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May 7: Polling in Uttar Pradesh for 15 Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. By-polls for two state assembly seats is also being held. As many as 243 candidates are in fray for the Lok Sabha. In Amethi, incumbent MP and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi faces Kumar Vishwas of the Aam Aadmi Party and Smriti Irani of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bypolls are being held in two state

New Delhi, May 6: In a fresh twist to the 'snoopgate' episode, the woman who was tailed by Gujarat police allegedly on the orders of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, today moved the Supreme Court along with her father for restraining the Centre and state government from going ahead with their Commissions of inquiry. The joint-petition, filed by them, was mentioned before a bench comprising Justices

Patna, May 6: BJP leader Giriraj Singh today surrendered in a district court here and was later granted bail in a case of alleged hate speech lodged in Patna. Singh surrendered in the court of Judicial Magistrate Javed Alam who granted him bail after accepting his bail bond. Singh was out on anticipatory bail granted by District Court judge Virendra Kumar in the case on April 25. A case was lodged

New Delhi, May 6: The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who slammed him for what she described as "low-level politics" after his rally in Amethi, continued on Tuesday. Modi on Monday had taken the poll battle to Gandhi family's power seat and declared he would begin building India from what he called UP's

Jalandhar, May 6: BSP candidate from Hoshiarpur Bhagwan Singh Chohan announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore on Baba Ramdev's head for his comment on Rahul Gandhi's "picnic and honeymoon" in dalit homes late on Sunday. A case was also registered against the yoga teacher for hurting religious sentiments on complaint by Sikh activists for disrespecting a photograph of Guru Gobind Singh. In the picture

New Delhi, May 6: Facing fire from allies, the Congress on Monday was forced to roll back its proposal to appoint a judge to probe the incident of snooping on a woman architect allegedly at the behest of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The move comes a day after Congress leaders breathed fire on the issue and threatened to expose Modi who is considered to have an edge in the polls. The

New Delhi, May 5: The high octane campaign for the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections, which saw Narendra Modi embroiled in a bitter war of words with Priyanka Gandhi and Mamata Banerjee on Monday, ended in 64 constituencies, including Amethi where Rahul Gandhi is seeking re-election and 25 constituencies in Seemandhra, which will go to the polls on Wednesday. In his campaign blitz on

New Delhi, May 5: The Supreme Court Monday said that the Election Commission was empowered to inquire into the allegation of paid news if the expenses for the same are not being reflected in the election return filed by the candidate. The apex court bench of Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla said this while dismissing a plea by former Maharashtra chief

Guwahati, May 4: Three NDFB(S) militants were today killed in two encounters and two bodies, both belonging to women, were found, taking the toll to 34 in the continuing violence in Assam's Kokrajhar and Baksa districts. Police said police and NDFB(S) militants were engaged in an encounter at Baksal village in Udalguri district in which a militant was killed, though two others managed to escape

Asansol (WB), May 4: Complaining of booth rigging in West Bengal, Bihar and western Uttar Pradesh, Narendra Modi today alleged that the Election Commission was not acting impartially and dared it to take action against him. "Why are you not acting? What is your intention? If you feel wrong about what I am saying now, then you are free to lodge another case against me," Modi told an election rally