New Delhi: Congress today termed as “purely speculative” reports that LJP could ally with BJP for the Lok Sabha polls, noting that Ram Vilas Paswan was the first one to quit the NDA on the issue of Gujarat riots. “If at all there is anything that is playing out in the public space, my instant […]

New Delhi: The government today said it will not be able to provide fool-proof security to Indian Premier League matches due to the coming Lok Sabha polls. “Due to general elections, it will be difficult to provide adequate security to IPL matches,” Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told reporters here. Sources said the Home Ministry has […]

New Delhi: On the back foot after Rahul Gandhi expressed his unhappiness on the possibility of the assassins of his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi walking free, the Centre moved the Supreme Court on Thursday against the judgment commuting the death penalty of three convicts to life term and, also, against the Tamil […]

Bangalore: Laying thrust on “social justice” in budget 2014-15, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday spared the common man of fresh tax ahead Lok Sabha polls, but made beer and liquor consumption more taxing. The Chief Minister said: “Lok Sabha polls did not weigh on my mind while presenting the budget. It was rather an […]

Bangalore : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is expected to present a “pro-people” budget in the Assembly tomorrow, as he braces himself for a major popular test in the Lok Sabha polls whose outcome may have a bearing on his standing within the ruling Congress. For a seasoned hand with an enviable record in budget presentation, […]

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday counselled Governors to “remain alert” ahead of the Lok Sabha election and ensure that the exercise of the right of suffrage is “peaceful and conducive to free expression of the will of the people.” Addressing the 45th Conference of Governors at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Mr. Mukherjee advised the […]

Bangalore: The ruling Congress appears to be emulating the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, by distributing ration cards to woo the electorate. While the free distribution of ration cards through a private firm by the Yeddyurappa government ahead of the 2009 polls allegedly resulted in the creation of […]

New Delhi : Led by the Left, at least 14 non-Congress secular parties came together at a joint convention on Wednesday and made a fresh bid to forge a front to fight the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Though most of the leaders, except Bihar Chief Minister Nitish […]

Bangalore : BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will from November 16 launch a blitzkrieg across Karnataka where the party is hoping to use the “NaMo” card to make a turnaround in the next Lok Sabha polls. “Modi will address nine rallies in two months in the state. The first rally will be addressed here […]

Bangalore : The BJP central leadership on Tuesday sought more time for taking a final decision on bringing back former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa to the party fold. BJP national president Rajnath Singh and party national general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal told the party’s State leaders during a core committee meeting in Mumbai that the party’s parliamentary board will […]