Elections 2019

Rajinikanth Says He Can't Vote In Polls For Top Tamil Film Artistes' Body

Tamil Nadu News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday June 23, 2019

Election for the South Indian Film Artistes Association is being held in Chennai today. In one of the most fiercely fought contests, nearly 3,000 actors and artistes are voting in the polls for the ''Nadigar Sangam'', the association of film, television and stage actors from the Tamil film and entertainment industry.

Supreme Court-Appointed Panel Probes Use Of Black Money In 2019 Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 18, 2019

Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) vice chairman Justice Arijit Pasayat on Tuesday suggested appropriate amendments in existing tax laws to curb the use of money power to win elections.

How Officials Faced Leeches, Mountains To Hold Polls In Arunachal Pradesh

India News | ANI | Friday June 14, 2019

A 41-member election team visited Kra Daadi district of Arunachal Pradesh on April 27 for re-polling. On their way back, they were stranded due to inclement weather.

Priyanka Gandhi To Visit UP For First Time After Congress' Poll Debacle

India News | ANI | Monday June 10, 2019

Congress general secretary and party's in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for the first time after facing massive defeat in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

610 Political Parties Won No Seat In Lok Sabha 2019 Elections

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 5, 2019

A total of 610 mainly regional and small political parties across the country failed to win even a single seat in the Lok Sabha elections while 530 got zero per cent vote share.

Election Results Are "Serious Setback" For CPM, Left: Sitaram Yechury

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 5, 2019

Calling the 2019 Lok Sabha election results a "severe setback" for the Left, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Tuesday the party would take up independent initiatives to strengthen itself and urged secular democratic forces to join hands to protect the constitutional republic of India.

India's Bitterly-Fought Poll Becomes World's Most Expensive: Report

India News | Bibhudatta Pradhan, Shivani Kumaresan, Bloomberg | Tuesday June 4, 2019

Spending by political parties and candidates to woo 900 million voters in the just concluded polls cost them nearly 600 billion rupees ($8.7 billion), more than double of 2014 polls, according to the Delhi-based Centre for Media Studies.

In Divya Spandana's Congratulatory Tweet To New Finance Minister, A Jibe

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday May 31, 2019

Congress spokesperson Divya Spandana on Friday congratulated BJP leader Nirmala Sitharaman for becoming only the second woman in India's political history to be appointed as the Union Finance Minister, and expressed confidence that she would put in her best for the country's development. However, nestled between the otherwise complimentary words wa...

How PM Kisan Scheme Helped BJP Win Uttar Pradesh By A Landslide

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Friday May 31, 2019

Trudging from village to village in the Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha constituency to decode the mystery behind the BJP's resounding pan-Uttar Pradesh victory, you keep hearing a single buzzword: Do hazaar rupaiya or 2,000 rupees. While the sum does not sound like much in this age of mounting inflation, one can see how it was enough to bring about a signi...

"Being Singled Out Over Poll Losses": Navjot Sidhu Hits Back At Amarinder Singh

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday May 30, 2019

A week after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh accused cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu of shirking his responsibilities and making controversial remarks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the cricketer-turned politician today struck back by claiming that he was being unfairly "singled out" for the party's poor performance in the sta...

"Look Forward To Working With You": Congress Compliments PM Modi's New Cabinet

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday May 31, 2019

As the members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet were being sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Congress on Thursday sent out a tweet complimenting the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on its new stint in governance. "Congratulations to PM @narendramodi and his new cabinet ministers. We wish them the best & look forward to worki...

As PM Modi Took Oath, His Mother Watched From Hundreds Of Miles Away

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday May 30, 2019

Thousands witnessed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's being sworn in for the second consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening, but there was a face missing in the crowd. That of his 98-year-old mother Heeraben Modi.

Rameshwar Teli, 2-Time Winner From Assam, Joins PM Modi's Cabinet

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday May 30, 2019

Rameshwar Teli, who won from Assam's Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency for the second time in a row, was rewarded with a ministerial position in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet today.

Kannauj "Giant-Killer" Subrat Pathak Not In PM's Council Of Ministers

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday May 30, 2019

Subrat Pathak, the BJP paliamentarian from Kannauj, was speculated be one of the faces to be inducted into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet today however he was left out. He had defeated Dimple Yadav -- the wife of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav -- by 12,353 votes in Kannauj, which voted as part of the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha ...

PM Modi Meets Amit Shah Amid Suspense Over Cabinet Before Oath Today

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday May 30, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath for the second consecutive term this evening, exactly a week after he stormed back to power on May 23, but his day beganat the crack of dawn.