Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday filed her nomination papers as a candidate from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat. She was accompanied by her son, party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, and close family friend Satish Sharma.
oni Kumar Subba, controversial Congress party MP and nominee for the Tezpur parliamentary seat in Assam, is undoubtedly the richest candidate in the state with cash, assets and investments worth more than Rs.600 million (Rs.60 crore).
Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi has been booked for her alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and state Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh at a poll rally in Saran district, an official said on Monday.
arnataka has a healthy 10: 9.7 male-female ratio when it comes to its over 40 million voters. But political parties have fielded only four women for the state's 28 Lok Sabha seats. The Congress has fielded two women, Margaret Alva from Uttara Kannada and Tejaswini Gowda from Bangalore Rural.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh will Monday visit Uttar Pradesh's Etah jail where the party's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi is behind bars for his alleged inflammatory campaign speeches.
Mumbai: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani on Sunday demanded "a full and proper investigation" into the November 26-29, 2008, Mumbai terror attacks and punishment to those responsible for it.
New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to get 187 seats in the Lok Sabha - nine more than the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), a pre-poll survey by the India TV shows.
The ruling DMK Sunday announced candidates for 21 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's elder son M K Azhagiri has been fielded from the Madurai seat.
Monday, Nov 23, 2009
