Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Amethi

Amethi (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi Lok Sabha constituency which goes to poll in the fifth phase on May 6.

He was accompanied by all his family members -- mother and…

Give me 5 more years to put Congress netas in jail: Modi

Gandhinagar (IANS) Launching a blistering attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday charged it with looting the country, saying in five years of his government, he has brought the Congress to the doorstep of jail.

EC stalls Modi biopic, NaMo TV till polls

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday stopped the release of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biopic and also ordered a ban on NaMo TV till the Lok Sabha elections conclude, saying that any material which disturbs…

Rahul's Rafale remarks near-contempt of court: Sitharaman

New Delhi (IANS) Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the Supreme Court's ruling on the Rafale issue is not a setback for the government and alleged that the Congress President has not only misinterpreted…

UK PM expresses regret over Jallianwala Bagh massacre

London (IANS) UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expressed regret over the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, describing it as a "shameful scar" on British Indian history.

Her comments came just ahead of the 100th anniversary…

Modi likely to stay well ahead of Rahul in bipolar contest for PM: IANS-CVOTER Survey

New Delhi (IANS) In a straight contest between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi for prime ministership, Modi would emerge the winner by a long margin, an IANS-CVoter poll survey has revealed.

The survey, released on Monday, showed…

SC dismisses plea seeking stay on Modi biopic

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea seeking stay on release of "PM Narendra Modi", a biopic on the Prime Minister.

The court said that the appropriate body to address the petitioner's concerns is the…

RSS leader shot, Army out in J&K town

Jammu (IANS) The Army was called out in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town on Tuesday after a suspected militant shot and seriously wounded RSS leader Chandrakant Singh and killed his personal security officer, police said.

Kishtwar District…

Rebel BJP MP in party's list of campaigners in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday released the names of the 40 party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah as star campaigners in Jharkhand for the Lok Sabha polls.

Interestingly, this list includes Ranchi…

'Sandesh' gets a facelift in election season

Kolkata (IANS) The "sandesh" has been dressed up. It is on a catwalk either as the Trinamool's "jora ghash phul" (twin-flower), BJP's lotus, Congress hand symbol or the hammer and sickle of the CPI-M.