Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, who has been fielded from the Bhopal seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, on Wednesday said he is ready to face any contestant from the BJP.
Lucknow (India), Mar 27 (ANI): Disgruntled after being denied poll ticket for the ensuing Lok Sabha election, sitting MP from Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi seat, Anshul Verma on Wednesday joined the Samajwadi Party in the presence of party president Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow.
New Delhi (India) Mar 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday posted after two weeks the hearing a plea seeking its direction to put a restraint on candidates from contesting on more than one seat.
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Veteran film star and former MP Jaya Prada, who on Tuesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party said contesting from Rampur Lok Sabha seat feels like "going back home."
Muzaffarpur (Bihar), March 26 (ANI): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Tuesday that BJP leader Giriraj Singh will contest the Lok Sabha election from Begusarai seat only.
Howrah (West Bengal) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP of sidelining its senior leader Lal Krishna Advani and denying him Lok Saha ticket from Gandhinagar parliamentary seat in Gujarat.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday expressed hope that the NDA could win 70 plus seats in Uttar Pradesh in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Financially-troubled Jet Airways on Tuesday assured the government that it will not ground any more aircraft and strive to increase the seat-capacity in coming weeks.
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Congress leader Jitin Prasada will contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Lucknow seat against Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, a source close to Prasada said.
Gautam Buddh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): A total of 13 candidates are now in the fray for the Gautam Buddh Nagar parliamentary constituency after nomination papers of eight leaders aspiring to contest Lok Sabha elections were cancelled on Tuesday.
New Delhi (India), Mar 26 (ANI): BJP on Tuesday announced to field Satyadev Pachauri from Kanpur Lok Sabha seat, currently held by the party veteran and former Union Human Resource Development Minister Prof Murli Manohar Joshi.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Rajendra Gavit, the Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting Member of Parliament from Palghar Lok Sabha seat, joined the Shiv Sena on Tuesday.