Notification for first phase of LS polls issued
New Delhi, Mar 18 : Notification for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections was issued on Monday, setting in motion the high-voltage electoral battle where the BJP seeks to return to power amid opposition’s efforts to present a united fight to unseat it. Polling would be held in 91 parliamentary constituencies spread across […]
UAE played important role in reducing Indo-Pak tensions: Gulf nation envoy
New Delhi, Mar 18 : The UAE played an important role in reducing tensions between India and Pakistan after Indian jets struck a terrorist training camp in Balakot, the Gulf nation’s ambassador here said Monday. Ahmed Al Banna, however, clarified the UAE did not mediate between the two countries and that the aim of its […]
After Mayawati, Akhilesh asks Cong not to spread confusion
Lucknow, Mar 18 : After Mayawati’s retort to the Congress, the Samajwadi Party Monday asked the grand old party not to spread any kind of confusion while maintaining that the BSP-SP-RLD alliance is capable of defeating the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress on Sunday said it would leave more than a dozen Lok Sabha […]
Oppn in disarray, Cong confident of winning all 13 seats in Punjab
Chandigarh, Mar 18 : The ruling Congress in Punjab is confident of winning all 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state as it faces a “faction-ridden” and “divided” Opposition in the hustings. Congress will be firing on all cylinders to take on the SAD-BJP alliance and AAP in the parliamentary polls beginning April 11. “We […]
Musharraf admitted to Dubai hospital after reaction from rare disease : Party
Islamabad, Mar 18 : Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been admitted to a hospital in Dubai after suffering a reaction from a rare disease that has weakened his nervous system, his party has said. General (retd) Musharraf, 75, who has been living in Dubai since March 2016, is facing the treason case for […]
Small parties flaunt ‘decisive’ vote bank to stay relevant in UP LS poll battlefield
Lucknow, Mar 17: With a triangular contest on the cards in Uttar Pradesh between the BJP, the Congress and the SP-BSP-RLD, small parties are striving to stay relevant in the battle of political giants by claiming that in tight contests their dedicated vote bank would be “decisive”. The NISHAD Party, Apna Dal(S), Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj […]
BJP steps up its ‘Main bhi chowkidar’ campaign
New Delhi, Mar 17: The BJP Sunday stepped up its ‘Main bhi chowkidar’ campaign with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other party leaders, including its president Amit Shah, prefixing the word ‘chowkidar’ to their names in their Twitter profile as they sought people’s support in the Lok Sabha elections. Party leaders, many of them Union […]
Over 31,000 reels at NFAI damaged or lost: CAG
New Delhi, Mar 17: Over 31,000 precious reels or cans held by the National Films Archives of India are understood to have been lost or destructed, according to the observations of a CAG report which is contested by the NFAI. The Department of Audit and Accounts under the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had carried […]
4 killed in Balochistan railway track blast: Police
Quetta, Mar 17: A blast targeting a passenger train killed four people, including a woman and her daughter, and injured another six in Balochistan’s Dera Murad Jamali area on Sunday, police said. District Police Officer Irfan Bashir said that suspected miscreants planted an improvised explosive device at the railway track to target Jaffar Express. As […]
IRI poll shows strong approval rating for PTI govt
ISLAMABAD, Mar 17: : A new nationwide poll of Pakistanis by the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Centre for Insights in Survey Research reveals strong approval rating for the new government and confidence in the July 2018 elections. A combined 57 per cent of respondents think that Prime Minister Imran Khan is doing either a “very […]
