India Elections 2014

• Election Commission Submits List of New MPs to President

  The Election Commission on Sunday, submitted to President Pranab Mukherjee, a notification certifying the names of all the members elected to the 16th Lok Sabha.

• US Congratulates BJP on 'Historic' Poll Victory

  The White House today congratulated the BJP on its "historic" poll victory and said that the US looks forward to working with the new Indian government.

• Government Spent Rs 3,426 crore on the Costliest Elections in History

  This was the most expensive Lok Sabha elections entailing a cost of Rs 3,426 crore to the national exchequer, a substantial jump of 131 per cent over the expenses incurred in 2009.

• US Looking Forward to Working With New Indian Government

  Congratulating the people of India on the successful elections, the polling for which concluded yesterday, the US said it is looking forward to working with the new Indian government.

• Moderate to high voter turnout in Round 7 of polling in Lok Sabha elections

  89 constituencies across seven states and two union territories voted today in the seventh round of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections.

• 'I am a patriot': Narendra Modi

  Narendra Modi had sparked a controversy sometime back by describing himself as a Hindu nationalist, but today he said that he was a "patriot".

• US-based Indians in Gujarat to campaign for Narendra Modi

  BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has found supporters away from India, as a group of US-based non-resident Indians (NRIs), who had raised funds for Barack Obama during the 2012 US presidential elections, have come to India to root for him.

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  You are lying, writes union minister Jairam Ramesh to Modi

  Union minister Jairam Ramesh has shot off an angry letter to Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, accusing him of making "outrageous statements" and telling a "blatant lie."

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  Eight apps to stay on top of Lok Sabha elections 2014

  App makers are putting out apps for various mobile platforms for users to keep pace with the happenings at the ongoing elections in the country

• Five key challenges Narendra Modi will face if he becomes PM

  From convincing sceptical bond investors that the fiscal deficit can be contained to concerns that El Nino will devastate agricultural crops, any new government in India will face urgent and critical challenges with no easy solutions.

• Lok Sabha candidate's poll expenses ceiling goes up to Rs 40 Lakh

  The candidates contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will now be able to spend Rs 40 lakh, an increase of Rs 15 lakh from the last poll expenditure limit.

• Now, social media accounts in poll expense ambit

  Candidates contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections will now also have to reveal the expenditure incurred for publicity on social networking sites, an official said on Thursday.

• Don't need to dig for gold if we get black money back: Narendra Modi

  Narendra Modi, who arrived in Chennai this afternoon, said wryly at the airport that if all the money kept in Swiss banks was got back to the country, it would not have to go looking for gold.

• Rahul Gandhi should be the next Prime Minister: Sushil Kumar Shinde

  Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today endorsed Rahul Gandhi's statement that a government of the youth will come to power in 2014, saying it was the desire of everyone that the Congress vice-president becomes the next Prime Minister.

• Narendra Modi most Googled Indian politician, Rahul Gandhi No 2: survey

  BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was the most searched politician, followed by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, on Google in India during March-August period of this year, the Internet giant said today.