Lok Sabha Time Lost

Holding a roadshow with NDA ally and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exuded confidence that the ruling coalition will do even better in the state than in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Parmanand Tolani, popular as "Indori Dhartipakad" here due to his passion for contesting elections despite losing his deposit every time, on Thursday filed his nomination from the Indore Lok Sabha seat.

He first contested in state elections in 1985, but after 98 electoral defeats 78-year-old Hasnuram Ambedkari 'Dharti Pakad' is still as eager to file his nomination in this Lok Sabha polls.

Despite failing 238 times in his bid for public office, K Padmarajan is unperturbed as he prepares, yet again, to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Subhashini Yadav, a Congress debutant in the Bihar election, has the big task of protecting her father's legacy. Sharad Yadav, a veteran politician, won and lost many times from the Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency.

As Mayawati called time on her alliance with rival-turned-partner Akhilesh Yadav at an internal party meeting on Monday, she remarked that the Samajwadi Party chief "couldn't even ensure his wife Dimple Yadav's win".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that for the first time the Centre is not facing any anti-incumbency this election and hit out at Congress saying it has lost credibility among the people as it has no mission and its leader (Rahul Gandhi) lacks vision.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday compared the Congress to the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic, saying that the day is not far when it will be lost to the world forever. "The condition of the Congress is just like the Titanic: it sinks a little deeper with each passing day.

The BJP on Thursday released its first list of candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, naming Union Minister Smriti Irani as the party's candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi. A Congress bastion for decades, the listing squarely sets Smriti Irani up for a second fight with party chief Rahul Gandhi.

Elections 2019: Congress President Rahul Gandhi today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an unreleased statistical report, which said India's male workforce had shrunk for the first time since 1993-94.

The renewal of the tottering alliance between the BJP and its cantankerous ally Shiv Sena was greeted by a tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening. The Congress, smarting over the Prime Minister's remarks about the opposition alliance being an "adulterated" one (Mahamilavat), lost no time to retaliate.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning in Kolkata days after he was admitted to hospital with a kidney ailment. He was 89 years old. Mr Chatterjee, who was admitted to Bellevue hospital on August 8, was put on ventilator support after he suffered a heart attack. His condition turned critical on Sunday morning.

By-elections will be held next month to two parliament seats in Uttar Pradesh that the BJP will mark as must-win. Not only because it just lost two parliament seats to the Congress in bye-elections held in Rajasthan, but also because these are seats vacated by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya when they moved to ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party today held a parliamentary meeting with all its MPs. The meeting comes after winning in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections. All elected lawmakers were present at the parliamentary meet. One of the chief agendas to be picked up in this meeting is the Chief Ministerial faces of Gujarat and Himachal. The BJP swept Himach...

The Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament ran for a total 19 hours in the 21-day winter session, not even averaging an hour a day, while the Rajya Sabha did marginally better at 22 hours. The rest of the time was lost to slogan shouting and disruption, mainly over the government's notes ban and its impact on people. Between the two Houses they cou...

Holding a roadshow with NDA ally and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exuded confidence that the ruling coalition will do even better in the state than in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Parmanand Tolani, popular as "Indori Dhartipakad" here due to his passion for contesting elections despite losing his deposit every time, on Thursday filed his nomination from the Indore Lok Sabha seat.

He first contested in state elections in 1985, but after 98 electoral defeats 78-year-old Hasnuram Ambedkari 'Dharti Pakad' is still as eager to file his nomination in this Lok Sabha polls.

Despite failing 238 times in his bid for public office, K Padmarajan is unperturbed as he prepares, yet again, to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Subhashini Yadav, a Congress debutant in the Bihar election, has the big task of protecting her father's legacy. Sharad Yadav, a veteran politician, won and lost many times from the Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency.

As Mayawati called time on her alliance with rival-turned-partner Akhilesh Yadav at an internal party meeting on Monday, she remarked that the Samajwadi Party chief "couldn't even ensure his wife Dimple Yadav's win".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that for the first time the Centre is not facing any anti-incumbency this election and hit out at Congress saying it has lost credibility among the people as it has no mission and its leader (Rahul Gandhi) lacks vision.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday compared the Congress to the ill-fated ocean liner Titanic, saying that the day is not far when it will be lost to the world forever. "The condition of the Congress is just like the Titanic: it sinks a little deeper with each passing day.

The BJP on Thursday released its first list of candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, naming Union Minister Smriti Irani as the party's candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi. A Congress bastion for decades, the listing squarely sets Smriti Irani up for a second fight with party chief Rahul Gandhi.

Elections 2019: Congress President Rahul Gandhi today slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an unreleased statistical report, which said India's male workforce had shrunk for the first time since 1993-94.

The renewal of the tottering alliance between the BJP and its cantankerous ally Shiv Sena was greeted by a tweet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening. The Congress, smarting over the Prime Minister's remarks about the opposition alliance being an "adulterated" one (Mahamilavat), lost no time to retaliate.

Former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee died on Monday morning in Kolkata days after he was admitted to hospital with a kidney ailment. He was 89 years old. Mr Chatterjee, who was admitted to Bellevue hospital on August 8, was put on ventilator support after he suffered a heart attack. His condition turned critical on Sunday morning.

By-elections will be held next month to two parliament seats in Uttar Pradesh that the BJP will mark as must-win. Not only because it just lost two parliament seats to the Congress in bye-elections held in Rajasthan, but also because these are seats vacated by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya when they moved to ...

The Bharatiya Janata Party today held a parliamentary meeting with all its MPs. The meeting comes after winning in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections. All elected lawmakers were present at the parliamentary meet. One of the chief agendas to be picked up in this meeting is the Chief Ministerial faces of Gujarat and Himachal. The BJP swept Himach...

The Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament ran for a total 19 hours in the 21-day winter session, not even averaging an hour a day, while the Rajya Sabha did marginally better at 22 hours. The rest of the time was lost to slogan shouting and disruption, mainly over the government's notes ban and its impact on people. Between the two Houses they cou...