Lok Sabha polls from April 11 to May 19, vote count on May 23

New Delhi (IANS) The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and the votes will be counted on May 23, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced on Sunday.

Calling the Indian parliamentary…

India post mammoth 358 vs Australia in 4th ODI

Mohali (IANS) Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan's brilliant innings guided India to a mammoth 358/9 against Australia in the fourth One-Day International match here on Sunday.

Apart from Rohit (95) and Dhawan (143), Lokesh Rahul (26)…

N. Korea holds parliamentary elections

Pyongyang (IANS) North Korea held parliamentary elections on Sunday to elect new deputies for the 14th Supreme People's Assembly, its rubber-stamp legislature.

These elections are held every five years. They will replace…

Oil companies maintain check, petrol and diesel may remain soft till elections end

New Delhi (IANS) Rising retail price of petrol and diesel prices is unlikely to become a problem for the ruling NDA government in the coming general elections as it seems to have tempered its policy of market-determined retail pricing of petroleum…

Election Commission likely to announce LS poll dates today evening

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission of India is likely to announce the poll dates for the coming Lok Sabha polls on Sunday as it has called for a press conference later in the day.

According to the Commission, the conference…

EC asks parties to desist from using photo of soldiers in campaign

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday asked political parties to desist from displaying photographs of defence personnel in their poll campaign in view of a picture on social media showing image of Indian Air Force Wing Commander…

President launches pulse polio programme for 2019

The launch was organised on the eve of the National Immunisation Day, which will be observed on Sunday.

"Over 17 crore children below five years will be administered polio drops as part of the government drive to support polio eradication…

Rising disparity of income and opportunities led to rise of populism globally

The political discourse across the world is increasingly becoming dominated by the phenomenon of populism. The term has become so commonplace that it usually appears in popular media without an explanation as to who qualifies to be a populist. However,…

Terror funding: NIA summons Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Nassem Geelani for questioning

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency has summoned Jammu and Kashmir's separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and son of Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Naseem Geelani, for questioning in its ongoing probe into the terror…

India carried out 3 air strikes outside borders in 5 years: Rajnath

Mangaluru (Karnataka) (IANS) India has carried out a total of three air strikes outside the country's borders during the past five years, said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday.

"During the past five years,…