New Delhi (India), Apr 22 (ANI): The Congress party on Monday released the list of three more candidates who will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh.
Pipili (Odisha) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate from Pipili Assembly constituency Pradeep Maharathy has been arrested by the police in connection with an attack on election flying squad at his residential premise on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): MP Udit Raj on Monday took to Twitter to express his disappointment at not receiving a party ticket to field elections, a day after the BJP announced its candidates for four parliamentary seats in Delhi.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): BJP national president Amit Shah on Monday defended BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur who is an accused in 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, saying that a false case was registered against her and others.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday hit out at the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not cancelling Bhopal Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's nomination over her remarks on Babri Masjid.
New Delhi [India], Apr 22 (ANI): The Congress party on Monday released a list of candidates for six out of seven Parliamentary constituencies ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in the capital.
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): In an indirect attack on BJP candidate from Rampur Lok Sabha seat, Jaya Prada, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam Khan on Sunday said that we want both "Ali and Bajrang Bali," but not "Anarkali".
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Urkhao Gwra Brahma, a former Rajya Sabha member and the United People's Party (Liberal) candidate for the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency, said peace and security are the "biggest matter of concern" in the area.
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Police have arrested two persons who were distributing liquor allegedly on behalf of Karan Singh Yadav, the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) candidate from Sambhal Lok Sabha constituency. Two cartons of liquor have been seized.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): In two separate incidents of polling related violence in Bhubaneswar, bombs were hurled at the vehicles of Biju Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA candidates from Bhubaneswar Central - Anant Narayan Jena and Jagannath Pradhan, respectively -
Wayanad (Kerala), Apr 21 : NDA candidate from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency Thushar Vellappally on Sunday filed a complaint with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, seeking review of the nomination filed by Congress president Rahul Gandhi.