New Delhi, Apr 4 : The filing of nominations for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will close this evening.
In this phase, 141 parliamentary constituencies in 13 States will go to polls on April 23.
The last day for withdrawal of candidature is April 8.
In Orissa, as many as 11 Lok Sabha seats and 77 Assembly constituencies are going for the elections on April 23. On Friday, 21 candidates filed their papers for the Lok Sabha while 211 candidates filed for the Assembly constituencies.
New Delhi, Apr. 4 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here in wee hours of Saturday after attending "satisfactory" G-20 summit in London.
Dr. Singh also held bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama and G-20 host and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the sidelines of the summit.
Dr. Singh expressed satisfaction after discussing terrorism, economy and bilateral issues with Obama and Brown.
New Delhi - India's main Hindu nationalist opposition party, in its election manifesto released Friday, asserted its commitment to rebuild a Hindu temple that has been the cause of deadly rioting and promised tough national security laws as well as measures to provide relief to the poor.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politicians led by Lal Krishna Advani, the party's prime ministerial candidate, unveiled the document in New Delhi on a day Hindus mark as "Ram Navmi," or the birth anniversary of the god Ram.
New Delhi, Apr 3 : Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Friday dismissed the idea of a Third Front government.
Advani claimed that the main battle was between the Congress and the BJP.
"There is no scope for a Third Front government, which does not have the support of the BJP or the Congress. It is a farcical illusion in the minds of people," he told reporters on the sidelines of party's manifesto-release function.
New Delhi, Apr 3 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has assured help to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on its movement for a separate state of Gorkhaland in Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas.
Some members of the GJM met BJP prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Thursday and pledged their support to the BJP in different districts of West Bengal.
New Delhi, Apr 3 : The Congress has fielded Dasai Choudhary against Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan in the Hajipur parliamentary constituency in Bihar.
The decision came days after Paswan joined hands with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh to form an alliance to contest the upcoming general elections.
Hajipur will go to the polls on April 23 in the second phase of the three-phased elections in Bihar.
New Delhi, Apr 4 : The filing of nominations for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will close this evening.
New Delhi, Apr. 4 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived here in wee hours of Saturday after attending "satisfactory" G-20 summit in London.
New Delhi - India's main Hindu nationalist opposition party, in its election manifesto released Friday, asserted its commitment to rebuild a Hindu temple that has been the cause of deadly rioting and promised tough national security laws as well as measures to provide relief to the poor.
New Delhi, Apr 3 : Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Friday dismissed the idea of a Third Front government.
New Delhi, Apr 3 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has assured help to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on its movement for a separate state of Gorkhaland in Darjeeling hills and adjoining areas.
New Delhi, Apr 3 : The Congress has fielded Dasai Choudhary against Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan in the Hajipur parliamentary constituency in Bihar.
