BJP's state general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan will contest from Chilika assembly segment, while Padmapur MLA Pradeep Purohit has been re-nominated from the seat.

Gautam Gambhir joins Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad

BJP heavyweights such as Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari have been fielded from Lucknow and Nagpur seats respectively.

Subroto Bagchi, who recently returned to the company to fend off L&T takeover attempt, penned an emotional letter to Mindtree employees detailing how the co-founders refused \"huge bags of money to give Mindtree away\"

\"I am committing to you here that the Congress will defend your culture and history,\" says Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a public rally in Imphal, Manipur

TDP MP from Guntur, Galla Jayadev is one of the wealthiest politicians in India with declared assets worth Rs 683 crore in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

In a regulatory filing last night Mindtree's promoters, including its four founders, said they intend to \"unconditionally oppose\" Larsen and Toubro's (L&T) hostile takeover bid, calling it a grave threat to their organisation