The Faizabad Lok Sabha elections on May 20 will see candidates from Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Indian National Congress, and more in a high-stakes battle for victory.

The Election Commission's announcement intensifies the high-stakes battle in Kaiserganj for the 2024 Kaiserganj Lok Sabha Constituency. Prominent contenders include Karan Bhushan Singh from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Bharat Ram Mishra from the Samajwadi Party. Brijbhusan Sharan Singh emerged victorious in the 2019 elections with a significant margin.

The Election Commission's announcement in Gonda sets the stage for a high-stakes battle in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Kirti Vardhan Singh from BJP faces off against Shreya Verma of the Samajwadi Party. In 2019, Kirti Vardhan Singh secured victory with 508,190 votes, defeating Vinod Kumar Alias Pandit Singh.

Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah's 'Sher-e-Kashmir' legacy shapes the intense election narrative in Baramulla, with references to unity, secularism, and political rivalries. The upcoming electoral showdown involves the National Conference, Omar Abdullah, and a monograph highlighting Abdullah's historical contributions.

Swati Maliwal, an AAP Rajya Sabha MP, expressed her disappointment with her party colleagues on Sunday. She criticized them for their change in stance, pointing out that they had previously advocated for justice in the Nirbhaya case but are now backing the individual accused of assaulting her. She implied that Sisodia's presence might have made a difference in her situation.

Delhi CM Kejriwal accuses BJP of 'Operation Jhaadu' to dismantle AAP, targeting leaders and freezing bank accounts. Questions raised on BJP's plans, money whereabouts, and scam verification.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has maintained a stronghold in Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency since 1991, with leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Rajnath Singh winning. Rajnath Singh secured a significant victory margin against Ravidas Mehrotra, Sarwar Malik, and candidates from the INDIA bloc on May 20, 2019.

The Visakhapatnam police claimed to have busted a cybercrime racket and arrested three consultancy agents for allegedly luring unemployed youths and sending them to Chinese-operated cybercrime rings in countries such as Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accuses monks from Bharat Sevashram Sangha and Ramakrishna Mission of working against TMC and supporting BJP at a rally in Jayrambati, Hooghly.

IMD has warned about the formation of a low-pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal around May 22. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, DG of meteorology, said: «The low-pressure area will help monsoon advance over Andaman Sea and adjoining Bay of Bengal... It is too early to confirm whether or not it will transform into a cyclone.»

Retired SP arrested under Official Secrets Act in Jammu for publishing 'sensitive information' in his book containing FIR copies. Mohammad Aslam Sheikh, who joined police in 1986 and retired last year, was arrested from Gandhi Nagar residence.

Uttarakhand Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directed State Bank of India to compensate Parthasarthi Mukherjee for Rs 80,000 card cloning fraud in Delhi. Bank failed to provide CCTV footage for investigation.

Uttarakhand High Court directs state to propose new name for 'Ranikhet disease' affecting picturesque tourist spot, Ranikhet. Petitioner Satish Joshi highlights disease's negative impact on tourism, suggests renaming. PIL filed, Chief Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal discuss disease's impact on Ranikhet's reputation. State govt acknowledges limited jurisdiction, suggests Centre rename the illness.

Delhi Police sought custody of Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in the assault case on AAP's Swati Maliwal before a court.

Two terrorist attacks in J&K target Tabrez and Farha in Yannar near Pahalgam, Anantnag district. The couple is hospitalized; details undisclosed. Third attack on non-natives this election season. Former BJP sarpanch Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh gunned down in Shopian; suspected TRF involvement. Mehbooba Mufti condemns attacks ahead of Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency polls on May 25, with a three-cornered contest.

Retired superintendent of police, Mohammad Aslam Sheikh, arrested in Jammu for sharing 'sensitive information' including FIR copies. Investigation ongoing under Official Secrets Act.

Naresh Mhaske, a close confidante of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and former mayor, discusses his challenges and plans as the Mahayuti candidate for parliament. He addresses opposition, coalition decisions, Covid work, projects, 'percentage' issues, Raj Thackeray rally impact, and winning expectations, including the focus on Bangladeshi migrants and winning margins.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary compared Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and alleged that he took out the money from the treasury being in power.

«His (Modi's) recent statements where he is talking about Muslims as outsiders, giving birth to more children, frightening Hindus by claiming that their properties, including the mangalsutras of their women, will be taken and distributed among the minority community have no parallel. We Muslims only want our rights and have no intention to usurp the rights of others,» Abdullah said, addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally in the Surankote area of Poonch district.

Rai also mentioned that Bibhav had studied at Banaras Hindu University and later practiced journalism in Delhi. Lal Sahib Yadav, a former village head from Bibhav's hometown of Khudru village in Bihar, vouched for Bibhav's character, stating that he comes from a social family and is not a person of criminal nature. Yadav believes that the incident is politically motivated and would not have occurred if elections were not being held.

Hours after India advised students in Kyrgyzstan to «stay indoors' in the wake of the mob attack on Indian and Pakistani students at Kyrgyz university hostels in Bishkek, the foreign ministry of the Central Asian nation has said that the »situation in Bishkek is calm and under full control'. Groups of locals attacked the students even as they shouted for help and pleading to go.

On Saturday, Delhi witnessed its highest temperature of the season, reaching a scorching 43.7 degrees Celsius, as reported by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). In response to the extreme heat, the IMD raised a 'red alert', cautioning residents about the severe heat conditions expected to persist in several areas of the city for the next couple of days.