Politics

CPI's D Raja and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Nilotpal Basu met the poll panel officials on Monday and also pointed out serious law and order situations in Tripura and West Bengal.

Chowkidars in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh used to get Rs 50 a month in 1986 which was later increased to Rs 100.

This massive show of strength will also see the participation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah and Nationalist Congress Party's Sharad Pawar.

The Union Minister, who wished to contest the 2014 elections from Begusarai but was given Nawada, said the issue in the seat change was that he wasn't consulted.

His father had signed as the proposer on the nomination forms of Rajiv Gandhi in the 1991 parliamentary elections and Sonia Gandhi in 1999.

In a battle between movie stars in Mandya, Sumalatha is taking on young actor and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Gowda in the Lok Sabha polls.

The announcement of Sanjay Nirupam's candidature came on a day he was removed as the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief. Former Union minister Milind Deora replaced Nirupam as MRCC chief.

K Mahendran, vice-president of Makkal Needhi Maiam, said that the meeting between Kamal Haasan and WB CM Mamata Banerjee is all about campaigning for the TMC candidate in Andaman.

The situation has been further complicated by the fact that these Assembly bypolls are being held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections.

As the BJP announced the remaining names of the candidates for the upcoming elections on Sunday, it was interesting to note that neither the former chief minister Raman Singh, nor his son and sitting MP Abhishek were graced with a nomination.

Gandhi did not give details on how the party arrived at the Rs 72,000 figure, leaving it for committee head P Chidambaram, a former finance minister, to explain on a later date.

Siddaramaiah is reportedly still angry with Deve Gowda and Kumaraswamy for defeating him in Chamundeshwari in the last assembly elections.

Holding that it was the responsibility of a government to clarify the doubts raised by the people, Palaniswami said 'those involved cannot escape from the law and this government will take prompt action.'

In his controversial speech on Friday at Arasikere, Gowda purportedly said Modi had failed to bring back black money stashed in Swiss Banks and did not fulfil his promise of allegedly giving Rs 15 lakh to each citizen of the country.

In the list of BJP candidates, Kariya Munda has been replaced by former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Arjun Munda.

While the battle in Varanasi will be watched globally, other seats like Amethi and Raebareli of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi respectively will be of equal interest to the people.