Politics

Shatrughan Sinha's rival and BJP candidate Ravi Shankar Prasad and his wife have less assets in comparison to Bollywood star and his wife Poonam Sinha.

The Congress chief has been given a fortnight to respond to the notice.

Speaking at the Rajya Sabha Day celebrations organised here, Naidu said over the years, the House has emerged as a vibrant second chamber of Parliament, contributing to tasks of nation building.

In 2014, the BJP won 12 of the 14 seats, including Palamau, Chatra and Lohardaga that went to polls on Monday. The three seats are also hit by Left-wing extremism.

A lapse on the part of polling officers had also been observed, Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena said, adding the Kasaragod collector was asked to submit a report.

Poonam Sinha is fielded against BJP's Rajnath Singh, who is also the Home Minister, in Lucknow.

Elections in the Maximum city, which is home to the Bollywood industry, often come with a touch of glamour. As voting began at 7 am on Monday, scores of celebrities and famed actors came out to exercise their franchise.

ile the BJP and Shiv Sena are hoping to repeat their 2014 Lok Sabha poll performance, the Congress will try and reclaim lost ground in the state.

The population of Mumbai South is approximately 20 lakh and the voter strength is 14,85,846 including 15 per cent of some of the country's richest.

In a series of tweets, Chidambaram said that Modi had campaigned in the 2014 Lok abha polls using his caste and is now denying it.

Partha Chatterjee said the TMC supremo had called for the alliance of opposition parties based on a common minimum programme and mooted the idea of the 'collective leadership'.

Responding to a question on allegations that the BJP was politicising the armed forces, VK Singh said the bravery of the forces has been praised in the past as well and there is no politics in it.

Showering praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ramdev said that Modi has only one agenda and that is to make India a superpower.

With the rising cost of fertilisers and pesticides, agriculture has become unsustainable for farmers, compelling them to shun conventional methods.

The firebrand BJP leader has courted controversy on a number of occasions on account of his hyper-nationalistic outbursts which also underscore his Hindutva hardline.

Satti's latest remark comes after he was barred by the Election Commission from campaigning for 48 hours last week for his remark on Rahul Gandhi.