sources said the Congress was unwilling to have an alliance

EC bars Maneka, Azam Khan from campaigning after crackdown on Maya, Yogi

Gandhi cannot campaign for 48 for telling Muslims in Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday that she will not bother about them if they didn't vote for her

Vanishing decorum

Election campaign speeches are hitting a new low

Earlier too people spoke of Cong decline, it will never happen: Shinde

On the campaign trail, the former home minister, now 77, speaks to Business Standard on the future of his party, his political opponents and the drinking water shortage in Solapur city

Annu Tandon's journey from RIL to the hard grind of election politics

Tandon herself is proud that she belongs to a party that lets her do the kind of politics she believes in

Elections and the affluent Indian

In this election season, is too much being made of the divisions in our polity? Let some recent reports do the talking

SC gives Rahul Gandhi till April 22 to explain Rafale comments

Top court also asks politicians to refrain from attributing any findings or views to the court unless recorded in order

Yogi's 2019 poll gamble: Rs 250 cr for cow shelters, cess on foreign liquor

Ruling BJP goes on course correction path to pre-empt backlash in rural constituencies, as stray cattle population surges following slaughter ban

Delhi election officer writes to EC over streaming of web series on PM Modi

The move comes days after the EC banned the screening of a biopic on the prime minister during the current poll period

EC bars Mayawati, Adityanath from poll campaigning after SC enquiry

The SC bench referred to submissions of the EC that they can issue notice, then advisory and finally lodge a complaint against an errant politician for violating the Model Code of Conduct

BJP fields Ravi Kishan from Gorakhpur, Praveen Nishad from Sant Kabir Nagar

With these names, the party has so far announced candidates for 420 Lok Sabha seats for the seven-phase elections which will start on April 11 and continue till May 19

CPI(M) to approach EC over alleged large scale manipulation during LS polls

Large scale manipulation of polls in the first phase of voting, especially in West Bengal and Tripura has raised huge question marks

FIR against Samajwadi's Azam Khan for 'khaki underwear' jibe at Jaya Prada

The video of Khan's purported speech was also doing the rounds on various social media platform

Elections 2019 LIVE: EC bans Yogi, Mayawati from campaigning for two days

Lok Sabha elections 2019 Phase 2 will be held on April 15 in 13 states. Today is the last day of campaigning in the Lok Sabha constituencies that go into poll on Thursday. Catch LIVE updates

Two candidates with criminal cases for every woman so far in this election

The number of women contesting elections so far in the first two phases numbered 209. The number of candidates who have disclosed criminal cases is 464

Expect no lean govt

Manifestos of both the BJP and the Congress hold out no hope that the size of the next government will be reduced