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Rain, thunderstorm continue to wreak havoc in 4 states, death toll in Rajasthan reaches 21

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (Agencies): Rain, thunderstorm and strong winds have claimed the lives of several people in parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat overnight, leaving over 40 people dead and many others injured. Death toll in Rajasthan alone has ...

UPA had jailed Amit Shah, cops to topple my govt in Gujarat: Modi

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said the then UPA government arrested BJP president Amit Shah and some police officers in Gujarat to topple the state government then headed by him and said this election will decide if nationalist fo...

Key seats going to poll in second phase of Lok Sabha elections today

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (Agencies): The second phase of voting for 96 Lok Sabha seats across 12 states and one Union Territory is scheduled to take place on Thursday. The polling for Vellore parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu has been cancelled by EC following allegati...

Goa priest apologises over his remarks on BJP, Manohar Parrikar

PANAJI, Apr 17 (Agencies): Goa Catholic priest who had allegedly made statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Tuesday tendered an "unconditional apology" after he was found guilty of violatin...

EC appoints special observer for W.Bengal to oversee last 5 phases of polls

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (Agencies): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Bihar's former Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ajay V. Nayak as a special observer for West Bengal, an official said on Wednesday. "Ajay V Nayak, a retired IAS officer of the 1984-batch h...

MNS leader moves court against Smriti Irani's 'false' details on degree

MUMBAI, Apr 17 (Agencies): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has moved to a Pune court seeking registration of a case against Union minister Smriti Irani for allegedly giving false information about her educational qualification in her election affidavits. The activist...

Gehlot says Ram Nath Kovind is President because of his caste, sparks row

JAIPUR, Apr 17 (Agences): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said Ram Nath Kovind was made India's President to balance caste equations ahead of the assembly election in Gujarat in 2017. "People even say that Ram Nath Kovind was made President consider...

Lalu met Jaitley, offered to help pull down 'Mahagathbandhan' govt, alleges Bihar Dy CM

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (Agencies): RJD chief Lalu Prasad had met Union minister Arun Jaitley with the offer to help bring down the grand alliance government and install a saffron party dispensation if fodder scam cases against him were watered down, Bihar Deputy Chief Minis...

BJP fields Sadhvi Pragya Thakur against Digvijaya in Bhopal

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (Agencies): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday named Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur as its Lok Sabha election 2019 candidate from Bhopal. Immediately after her name was announced as BJP candidate from Bhopal, Sadhvi Pragya told mediapersons that she...

Imran Khan's statement on Modi could be Congress' ploy: Sitharaman

NEW DELHI, Apr 17 (Agencies): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman believes that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement 'that there may be a better chance of India-Pak peace talks and settling of the Kashmir issue if the BJP is voted back to power', is a ploy by...

Indians worried about terrorism, unemployment, financial, political corruption: Survey

NEW DELHI, Apr 16 (Agencies): Indians are most worried about terrorism, unemployment, and financial and political corruption, even as at least 73 per cent of the countrymen are optimistic that the nation is headed in the right direction, according to a survey. The Ips...

'Hurt by Rahul calling all those with Modi name as Chor', says Sushil Modi; to file defamation case

BIHAR, Apr 16 (Agencies): Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said he will file a defamation case against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his reported statement that "all thieves have Modi in their surnames". “I was deeply hurt by Rahul Gandhi...

Poonam Sinha joins SP, Likely To Contest Against Rajnath From Lucknow

BARELY, Apr 16 (Agencies): Barely two hours after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh filed his nomination papers with almost no rival in sight, Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, arrived in Lucknow on Tuesday and headed straight to the Samaj...

Don't vote for Cong, PM has got CCTV cameras in polling booths: BJP MLA

GUJARAT, Apr 16 (Agencies): A video has surfaced on social media purportedly showing a Gujarat BJP MLA telling electors Prime Minister Narendra Modi has installed cameras in polling booths to find out who was not voting for party candidates. The MLA, Ramesh Katara, al...

Transportation of 10 EVMs creates flutter in Telangana

HYDERABAD, Apr 16 (Agencies): The transport of EVMs in Telangana's Jagtial district created a flutter as the video went viral on social media but the poll officials clarified on Tuesday that the machines were used only for training the personnel. Ten Electronic Voting...

EC flying squad conducts surprise check on former Karnataka CM

Karnataka, Apr 16 (Agencies): A team of Election Commission flying squad conducted a surprise check on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's luggage while he was boarding a helicopter in Shivamogga on Tuesday. A vide...

Azam’s son plays Muslim card, says 'EC banned his father because he is a Muslim'

NEW DELHI, Apr 16 (Agencies): Almost a day after Samajwadi Party senior leader Azam Khan was slapped with a campaign ban by the Election Commission and an FIR by the Uttar Pradesh Police against his derogatory speech on BJP leader Jaya Prada, his son and SP leader Abdu...

Sidhu does a Mayawati, asks Muslims to unite against Modi

KATIHAR, Apr 16 (Agencies): Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu stirred a controversy on Tuesday after appealing Muslims to unite and vote for the party at a rally in Bihar's Katihar. Arguing that Muslims should unite and vote for Congress candidat...

Cong to move EC alleging Modi gave false land ownership details in poll affidavit

NEW DELHI, Apr 16 (Agencies): A day after a public interest litigation was filed in the Supreme Court alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave false information regarding land he owns in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, the Congress party has decided to take the matter up...

Your one vote made surgical strike, Balakot air strike possible: Modi

CHHATISGARH, Apr 16 (Agencies): Amid claims of "misusing" the armed forces for electoral gain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the strength of "one vote" had enabled the cross-border surgical strikes and the Balakot air strike in Pakistan. Addressing a poll ...

Opposition parties to approach SC again to demand verification of 50% VVPAT paper trails

NEW DELHI, Apr 14 (Agencies): Opposition parties Sunday held a meeting to discuss the issue of EVM malfunctioning and said they will approach the Supreme Court again to demand that at least 50 per cent of paper trails be verified with EVMs. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minist...

27% candidates in second phase of LS election are 'crorepatis': ADR report

NEW DELHI, Apr 14 (Agencies): According to National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), there are 423 (27%) candidates in the second phase of Lok Sabha election with assets worth Rs 1 crore and above. There are 1644 candidates in fray in the se...

TRS polling agent arrested for clicking photo inside EVM strong room in Telangana

Hyderabad, Apr 14 (Agencies): A local Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Nayakapu Venkatesh was on Saturday arrested for unauthorisedly clicking a picture inside an EVM strong room in Telangana's Bogaram area. A case has been registered against him and he would b...

Jawans keep borders secure not govts: Akhilesh Yadav jabs BJP

LUCKNOW, Apr 14 (Agencies): Samajwadi Party chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a dig at the BJP by saying that brave soliders keep our borders secure and not the governments and hence the credit should go where it is due. The S...

Who will stop Robert Vadra from joining Congress if he chooses to: Raj Babbar

NEW DELHI, Apr 14 (Agencies): In a statement that is likely to provide ammunition to rival parties, UP Congress chief Raj Babbar said on Sunday that no one would stop Robert Vadra if he chooses to join the party. Vadra is married to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who recently ...

Can contest from UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, but don't want division of votes: Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA, Apr 14 (Agencies): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said she can contest from any part of the country but chose not to do so as does not want division of votes, adding that stronghold of regional parties in states is a must. "I could hav...

BJP trying to destroy constitution: Priyanka

ASSAM, Apr 14 (Agencies(: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said the Constitution is not respected and an attempt is being made to destroy it, attacking BJP while addressing a rally. Holding a roadshow in Silchar in support of Congress candidate and si...

EC trying to avoid EVM issue: TDP defends EVM theft-accused in reply

AP, Apr 14 (Agencies): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has responded to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) letter expressing displeasure over the inclusion of Hari P Vemuru, an "EVM theft accused", in the Chandrababu Naidu-led delegation that met the poll body yeste...

Probe 'suspicious black trunk' in Modi's helicopter: Cong to EC

karnataka, Apr 14 (Agencies): The Congress on Sunday demanded the Election Commission a thorough probe into the alleged transportation of a "suspicious black trunk" in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's helicopter during his visit to Chitradurg in Karnataka. Congress spok...

Indian who went to Pakistan for love, now in captivity

New Delhi/ Islamabad, Apr 14 (Agencies): In a deja vu case of Hamid Nehal and Uzma Ahmed, another Indian who fell in love and went to Pakistan is now in captivity. Tina from Chandigarh had reached Pakistan on October 24, 2018, and allegedly converted to Islam to marr...

Shah attacks Mayawati, says 'behenji' remembers Ambedkar only when elections come

Shahjahanpur, Apr 13 (Agencies): Lashing out at Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said that the former has always used iconic Dalit leader BR Ambedkar's name for political gains. Attacking the BSP chief, Shah said that Ma...

Opposition 'unhappy' with me over India's rapid global strides: PM

NEW DELHI, Apr 13 (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a broadside against the Opposition on Saturday, saying the DMK, Congress and their 'mahamilavati' friends cannot accept strides India has made and therefore were "unhappy" with him. Taking a swipe at ...

‘BJP will neither get votes of Ali, nor Bajrang Bali’: Mayawati taunts Yogi

LUCKNOW, Apr 13 (Agencies): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati, while addressing a joint rally at Uttar Pradesh's Badaun on Saturday, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would neither get the votes of Ali nor Bajrang Bali in the Lok Sabha elections. "In t...

Arun Jaitley comes to Smriti’s defence, says Rahul got M Phil without Masters Degree

NEW DELHI, Apr 13 (Agencies): Making a scathing attack on the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for questioning Smriti Irani's educational qualifications, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the party forgot that a public audit of Gandhi's academic credentials "may ...

Venkaiah Naidu releases coin, postage stamp commemorating 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre

NEW DEHI, Apr 13 (Agencies): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday released a postage stamp and a coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Hundreds of innocent Indian lives were lost when British forces ordered to fire indiscrimi...
 

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