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  Campaign for final phase of polls ends in Uttar Pradesh

  India | May 17, 2019 19:03 IST

  The campaign for the remaining 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, which will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking re-election from Varanasi, ended Friday evening.

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  High-stakes battle for Jai Ram Thakur in Himachal Pradesh

  India | May 17, 2019 18:57 IST

  Himachal Pradesh's four parliamentary seats -- Mandi, Hamirpur, Kangra and Shimla -- that vote in the seventh and final phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday, have become a high-stakes battle for the BJP's star campaigner and first-time Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur.

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  Punjab campaign ends, Cong vs Akali Dal-BJP contest on Sunday

  India | May 17, 2019 18:47 IST

  In the fray for Sunday’s elections are Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar and Aam Aadmi Party's Punjab unit chief Bhagwant Mann.

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  Rahul Gandhi press conference | Top quotes

  India | May 17, 2019 17:39 IST

  Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for attending first press conference accompanied by BJP president Amit Shah just days before polling for Lok Sabha election 2019 ended.

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  300-plus majority, say Amit Shah-PM Modi in a joint press conference; Rahul says wait until May 23 | Watch

  India | May 18, 2019 7:16 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a press conference with BJP president Amit Shah at BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

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  Uttar Pradesh's final phase is biggest of them all

  India | May 17, 2019 16:15 IST

  The final phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh will decide the fate of the country as well as the country's most populous state.

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  UP minister reacts to Jinnah jibe, asks for anti-Partition certificate from Congress ally

  India | May 17, 2019 15:52 IST

  “The Congress should have sought an affidavit from the Muslim League stating that Jinnah was a traitor and was responsible for Partition of India,” Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma told PTI.

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  BJP, RSS are not 'God-Ke Lovers' but 'God-Se Lovers': Rahul

  India | May 17, 2019 15:50 IST

  Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at the BJP over its leaders making controversial remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, saying the BJP and the RSS are not "God-ke Lovers" but "God-se Lovers".

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  Mamata doing 'didigiri', lost her mental balance: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani

  India | May 17, 2019 14:52 IST

  Talking to media in Vadodara, also said people of West Bengal would give a fitting reply to Mamata and her party, All India Trinamool Congress.

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  Why is JD-U contesting minus manifesto, asks Tejashwi

  India | May 17, 2019 14:11 IST

  Interestingly, this is the first election the JD-U has contested without a manifesto. However, its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) -- did release their manifestos.

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  Anantkumar Hegde calls Rahul Gandhi 'moron' for 'Modilie'

  India | May 17, 2019 13:51 IST

  "This moron @RahulGandhi is hell bent on proving himself that he is one of his own kind of international idiotic skill master and hence the horizons have extended beyond the boundaries. No one can prevent his growth... Amazing...!!!!" Hegde tweeted.

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  Ab ki baar 300 paar, phir ek baar Modi sarkar: PM Modi at last poll rally in Madhya Pradesh

  India | May 17, 2019 13:51 IST

  "From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, from Kutch to Kamrup, the whole nation is saying- Ab ki baar, 300 paar, phir ek baar Modi sarkar," Modi said

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  Chandrababu Naidu to stage protest over re-poll in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor constituency

  India | May 17, 2019 13:49 IST

  Naidu alleged that the EC once again showed its bias by ignoring the TDP demand for re-poll while accepting a similar demand by YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) more than a month after the polling.

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  It is advisable not to arrest me, says Kamal

  India | May 17, 2019 13:42 IST

  On Sunday, at the Aravakuruchi Assembly constituency, Haasan, while campaigning for his party candidate, said about the killer of Mahatma Gandhi: "The first extremist of independent India was a Hindu -- Nathuram Godse. It all started from there."

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  Sympathy vs development as Yadavs clash in Patliputra

  India | May 17, 2019 13:36 IST

  While Bharati is relying on sympathy for her father, imprisoned in the Ranchi jail in the fodder scam, her BJP opponent is flaunting the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his development plank.

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  Mayawati is not married, she doesn't know what family is: Ramdas Athawale

  India | May 17, 2019 12:36 IST

  In yet another personal attack on the prime minister, BSP chief Mayawati Thursday said how can one expect Narendra Modi to respect women when he cannot do so for his wife.

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  BJP will get more than 280 seats, NDA's tally 300 plus: Party leader P Muralidhar Rao

  India | May 17, 2019 12:25 IST

  P Muralidhar Rao said the BJP has got a clear advantage and this perception has increased phase by phase. “So, in my view, we will either not be less than 300 (with NDA allies) or 280 plus on our own,” Rao said.

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  Fear of BJP's rise many propel Bengal minorities to vote for Mamata

  India | May 17, 2019 12:00 IST

  "The minorities are facing a double edged sword. They do not consider either BJP or Trinamool Congress to be worthy of running the state. They want a secular alternative. But there isn't any. So they are forced to vote for Mamata Banerjee to stop BJP this time," he told IANS.

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  Lok Sabha polls, May 17: As it happened

  May 17, 2019 21:55 IST

  Ahead of the final phase of Lok Sabha election 2019, we saw BJP and Congress have a go at each other. Amit Shah and Prime Minister Modi addressed a press conference where Modi thanked the people of the country. At the same time, Congress President Rahul Gandhi also addressed the reporters claiming the Congress Party will end Narendra Modi's time in office on May 23.

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  No issue if Congress doesn't get PM's post: Ghulam Nabi Azad

  India | May 16, 2019 23:49 IST

  In a significant remark ahead of results of the Lok Sabha elections, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said his party will not make it an issue "if the Prime Minister's chair was not offered to it".