Politics

A total of 93, 20,684 voters, including 48, 49,232 males and 44, 71,405 females, will be able to exercise their franchise in the polls.

The Representation of the People Act, 1951, says that the polling date is a paid holiday for all eligible voters working in any business, trade, industrial undertaking or any other establishment.

The event aimed at garnering support for the amended Citizenship Bill was allegedly disrupted by protesters, who raised anti-CAA slogans. They were immediately detained and questioned by the police.

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar was speaking at the inauguration of the agro exhibition organised at the Krishi Vigyan Kendra in Baramati, his home turf, where Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was also present.

Kejriwal said all the political parties would make promises in order to win the election and the upcoming budget gives an opportunity to the BJP to provide funds to the civic bodies led by it.

The Bihar chief minister requested journalists to enjoy the feast and write about the state-wide human chain scheduled on January 19 instead.

It is for the first time that Delhi will witness a contest between the agendas of development and divide minus the legacy of former chief ministers or tall political leaders. This time it is a straight battle between the AAP's Arvind Kejriwal and the BJP'...

The Akali Dal last December celebrated its 99th foundation day, but in the absence of some prominent veteran Akali leaders, who instead chose to hold a parallel convention in Amritsar.

In the assembly elections, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will once again contest from New Delhi constituency.

Addressing a rally organized by the BJP in support of the CAA, which was passed less than two months ago, the firebrand BJP leader charged that those opposing the legislation were committing the 'paap' (sin) of working against national interests.

Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Som Dutt won from here in 2015 by defeating BJP's Praveen Kumar Jain and Congress' chief ministerial candidate Ajay Maken.

West Delhi BJP MP Parvesh Singh Verma said if his party wins the upcoming assembly polls, a token charge of Rupee 1 would be levied for water and power supply to poor people in the city.

By driving away two then-unknown foreigners last month for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act, and with a string of such heavy-handed actions in recent years, officials are doing Prime Minister Narendra Modi no favours.

Maharashtra government's school education department on Monday issued a notice to all schools in the state asking them not to use their premises for hosting any political event.

For this purpose, the state will be divided into three regions, which will thereafter be referred to as zones, a draft note said. Each zone will be governed by a Board consisting of nine members, including the CM.

The ruling Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have criticised the book, deprecating the 'insulting comparison' between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the PM.