Kolkata: In an embarrassment to the Congress, Bipin Bora, the party's candidate from West Bengal's Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency, Friday said he was unwilling to be in the fray "due to personal reasons".The businessman-politician said
New Delhi: The Congress was today faced with an embarassing situation when Narendra Rawat, its original candidate to take on Narendra Modi in Vadodara, backed out and party general secretary Madhusudan Mistry was directed by
New Delhi: With Arvind Kejriwal questioning claims about development in Gujarat, Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah today asked him to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls against the Gujarat Chief Minister in the state
Houston: Better late than never! A 101-year-old man in the US has launched a bid to enter the House of Representatives and contest the Congressional polls.Joe Newman from Sarasota, Florida, will compete for Florida's 16th
Rewari (Haryana): The Aam Aadmi Party will contest all 10 Lok Sabha and 90 assembly seats in Haryana in upcoming elections, senior AAP leader Yogendra Yadav has said.Combating graft, providing transparent governance and better healthcare
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking to bar a person who is in jail or in police custody from contesting elections, saying it would leave the door open for practice
Mumbai: Uttam Khobragade, the retired IAS officer and father of senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade who returned to India last week after being indicted for visa fraud in the US, today said he would contest the
Mumbai: Embattled but defiant nonetheless, BCCI President N Srinivasan today declared that he will contest for the top post in the upcoming Board elections in Chennai on September 29.“I am going to stand (for re-election
New Delhi, Jul 29: Wealth of most of the candidates contesting more than once in a decade has grown “abnormally” by up to 1,000 per cent, especially for the ones with serious criminal charges who
Mumbai, April 25: Controversy queen Rakhi Sawant is set to contest the Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) elections 2013. Her motto is to "change the system" to make things better for artists.CINTAA elections are
Mumbai, Jan 13: "Bigg Boss" season 6 winner Urvashi Dholakia says it was her straightforward nature that helped her win, saying she is exactly like she appeared onscreen.The actress said that she was not trying
New Delhi, Oct 19: Yuvraj Singh on Friday launched a contest called 'Life Ka Balla' on twitter and within no time received overwhelming response from across all age groups.Yuvraj asked people to share their best
Petaluma, Jun 24: A Chinese crested's short snout, beady eyes and white whiskers earned it the title of World's Ugliest Dog at the annual contest in Northern California on Friday.Competing for fame, 1,000 US dollars
Lucknow, Mar 11: Smarting under poll debacle, BSP today expressed fears about return of 'goondaraj' in Uttar Pradesh and said it would not contest the upcoming local body polls, apprehending that the ruling Samajwadi Party
Mumbai, Feb 3: NCP chief Sharad Pawar today said he was firm on his decision not to contest Lok Sabha elections in future but made it clear that he will not retire from public life.Pawar
Patna, Jan 18: LJP will contest on all 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, party chief Ramvilas Paswan said today.He rejected the perception that its candidates will not be ‘votekatwas' (a candidates who gets bare
Amritsar, Dec 6: Contesting actor Amitabh Bachchan's statement that he had not said anything against Sikh community during the 1984 riots, two groups have urged the Akal Takht to reject his letter in which he
Mumbai, Oct 22: Often ridiculed by his political rivals outside and within the BJP for not being a ‘mass leader', BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said he would contest the Lok Sabha election.“I will contest
Kolkata, Sep 1: The Left Front today nominated CPI(M) candidate Nandini Mukherjee, a political greenhorn, to contest against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the by-election from the Bhowanipore Assembly constituency here on September
Kathmandu, Aug 26: A direct contest for Nepal's primiership will take place between leftist candidate Dr Baburam Bhattarai and democratic candidate Ram Chandra Poudyal on Sunday after they filed their nomination papers today. UCPN (Maoist)
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