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Maharashtra minister predicts Uddhav joining BJP
With just two days left for the announcement of Lok Sabha Election results, Maharashtra MLA Ravi Rana on Sunday stirred a major controversy in the political battleground of the state claiming that Uddhav Thackeray is likely to join the BJP-led NDA after it secures power at the Centre again...
Modi appeal to ‘make democracy more vibrant’
As polling began in 57 seats across 8 states and UTs for the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the voters to turn up in large numbers and cast their votes to make democracy more vibrant. “Voting is going...
AAP crisis deepens as Kejriwal’s bail deadline approaches
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to surrender and return to judicial custody on June 2 as the crisis continues to loom large over the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). After the court takes cognizance of the prosecution complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate on May 17 mentioning AAP...
BJP accuses TMC of intimidating voters in Sandeshkhali
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday alleged that Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government is using state machinery to influence voters of Basirhat Lok Sabha seat, including Sandeshkhali–the epicentre of TMC BJP faceoff. The riverine island of Sandeshkhali in the Basirhat subdivision of Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is...
Kharge says Rahul his choice for PM
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that Rahul Gandhi is his choice to be the next Prime Minister if the INDIA bloc alliance wins the Lok Sabha elections, stating that he represents the youth and the entire country. “Rahul Gandhi is my choice to be Prime Minister. He...
All eyes and ears on exit poll results today
Exit Poll results for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are set to be out on Saturday following the conclusion of the last phase of the polling, which marks the end of the marathon polling process that began on April 19. Though the counting of votes will be taken up...
BJP, Cong war of words over Modi’s Gandhi remarks
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Tamil Nadu’s Kanyakumari for a three-day meditation trip, after ending the campaigning for the final phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha Election. The Prime Minister began his say on Friday by offering ‘arghya’ to the rising Sun at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in...
Manmohan says Modi lowered dignity of public discourse
In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday accused him of lowering the dignity of public discourse and the gravity of the office of the PM by giving “hateful speeches” during the poll campaign. In an appeal to voters of Punjab...
Modi spoke about divisive issues 421 times during campaign: Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday expressed confidence that the INDIA bloc will secure a clear majority in the Lok Sabha polls and give the country an inclusive and nationalistic government. People have endorsed their view that “it will be the end of democracy if the current government gets...
Prajwal Revanna arrested after he lands in Bengaluru
Suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna was arrested shortly after he reached the Bengaluru airport from Germany in the early hours of Friday. Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women and filming the acts, was arrested by a special investigation team (SIT)...
Women’s turnout exceeds men’s in 60% seats
At least 60% of seats that went for polls in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections saw higher female turnouts than males, for the first time in the ongoing polls. It was also the second election phase in which the overall women’s turnout surpassed the men’s. On...
Cong attacks Modi over Mahatma Gandhi remarks
The Congress on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that ”the world did not know of Mahatma Gandhi till the film ’Gandhi’ was made” and said those whose ideological ancestors were involved in his assassination can never follow the path of truth shown by the ’Mahatma’....
No bar on PM’s meditation trip despite Cong objections
There is no bar under electoral law on the prime minister to undertake a meditation trip during elections, sources in the know said on Wednesday, amid the Congress’s opposition to Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Kanyakumari’s ‘Dhyan Mandapam’ from May 30. The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Prime Minister...
Modi accuses TMC of ‘vote jihad’ against backward class people
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flayed the TMC government in West Bengal for ”snatching the rights of OBC youths” to facilitate its appeasement politics and “vote jihad”. Addressing an election rally in Barasat, Modi, without naming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, criticised her for questioning the judges...
Delhi Court summons Atishi in defamation case filed by BJP keader
The Rouse Avenue Court issued summons to Delhi Cabinet Minister Atishi in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor over her allegations that the Bharatiya Janata Party attempted to poach AAP MLAs by offering them ‘Rs 20-30 crores’ to join their party. The court directed the...
Prajwal booked on Munich to Bengaluru Friday midnight flight
Suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna, who is facing sexual abuse charges, has booked a return flight ticket to Bengaluru from Munich on May 30, official sources said on Wednesday. According to sources in the Special Investigation Team, the 33-year-old grandson of JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda is expected...
Mani Shankar says IFS was ‘upper caste’ service
Congress leader and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar called the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) of yore an “upper caste” service, which he claimed is becoming more democratic now with the flavour of the country getting into it. Speaking at the launch of author Kallol Bhattacharjee’s “Nehru’s First Recruit” here...
Mamata to skip Kharge’s INDIA Bloc meeting on June 1
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the INDIA bloc meeting on June 1, as the Trinamool Congress (TMC) gears up for the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections in the state. Citing the ongoing elections and Cyclone Remal, which hit the state Sunday night and...
