India

New Delhi, Apr 24: Readers' poll for the 2014 TIME 100, which is the magazine's annual list of the top 100 people who influenced the world for better or worse, was today concluded with AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal leading the list with 261,114 "yes" votes, followed by BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi who received 164,572 similar votes. Readers were also allowed to vote on whether some

New Delhi, April 24: Over 18 crore voters in 117 parliamentary constituencies spread across 11 states and 1 Union Territory are eligible to exercise their franchise in the sixth phase of polling scheduled on Thursday. The sixth phase happens to be the second most major round of polling after the fifth phase held last week in which 121 constituencies were involved. All 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil

Varanasi, Apr 23: AAP leader Somnath Bharti was today assaulted allegedly by BJP workers at the Assi ghat here when he went there to participate in an election-related programme. "Somnath Bharti went to Assi ghat for an election-related programme arranged by a channel where BJP supporters took objections to the statements made by him. "Although AAP volunteers tried to pacify BJP workers, they

New Delhi, Apr 23: Stakes will be high for Congress and BJP and a number of other parties like AIADMK, DMK, NCP and Shiv Sena when 117 constituencies will go to polls tomorrow in yet another substantial round of polling in the Lok Sabha elections. Over 18 crore voters in 11 states and union territory of Puducherry will be able to vote in the sixth of the nine- phased elections tomorrow in which

Varanasi, Apr 23: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday filed his nomination papers to fight the Lok Sabha election here to take on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Kejriwal filed his papers at the district magistrate's office after a roadshow through parts of the Hindu holy city that drew thousands during which he attacked both Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The other

Varanasi, Apr 23: Pitching his 'aam-aadmi' credentials, Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday on hit out at Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi for their "helicopter democracy" while projecting himself as an "honest" alternative. On his way to file his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls from this holy city, the AAP leader highlighted the "massive" spending in the advertisement campaigns for BJP's prime

New Delhi, Apr 23: The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a three member committee to frame guidelines to regulate issuance of advertisements by the government and its departments with an obvious political message. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that the existing DAVP guidelines do not cover such advertisements. The three member committee would comprise N.R

New Delhi, Apr 23: Stepping up its efforts to prevent the use of blackmoney and other means to influence voters during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission has so far seized Rs 240 crore in cash and crores of litres of liquor and drugs. According to the latest data released today by the poll panel, officials at the ground have seized Rs 240 crore in cash, including Rs 102 crore

New Delhi, Apr 22: Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he would reach out to Muslim "brothers" like any other citizen of the country and made it clear that the contentious issues of Ram temple and Uniform Civil Code would be addressed within the Constitutional framework. The BJP's prime ministerial candidate underlined that he sees all Indians as one and it is his "responsibility" to reach out to all

Rae Bareli (UP), Apr 22: Breaking her silence, a "pained" Priyanka Gandhi today said her husband Robert Vadra was being targeted for political reasons and asserted that her resolve to fight back will increase the more the opponents attack. Campaigning for her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in this constituency of Uttar Pradesh, she said Vadra was being attacked by BJP to divert the