As IMD predicts harsh summer, EC asks state poll officers to ensure facilities at polling stations
New Delhi: The Election Commission has sought “strict compliance” of its directive of providing assured minimum facilities at polling stations, including drinking water, shade and medical kit, for the Lok Sabha elections in the backdrop of the IMD predicting a harsh summer. It has also shared with its state chief electoral officers a set of […]
BJP takes out protest march demanding Kejriwal’s resignation, Delhi unit chief among 57 detained
New Delhi: Delhi BJP leaders and workers braved water cannons and several of them were detained by police as they tried to march towards the secretariat building near ITO demanding that arrested Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal step down from his post. In another part of the city, police detained several AAP leaders and workers near […]
Rahul accuses BJP of ‘misleading’ people on its promise of 2 crore jobs every year
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP of “misleading” people on its promise of providing two crore jobs every year and said the youth across the country are asking if it lied to them. He also said the youth have to change their destiny themselves by breaking the web of illusion […]
2 killed, 7 injured in stampede at Una shrine following landslide
Una (HP): Two devotees were killed and seven others injured at a shrine following an early morning stampede triggered by a landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Una district on Monday, officials said. The incident happened at Dera Baba Vadbhag Singh in shrine at Mairi village of Amb subdivision. The shrine is located around 40 km from […]
TN Minister booked for alleged derogatory remark on PM
Chennai: A case has been registered against Tamil Nadu Fisheries Minister Anitha R Radhakrishnan for his alleged derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at a recent meeting of the DMK party workers, police said on Monday. A case under section 294 B of the IPC (uttering obscene words in public) has been registered against […]
JNUSU gets its first Dalit president from Left after nearly three decades
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) has elected its first Dalit president from the Left-backed groups after nearly three decades. The United Left panel on Sunday effected a clean sweep in the JNUSU elections, defeating its nearest rival the RSS-affiliated ABVP. In the polls that were held after a hiatus of four […]
Will Sangh Parivar abandon slogan ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ coined by a Muslim, Kerala CM asks
Malappuram (Kerala): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said the slogans ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Hind’ were first raised by two Muslims and asked whether the Sangh Parivar would be ready to abandon them. Reaching out to the minority community in this Muslim-dominated north Kerala district, the veteran CPI(M) leader said Muslim […]
BJP attacks INDIA bloc over DMK minister’s remarks against PM Modi
New Delhi/Chennai: Accusing Tamil Nadu minister Anitha Radhakrishnan of making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP lashed out at the INDIA bloc on Sunday, saying the conscience of those in the opposition alliance “is dead”. K Annamalai, the BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit president, alleged that DMK leaders have reached a new low […]
INDIA bloc intact, will cross 272; PM’s corruption pitch ‘hollow’: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: The INDIA bloc is intact despite Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s “somersault” and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee deciding to be Mamata Banerjee, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said, rejecting as “hollow” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch against the opposition on corruption. In an interaction with PTI editors at the news agency’s headquarters […]
AAP questions BJP over ‘silence’ on relations with alleged electoral bond donor
New Delhi: The AAP on Sunday questioned the BJP on maintaining “silence” over its relationship with Sarath Chandra Reddy, whose companies allegedly donated Rs 60 crore to the BJP through electoral bonds. Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma was arrested by the central agency last November in connection with the excise policy case. No comments were available […]
