
The Bharatiya Janata Party is fighting the election in alliance with the recently floated Bharat Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), the political wing of the Hindu Ezhava leader Vellapalli Natesan....
Sixteen migrant abourers were killed when a truck hit an autorickshaw in Telangana's Adilabad district late Saturday night, police said on Sunday....

In battlefield Tamil Nadu this poll season, the stakes are high not just for J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi, but also for those offering an alternative to the two main Dravidian outfits....
As part of preparations for Punjab polls next year, Congress on Saturday appointed new office bearers in the state unit with former leader in the state assembly Sunil Jakhar made a vice-president and chief spokesperson....
The Election Commission on Saturday issued notice to AIADMK and DMK to explain the ways to fund the promises made in their poll manifestoes for the May 16 polls. ...
Pranav Pandya, who refused to become a member of the Rajya Sabha after being nominated, has said it was a "non-political" decision and he has "deep respect" for parliament's upper house....
At least five people went missing after a boat capsized in the Hooghly river in West Bengal's Burdwan district, and alleging delay in rescue operations angry people later ran riot, police said on Sunday....
Less than two days ahead of the May 16 election in Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission on Saturday ordered postponement of voting in the Aravakuruchi constituency in Karur district to May 23 as the poll process has been "vitiated", said a senior official. ...

NDA leaders on Saturday attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the law and order situation in the state following the murder of a scribe and that of a teenager in Gaya and said that "maha jungle raj" has returned with the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) coming to power....
Women in Saudi Arabia could be sent to jail and flogged if they check their husband’s telephone without his knowledge and consent. The matter was not covered in the Kingdom’s Islamic laws, but ...