Assembly Elections LIVE: Modi in Telangana; Raj BJP's manifesto

Follow the latest updates on the 2018 Assembly Elections - Deccan Herald has everything you need to know from the five states going to the polls with our reporters on the ground.

Telangana chief minister and his family think they can rule without doing any work like the Congress did for years, says Modi at poll rally.

TRS and Congress "family-ruled parties", playing "friendly match" in Telangana polls: PM Modi at election rally in Nizamabad. PTI

Telangana: Cong leader 'attempts' self-immolation during raid

Congress candidate for Gajwel assembly constituency in Telangana, Vanteru Pratap Reddy, reportedly made a futile self-immolation bid after a search was conducted on Monday night at his house in Kompally here following a complaint that cash meant for distribution to voters was hidden there, police said Tuesday. (PTI)

Teach KCR a lesson: Modi to Telangana people

Telangana CM said he will turn Nizamabad into acity like London but the place lacks basic facilities like water, roads and power. People should teach them a lesson, says PM Modi at Nizamabad rally. (PTI)

Modi attacks KCR

Those who believe in development, building new India and new Telangana, trust BJP most, says PM Narendra Modi at his first poll rally in Telangana.

Telangana chief minister and his family think they can rule without doing any work like the Congress did for years, says Modi.

(PTI)

Rajasthan: Raje promises fifty lakh jobs in private sector in next five years

Fifty lakh jobs will be created in theprivate sector in next five years in Rajasthan, says Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje at BJP manifesto release.

Every year, 30,000 jobs will be given in thegovernment sector in, she said. (PTI)

PM Modi addressing public meeting in Nizamabad, Telangana

BJP to release the manifesto in Rajasthan

Jyotiraditya Scindia: People will undo Shivraj mayajaal

Mama almost in the same league as Modi

A tale of three former CMs

At a time when BJP’s Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is crisscrossing the dusty village by-lanes and crowded urban localities to seek a fourth term, three former chief ministers seem to be watching the polls as bystanders.

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Transgender tries her luck from MP's Ambah Assembly seat

In the ravines of Chambal region where ‘mardangi’ (male valour) is a fad, a transgender is trying her luck in the election from the Ambah Assembly seat of Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind, known as ‘bandit land’ in the past. Meet 28-year-old political greenhorn Neha Kinner, whose huge posters and cutouts dot the walls in this dusty hamlet, outnumbering those of Congress and BJP candidates. And the crowd response in villages has numbed the known candidates. READ MORE