In a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the West Bengal government on Sunday denied permission to hold Yogi Adityanath's rallies in the state, reported news agency ANI.

Making another strong move to fetch power in 2019 Lok Sabha Polls, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his first priority will be passage of women reservation bill if his party wins the election.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday praised Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's decision to step into politics ahead of crucial Lok Sabha Polls. BSP chief Mayawati has not given any reaction yet.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said it will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pardesh but unlike last time, party chief Arvind Kejriwal will not be its face from Varanasi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday made a strong pitch for his re-election in the next Lok Sabha elections as he launched a scathing attack on the Congress saying it had pushed the country into darkness, bled banks and had created road blocks to an early judicial solution to the Ayodhya dispute.

BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday announced that her party and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will fight together in an alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is open for alliance and cherished his old friends, hinting his desire to his party’s presence in Tamil Nadu ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha Polls.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) chiefs Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav are likely to announce alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls on Saturday. The announcement will be made via joint press conference.

The leaders of Israel's governing coalition announced on Monday that they have agreed to hold the next general elections in April next year, seven months earlier than required by law.

Thailand's ruling military junta on Tuesday approved lifting of the ban on political activities it had imposed after taking power in a coup in 2014, clearing the way for an election to be held on February 24 next year.