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Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, the former MP who was acquitted last year in the murder of a CPI-M leader, Monday joined the RJD. He is set to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Madhepura.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's ambition to become prime minister led to the break-up of the alliance between the Janata Dal-United and the Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said on Monday.

Pratap will reportedly be taking on Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Prof. K V Thomas from Ernakulam in Kerala.

Nandita Das feels that females are still marginalised and face stereotypes in their daily lives.

With an aim of maximising its electoral prospects, Trinamool Congress will be using the 'star power' of actor Mithun Chakraborty to add spark to its campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Senior rebel RJD leader Ram Kripal Yadav, who resigned from a party post after being denied ticket for the Lok Sabha polls, on Monday declared that he would contest from Patliputra constituency in Patna against Lalu Prasad's daughter.

Government on Monday initiated the process of notifying the dates of the nine-phase Lok Sabha polls by sending to the President the Election Commission's recommendation. The first notification will be issued on March 13 for the polls beginning April 7.

The German had looked jaded in recent weeks as Arsenal slipped from the top of the English Premier League and he hit a personal low.

Sabita Mahato, widow of senior JMM leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand Sudhir Mahato, is unwilling to contest the Lok Sabha poll from Jamshedpur constituency for personal reasons.

Neeta Nag, who is superintendent of the hostel located at Dhanora village has been detained.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be on a day's visit to Rajasthan on Sunday to begin election campaigning of the party in the state.

CBI may also inform the SC about the permission sought from nine states which were reluctant in allowing the CBI to probe in their jurisdiction.

Ex-bankers, retired government officials and journalists have been roped in by the EC to hold 'charcha' or dialogue sessions with voters as part of its drive to crack down on blackmoney instances in "expenditure- sensitive" pockets.

Notwithstanding the upsurge of debates and measures to promote gender equality in workplace, experts say around 60 per cent of the women drop their career in the middle.

Google has been having fun with all the attention the barge has been getting. Here are five things that we do know so far.

Aamir Khan is back with his issue based show 'Satyamev Jayate' and this time the host will talk about the police system in the country.