CHENNAI: DMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Water Resources Minister S. Duraimurugan has said that the DMK-led alliance would sweep the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu.

BENGALURU: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai filed his nomination on Friday as a BJP candidate for the Haveri Lok Sabha seat in the state.

ITANAGAR: Voting for the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh began on Friday morning under heavy security blanket, officials said.

PHAGWARA: Former Punjab Minister and Four Times Congress MLA, Veteran Congress Leader Amarjit Singh Samra has strongly opposed the decision of the congress high command to allot Congress ticket to Former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi from Jalandhar Lok Sabha Seat.

NEW DELHI: Over 16.63 crore voters in 1.87 lakh polling stations across the country will decide the fate of 1,625 candidates in the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Friday.

CHANDIGARH: Spearheading the charge for efficient electoral processes, Punjab's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sibin C, launched the Poll Activity Management System (PAMS) for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in his office today.

AMRITSAR: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency and former Ambassador of India to America Taranjit Singh Sandhu said that the current Lok Sabha elections are the battle of the future, which will decide the future of Amritsar and its people.
He said that Amritsar and border areas are very backward compared to other cities. A special package is needed from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring it back on track.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition to postpone the Chartered Accountants (CA) intermediate and final examinations due to the Lok Sabha polls in May.

JALANDHAR: In order to ensure free, fair and peaceful forthcoming General Elections 2024, Special Director General of Police (Spl DGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla on Thursday chalked out a foolproof strategy with the Border Security Force (BSF) to further strengthen the second line of defence and completely break the supply chain of drugs from across the border.

PATNA: The Hajipur reserved Lok Sabha seat in Bihar first came to the limelight when Ram Vilas Paswan contested from it in the 1977 Lok Sabha election and won with the record margins of more than 4 lakh votes, getting his name registered in the Guinness World Records.

JAMMU: Four more candidates on Wednesday filed their nomination papers from the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency, which will go to polls in the second phase of parliamentary elections on April 26.

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mohan Yadav, said on Wednesday that the Congress was battling infighting and it did not look like the grand old party was taking the Lok Sabha elections seriously.

CHANDIGARH: To instil a sense of security among the general public ahead of Lok Sabha Elections-2024, Punjab Police along with teams of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) on Monday carried out flag marches at all the vulnerable and sensitive pockets across the state. Polling for the general elections in Punjab will be held in the last phase of polls on June 1.

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Congress on Saturday has set a target to win more than 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections in the state, a top party leader said.

AMRITSAR: Chief Minister Punjab Bhagwant Singh Maan's welfare policies, people are joining the Aam Aadmi Party on a large scale and day by day the Aam Aadmi Party's family is increasing. These words were expressed by Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) announced its seven candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha polls from Punjab and Haryana.

BENGALURU: The major political parties in Karnataka are gearing up to submit their nominations for the 14 parliamentary seats going to polls on April 26, as the process of submission of nominations to the Election Commission of India began on Thursday.

BHUBANESWAR: Hours after releasing the first list of candidates for the nine parliamentary constituencies in Odisha, the ruling Biju Janata Dal announced candidates for six more Lok Sabha seats on Wednesday evening.

NEW DELHI: In a major political setback to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab, the party's lone MP in the Lok Sabha, Sushil Kumar Rinku (48), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Wednesday.

JAIPUR: Independent MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati on Tuesday announced his intention to contest the Barmer Lok Sabha seat.

CHANDIGARH: After “talks” with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) remained inconclusive, the BJP on Tuesday announced its decision to go alone in all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab slated on June 1.

JAMMU:The Election Commission (EC) has notified a comprehensive scheme for Kashmiri migrants to vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

VADODARA: Ranjan Bhatt, the incumbent BJP MP from Vadodara, has expressed her reluctance to contest in the forthcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections, citing personal reasons.

IMPHAL: The BJP on Friday decided to support the candidates of the National People's Party (NPP) in the two parliamentary seats in Meghalaya, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) nominee in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat, and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) contender in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland.

CHENNAI: The DMK announced its candidate list on Wednesday by fielding sitting MP D.M. Kathir Anand from Vellore Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

BATHINDA:Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal today demanded all five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers who had been earmarked to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections resign from their ministries immediately in the interest of public welfare.

PATNA: The 40 Lok Sabha seats of Bihar are crucial to deciding the fate of NDA and INDIA bloc in the 2024 polls, and so, both sides are meticulously preparing for each seat in the state.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sibin C, has released the election programme of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 for the state of Punjab. Providing key insights, he said that the Gazette Notification for the elections is scheduled to be issued on May 7th, 2024 (Tuesday). The deadline for nominations is set for May 14th, 2024 (Tuesday), with scrutiny of nominations to take place on May 15th, 2024 (Wednesday).

CHANDIGARH: A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates of the poll for the General Elections 2024, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Sunday said that Punjab Police is fully geared up to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections in the border state.

PATNA: The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Saturday that the Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases in Bihar from April 19 to June 1, while the counting of votes will be taken up on June 4.

CHANDIGARH: The election of 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab will be held in seventh phase on June1. In agrarian Punjab, where Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes make up 55 per cent of the population, religion and the issues of farmers and farm labourers are likely to play a decisive role in a seemingly four-cornered contest.

SHIMLA: Voting for the four Lok Sabha seats in Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh will be held in a single phase on June 1, it was announced on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the schedule for the 543 parliamentary constituencies for 18th Lok Sabha elections, the biggest democratic exercise in the world involving 96.8 crore voters, including 21.5 crore young voters between age 18 to 29 years old.

SHIMLA: Voting for the four Lok Sabha seats in Congress-ruled Himachal Pradesh will be held in a single phase on June 1, it was announced on Saturday. All four seats - Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur and Shimla (reserved) - are held by the BJP.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Sibin C, held a meeting with the Deputy Commissioners (DC) cum District Election Officers of the state. He directed the DCs to ensure effective implementation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) guidelines so as to ensure free and fair elections.

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday took up the discussion on climate change under Rule 193.Speaker On Birla said this is an important subject for all human beings, and it is a matter of great pride that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has advocated conservation of the climate on all international forums.

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed, by voice vote, the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021, which changes the salary and service conditions of the judges of the higher judiciary and provide an additional quantum of pension or family pension when they attain a certain age in accordance with a specified scale.

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021, with several members raising concerns about the large number of pending cases.

NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday will table 'The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2021' in the Lok Sabha. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will introduce the Bill.

KOLKATA: In a major development, Lok Sabha MP Sukanat Majumadar has been named the new President of Bengal BJP, replacing Dilip Ghosh who has been made the national Vice President of the party.

TIRUPATI:Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday offered prayers at the Tirupati temple along with his family members.
Offered prayers to Lord Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala temple for a peaceful & prosperous Bharat and well being of the people. The very sight of the divine Lord gives a sense of inner peace. The architectural beauty of the temple, in all its magnificence, is enthralling," Birla tweeted following his temple visit.

AMARAVATI/NEW DELHI: Senior YSRCP leader V. Vijayasai Reddy on Friday said that he is seeing "bias" in Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla with respect to the way he is dealing with the party's demand for disqualification of rebel party MP Kanumuru Raghurama Krishna Raju.

NEW DELHI: The results in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan came as a major shock for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has won all the major states barring Delhi, Bihar, Punjab and Karnataka in elections held after the sweeping 2014 Lok Sabha victory.

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have consolidated its position as the principal pole of Indian politics due to its stunning victory in Tripura and its improved performance in Meghalaya and Nagaland with the results also showing that Congress continues to face multiple challenges to check its slide in the states.

The Union Cabinet's reshuffle and expansion on Sunday saw elevation of those seen as performing while sending out a political message on BJP's intention to expand its footprint in south and eastern India with an eye to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

SHAHID BHAGAT SINGH NAGAR: MP from Anandpur Sahib and former Union Minister Manish Tewari today said that no compromise in development would be allowed in the Lok Sabha constituency. He said that the Punjab government under the leadership of Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh is committed for the overall development of the state. MP Tewari was addressing public meetings on the occasion of launching development works in various villages of Banga constituency.

CHANDIGARH: Commenting on a statement made by Captain Amarinder Singh on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab president and MP Bhagwant Mann; senior AAP leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Legislative Assembly, Harpal Singh Cheema, during a press conference here on Sunday, said that Captain was unhappy as MP Bhagwant Mann had raised slogans in Lok Sabha in front of former’s boss, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, against blacks laws in favour of farmers.

AMRITSAR: Shiromani Akali Dal Taksali President Jathedar Ranjit Singh Brahmpura strongly condemned the intransigence of the Government of India  He appealed to Members Lok sabha and Rajya Sabha Members to announce their resignations to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha for their sincere support to the Kisan Sangharsh to oppose the black law imposed on them by the Central Government.  

NEW DELHI:Ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections and bypolls in other states amid coronavirus pandemic, the poll expenditure limit of candidates in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections has been increased by 10 per cent. The limit was upwardly revised by the Centre after consultations with the Election Commission of India.

NEW DELHI:Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has nominated 15 MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur as Associate Members to assist the Delimitation Commission in re-drawing the Lok Sabha as well as assembly constituencies of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states.

CHANDIGARH: All the 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab and the lone seat of its capital Chandigarh went to the polls amid tight security on Sunday in the seventh and final phase of general elections.

NEW DELHI:  As the campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 59 constituencies ended Friday evening, over 10.17 crore voters across seven states will decide the fate of 979 candidates by casting their votes on May 12.

Calling itself way ahead of its opponents, the Congress and the BJP, Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) says it has not left out any possible means of communication to reach out to voters.

CHANDIGARH: A total of 278 candidates are in a fray for 13 parliamentary constituency of state of Punjab, 12 candidates withdrew their nomination papers on last day (May 2, 2019) of withdrawal.

A pathetic 7.5 per cent voter turnout was recorded on Monday until 2 p.m. in the second and penultimate phase of voting in the troubled Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir.

CHANDIGARH: Sukhbir Singh Badal president of Shiromani Akali Da;(SAD) and his wife Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal have jumped into the Lok Sabha contest together making it a surprise couple entry. They however face the allegatins of 'Match Fixing' with Congress party.

 On the fourth day of filling nominations for the Lok Sabha elections, five candidates on Thursday filed theirnominations.

CHANDIGARH: The Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab Dr. S Karuna Raju on Thursday informed that no nomination papers for the Lok Sabha Polls would be filed on April 27 and 28 in view of holidays.

The Congress on Monday released the list of candidates on six out of the seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi for the May 12 Lok Sabha polls in the national capital.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Tuesday announced candidates for five more Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Dr S Karuna Raju has asked all the political parties to not utilize single-use plastic material for electioneering and encouraged them to use eco-friendly material during the ensuing Lok Sabha Polls as per directions of Election Commission of India and Kerala high court's decision.

Four-time Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is the front-runner in the prestigious Srinagar Lok Sabha seat although he is locked in a triangular contest as he seeks re-election from here.

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NEW DELHI: For the last few decades, they were the BJP's prominent faces and voices in the Lower House of Parliament but now their voices would not be heard in the 17th Lok Sabha which is to be constituted after the May 23 results.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday announced the names of its 3 candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2019. The decision was taken during the meeting of state core committe held under the leadrship of state chief Bhagwant Mann and core committee head principal Budhram at Sangrur.

With less than a month to go for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Friday announced its candidates for 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.

 Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday declared the first list of nine Lok Sabha and 54 Assembly candidates.

CHANDIGARH: Sunil Arora, Chief Election commissioner of India today reviewed the election preparedness of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh in connection with the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections in 2019.

NEW DELHI: The results in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan came as a major shock for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has won all the major states barring Delhi, Bihar, Punjab and Karnataka in elections held after the sweeping 2014 Lok Sabha victory.

NEW DELHI: By-election to three Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies will be held in Karnataka on November 3 to fill vacancies. The counting is due on November 6.

AMRITSAR: Buoyant over the recent bonhomie between Bhartiya Janata Party and Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) at the national level, the state BJP seems all geared up for the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Under the rural outreach program senior BJP leader and state executive member Rajinder Mohan Singh Chhina today addressed a public rally at border town Attari and met party cadre in the adjoining villages to apprise the public about the NDA’s public welfare schemes.

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have consolidated its position as the principal pole of Indian politics due to its stunning victory in Tripura and its improved performance in Meghalaya and Nagaland with the results also showing that Congress continues to face multiple challenges to check its slide in the states.

The Union Cabinet's reshuffle and expansion on Sunday saw elevation of those seen as performing while sending out a political message on BJP's intention to expand its footprint in south and eastern India with an eye to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.