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Jharkhand Polls: Rahul Gandhi hits out at PM Modi over inflation
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over in...
Peaceful polling in Jharkhand, 45.14 pc polling till 1 pm
The third phase of polling will decide the fate of legislators in 17 seats out of t...
Women BJP MPs seek EC action against Rahul for rape remark at Jharkhand poll rally
"It is with a sense of outrage that women MPs of BJP have ...
Jharkhand polls: No parties, it’s Singh Mansion Vs Raghukul in Jharia
In the current election, BJP has fielded Ragini Singh, wife of Sanjeev Singh, while Congress has fielded Poornima Singh, widow of Neeraj Singh.
61.19 per cent voter turnout in third phase of Jharkhand polls
Amid tight security, 61.19 per cent of 56,18,267 voters exercised their franchise in the 17 seats across eight districts, they said. Police said the polling, which began at 7 am, passed off peacefully.
Third phase of polling begins for 17 seats in Jharkhand
While polling at Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Barkatha and Ramgarh seats will end at 5 pm, voters in rest of the constituencies can exercise their franchise till 3 pm. The fate of 309 candidates, including 32 women nominees, will be decided in the third leg of the elections. The assembly elections to the 81-member House began on November 30 and will end on December 20.
Jharkhand polls 3rd phase: Voting underway for 17 assembly seats
An estimated 12.89 per cent of the over 56 lakh eligible voters exercised their franchise till 9 am on Thursday in the third of the five-pha...
Irani says Rahul using rape as 'political tool'; BJP women MPs approach EC
A delegation of BJP's women parliamentarians including Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday approached the Election Commission and demanded...
Rahul Gandhi refuses to apologise on 'rape' remark, says govt diverting attention from North-East
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday refused to apologise over his "rape in India" remark during an election rally in Jharkhand ...
Jharkhand Assembly Election: Here are the key seats in third phase of polling
17 constituencies will go to polls in the third pase of polling in Jharkhand on December 12 in which 309 candidates are in the fray. The most important battles will be seen in Ranchi from where State minister C P Singh is seeking a fifth term. Silli, Koderma, Ramgarh, and Badhwar are other important constituencies to watch out for.
Congress always avoided taking tough decisions: PM Modi in Jharkhand
Addressing a poll rally, PM Modi asserted that he never cared about vote-bank politics, but have always believed in working for the welfare of people.
Jharkhand elections: BJP defending 10 out of 17 seats in phase 3
A few self-proclaimed kingmakers, too, are in the fray in this phase, including former chief minister and JVM founder Babu Lal Marandi and AJSU president Sudesh Mahto. While AJSU has left BJP-led National Democratic Alliance to contest on its own, Marandi has opted out of the JMM-Congress alliance.
BJP’s challenge in Ranchi is to beat anti-incumbency
BJP has been winning the Ranchi assembly seat since 1990 and the minister and current MLA CP Singh is a fourth term MLA from the seat. In the last elections, his challenger was from Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a party with lesser presence in urban areas.
PM Modi cautions people against Congress in Jharkhand
Modi, who was addressing a poll rally at Bokaro, compared Jharkhand to a youth attaining 19 years and its citizens its gaurdian and appealed to the people of the state to vote for the BJP government for the second time in a row.
Cabinet expansion likely after December 20 or 22: Yediyurappa
We will expand the cabinet and those promised will be inducted into the Ministry there is no confusion on that," Yediyurappa said. Yediyurappa said he has been asked to go to Delhi after a week to discuss the expansion exercise as BJP National President Amit Shah was busy with the Jharkhand assemblypolls and other matters.
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