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5 LS seats in U'khand to go to polls on April 19: EC

Dehradun, March 17 -- The polling on all five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand will take place on April 19 in the first phase of the elections, the ECI announced on Saturday. The gazette notification wi... Read More


Electoral bonds case casts SBI in a bad light

India, March 17 -- My first bank account was with State Bank of India's Parliament Street branch. I was around 16 when Daddy opened it. It was to deposit my share of proceeds from the sale of ancestra... Read More


On election eve, a tale of two BJPs 20 years apart

India, March 17 -- Almost a billion people will vote between April 19 and June 1 to elect a new Lok Sabha, with the results coming out on June 4. The next 76 days will see intense campaigning with the... Read More


SP faces twin challenges on political chessboard

Lucknow, March 17 -- The Samajwadi Party faces the twin challenges of taking on the dominant BJP and protecting or winning back some of its strongholds in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The party secured ... Read More


Modi accuses Oppn in Telangana of corruption

HYDERABAD, March 17 -- Accusing the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government and the present Congress government in Telangana of being responsible for the plight of the people in the state, Pr... Read More


Oppn citadels on BJP radar

Lucknow, March 17 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faces the two-pronged tasks of retaining its bastions in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls while penetrating opposition citadels that evaded it even during... Read More


A battle for survival for Mayawati's BSP

Lucknow, March 17 -- The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) faces quite a challenge in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Successive defeats in the Lok Sabha and assembly polls has triggered exodus of key leaders. Now, BS... Read More


RLD out to win back Baghpat

Lucknow, March 17 -- Winning back its former pocket borough Baghpat is among the Rashtriya Lok Dal's (RLD) top concerns in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, where voting will be held in seven phas... Read More


Rajnath vs Ravidas inLucknow on May 20

LUCKNOW, March 17 -- Voters of Lucknow and Mohanlalganj will use their suffrage in the fifth of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls on May 20. Two-time sitting MP from Lucknow and defence minister Rajnath... Read More


HIGH STAKES, KEY PLAYERS

India, March 17 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav, 50, is leading the principal opposition party and the INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh against the ruling BJP in the high-stakes 2... Read More