Politics

The TDP supremo reached the temple city of Tirupati on Saturday morning and offered special rituals to Sri Venkateswara Swamy. Once done with the religious affairs, Naidu will proceed to Srikakulam, where he will address a public meeting.

Mayawati said that "seat-sharing" has already been finalised between the two parties and there is "no dispute" regarding the distribution.

The TDP delegation in Chittoor in a request letter said that since the fan is the party symbol of the YSRCP, it must be removed with immediate effect, as the voters might get swayed in favour of the party by seeing them.

In an interview with News 18.com, Savitribai Phule talks about her frustrations of being associated with the saffron party, her disenchantment with Mayawati and the recently forged SP-BSP alliance.

Laying the blame on Congress for not joining the SP-BSP alliance, Akhilesh alleged that the party was more interested in strengthening itself rather than removing the Narendra Modi government in the Lok Sabha elections.

Arun Jaitley said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a quick learner and has demonstrated his ability to take quick decisions on complicated matters with clarity and determination.

The bypolls to Shiroda and Mandrem were necessitated after the sitting Congress MLAs resigned from the Assembly and party and joined the BJP.

Intensive negotiations were held among grand alliance constituents in New Delhi as top leaders of the formation sought to settle the issue of seat-sharing for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

There are rumours that Kitex group chairman and managing director, Sabu Jacob, might be the candidate from the Chalakudy parliamentary constituency.

Nearly 12 EC officials visited several houses and offices of astrologers in Mandya city near Mysore, covering the image of palm. Astrologers asked if the Commission was also planning to block the sunrise till elections as it is DMK's symbol

According to a TMC Rajya Sabha MP, these celebrities draw huge crowds, not only in their constituencies, but also in adjacent seats where they might campaign.

Sujay Patil's entry into the BJP comes after the Sharad Pawar-led NCP spurned a request by Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil to leave aside the Ahmednagar Lok Sabha seat for his son.

While it may inflict larger damage on the BJP, the Congress party’s resurgence can also be a cause of concern for the ‘Gathbandhan’ on several seats.

The BJP latched on to the comment to throw 'Rahul loves terrorists' barb at the Congress chief, as the opposition party hit back accusing its rival of deliberately twisting his comments made with sarcasm.

The BJP has pinned its hope on the Sabarimala issue as it believes that it was able to create a momentum among its workers.

Sumalatha, widow of celebrated Kannada actor Ambareesh, has urged people to not give credence to speculation that Congress leaders were persuading her to not contest from Mandya, However, she said party strongman and water resources minister DK Shivakumar...