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LS polls: Don't use places of worship, caste for propaganda, warns EC

The poll body's directions come days after the BJP requested it to appoint special observers at mosques to prevent attempts to 'polarise voters on religious lines' during the elections

Elections 2019: What really wins you an election? Noida may have the answer

Cash, charity or caste may not help unless your constituents see you and your tangible development work in the constituency

Lok Sabha polls: Cong releases 6th list of candidates, 146 announced so far

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal's name has been dropped from Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency

Mehbooba junks reports of alliance with Cong; PDP to contest all J&K seats

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said top industrialists ran away with huge money while 'Chowkidar' kept watching

Forest rights could decide election results in 133 Lok Sabha seats: Report

An analysis finds that the number of voters eligible for land rights under the FRA is more than the margin of victory in more than 95% of the seats

Congress refuses to form an alliance with AAP in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

Kejriwal's comments came hours after the AAP made a fresh bid to forge an alliance with the Congress in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi

Social media companies to draft election code of ethics by Wednesday

Facebook, Google, Twitter, TikTok, ShareChat, and industry association agree to foil false information themselves.

Congress mocks BJP's 'chowkidar' campaign, struggles for own tagline

Congress is still struggling to come up with an overarching slogan for its campaign

Will draft 'code of ethics' in next 24 hours: Social media platforms to EC

Section 126 of the Representation of People Act prohibits advertising and campaigning on TV and other electronic media during the silent period, which is 48 hours before the end of polling

BJP drops all 10 sitting MPs from Chhattisgarh to field fresh candidates

Jain said the state BJP made the proposal to drop the MPs to the central election committee of the party, which gave its nod

Don't indulge in political propaganda over Defence actions: EC to parties

The fresh advisory came days after the poll panel asked parties and their candidates against using pictures of defence force personnel in their campaign material

Mamata slams BJP for questioning her religion; calls for communal harmony

The BJP had often questioned her religion and accused her of following the politics of appeasement

Chowkidar effect: BJP mops up bulk of private security donations

While real estate firms donated both to BJP and Congress, private security sector donations were unique to the BJP; at least seven shelled out Rs 61 lakh in 2017-18

No riots in UP in 2 years, law and order a model for country: Adityanath

He says when he assumed office in March 2017, debt-ridden farmers were committing suicides and Uttar Pradesh had become "synonymous with murder, loot and riots"

Lok Sabha polls: Defence Corridor, Expressway in BJP's Bundelkhand arsenal

Party plans to build narrative around infra development to counter Jyotiraditya Scindia, Congress general secretary in charge of Western UP, Bundelkhand for the 2019 elections

BJP rant of no development in 70 years has run past expiry date: Priyanka

Priyanka Gandhi alleged that nothing had been done on the ground in the state during Adityanath's rule

Tech to be in centre-stage in LS polls, social media a crucial tool: Expert

He noted that younger generation is heavy user of social media, and the elections would also see participation of a significant percentage of first time voters

DMK promises to abolish NEET, bring back old pricing for petrol & cylinders

A separate budget for agriculture, loan waiver for students, free electricity are other poll promises for Lok Sabha 2019 elections

Elections 2019: In Assam, Prafulla Mahanta finds himself at the crossroads

As his party AGP, joins hands with the ruling BJP once again, former Chief Minister Mahanta stands isolated

Election Commission approves BJP's 23 applications for electronic media ads

The Congress made its first application to the Chief Electoral Office of Delhi for approval on Monday