Lok Sabha Elections 2019: After Advani, BJP asks Joshi not to contest

BJP President Amit Shah and UP CM Adityanath will address rallies in UP and Congress President Rahul Gandhi will be in Rajasthan. Catch LIVE updates on campaigning for Lok Sabha Elections 2019

12:15 PM

12:08 PM

SC refuses to direct EC to issue common symbol “pressure cooker” to TTV Dhinakaran faction of AIADMK

SC refuses to direct EC to issue common symbol “pressure cooker” to TTV Dhinakaran faction of AIADMK for its candidates to contest upcoming Lok Sabha & Assembly by-elections in Tamil Nadu. However, SC asks EC to give them a common symbol from among the free symbols available.

12:05 PM

Sheila Dikshit to address the press today at 3pm. She may discuss Congress-AAP alliance.

Sheila Dikshit to address the press today at 3pm. She may discuss Congress-AAP alliance.

11:48 AM

Tejaswini Ananth Kumar (wife of late Union minister Ananth Kumar) who was not given BJP ticket from Bangalore South LS seat: It's shocking. I stand with the party's decision. Let's not start asking questions. If we have to contribute to the country then we have to work for Modi.

11:43 AM

Gadkari declared over 29 acres of agricultural land in Dhapewada in Nagpur, of which 15 acres are registered in the name of his wife and 14.60 acres owned by HUF.

 

Gadkari declared an ancestral house at Mahal (Nagpur) and a flat at an MLA Society in Worli (Mumbai).

 

The Union minister, in his affidavit, has informed that he has invested Rs 3,55,510 in savings scheme, mutual funds, bonds and shares.

 

He has Rs 8,99,111 in his banks account, according to the affidavit.

 

Similarly, his wife's bank balance stood at Rs 11,07,909.

 

The senior BJP leader also has liabilities of Rs 1,57,21,753 by way of bank loans.

 

Gadkari declared six cars in his affidavit, four of which are in the name of his wife.

11:43 AM

Nitin Gadkari declares assets worth Rs 25.12 crore in poll affidavit

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has declared movable and immovable assets worth Rs 25.12 crore in an affidavit filed along with his nomination papers for the Nagpur parliamentary constituency.

 

Gadkari filed his papers for the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat on Monday. Polling in the constituency will be held on April 11.

 

As per his tax return forms, his total income stood at Rs 2,66,390 in 2013-14 and Rs 6,40,700 in 2017-18.

 

According to his affidavit, he has movable assets worth Rs 69,38,691, while his wife has movable assets worth Rs 91,99,160.

 

A sum of Rs 66,07,924 is in the name of the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF).

 

Similarly, Gadkari has immovable assets worth Rs 6,95,98,325, his wife Rs 6,48,60,325. A sum of Rs 9,40,31,224 was in the name of HUF.

11:40 AM

Actress Sumalatha upsets JDS, Congress calculations in Mandya

Actress Sumalatha's decision to contest as an independent from Mandya Lok Sabha seat, where JD(S) has fielded Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil, has upset the calculations of the ruling coalition, especially with the BJP now extending support to her.

 

Under the seat-sharing agreement between Congress and the JD(S), the Mandya constituency in the Vokkaliga heartland was left to former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's party which holds sway in the region.

11:28 AM

11:10 AM

Congress party releases list of star campaigners for the first and second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 from Maharashtra.

10:19 AM

PC Chacko, Congress: Party President to take final decision today. We've had no word with AAP, as we had to take preliminary decision on our party's political stand whether we wanted an alliance or not. Both parties may have problems, that apart we've to defeat Modi and BJP, so, we'll come together.

10:15 AM

Delhi's Patiala House Court lists the matter of Robert Vadra's money laundering case, for 28 March. His counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi had today requested for a change of date due to his (Robert Vadra) unavailability tomorrow.

10:09 AM

10:01 AM

"I have a nephew who, similarly, refuses to go to school whenever he fails to do his homework. But even he never thinks of sending the teacher to Pakistan. Neither does he hate anybody nor he wants to get anybody expelled from the school", Kanhaiya Kumar added sarcastically in the post.
 

"This is the real India, vastly different from the shrill debates one watches on news channels", the former JNU students union president, who first came into limelight upon being booked for sedition in connection with alleged raising of anti-national slogans at a function held inside the varsity premises.

10:00 AM

A firebrand BJP leader, Giriraj Singh had caused a stir ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls when he said "those opposed to Narendra Modi should go to Pakistan." He has continued with similar outbursts since then, the latest instance being his threat that those not coming out in support of the Prime Ministers Patna rally on March 3 would be deemed "anti-national" even though he himself ended up remaining absent on account of ill-health.

9:59 AM

Giriraj's reluctance to contest from Begusari comparable to kids' refusal to attend school: Kanhaiya Kumar

Union Minister Giriraj Singhs "reluctance" to contest Lok Sabha polls from Begusarai was comparable to a kids refusal to attend school in the event of failing to complete his homework, the CPI candidate from the seat Kanhaiya Kumar has said.

 

"Watched the news on TV and learnt that the BJP minister known for sending off people to free of cost Pakistan tours is not ready to come to Begusarai for contesting the polls", Kumar said in a Facebook post late Monday night wherein he did not mention Singh by name.