Congress legislator attacked in Rae Bareli
Rae Bareli, May 14 (IANS) Congress MLA Aditi Singh was attacked by unidentified men while she was on her way to the district panchayat office where voting was taking place on a no-confidence motion against…
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Bihar Assembly polls to be fought in Modi’s name: JD-U MLA
Patna, May 14 (IANS) Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Amarnath Gami on Tuesday said that the 2020 Bihar Assembly polls will be contested in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi instead of Chief Minister Nitish…
NDA will get two-third majority: Rajnath
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party will win more seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections than in 2014 and added that the…
Mayawati seeks ban on temple visits
Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to include the expenses of roadshows in the candidates account and ban temple visits. She said that holding roadshows and…
BJP approaches CEO over ‘sabotage’ of BJP rallies
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) A BJP delegation approached the Election Commission (EC) on Monday seeking strong action against the district magistrate of South 24 Parganas for sabotaging their party’s rallies and also accused the CEO…
ECI shunts out Andhra official over screening of ‘Lakshmi’s NTR’
Amaravati, May 14 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday shunted out joint collector of Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district for his failure to stop screening of Telugu movie ‘Lakshmi’s NTR’in theatres early this month. The ECI…
EC orders repoll at Faridabad booth
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday ordered repolling at a polling station in Faridabad Lok Sabha seat on May 19 after a polling agent was arrested for influencing voters. The re-poll…
Congress mocks BJP as Bharatiya Jinnah Party, demands PM apology
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Congress on Monday described the BJP as ‘Bharatiya Jinnah Party’ two days after its party’s Ratlam Jhabua Lok Sabha candidate Guman Singh Damor stirred a controversy saying that the…
Priyanka stops her cavalcade to wish pro-Modi supporters
Indore, May 13 (IANS) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday took BJP supporters by surprise: she shook hands with them as they raised pro-Modi slogans. The Congress leader, who had arrived in the…
Now permission denied for Yogi’s meeting in Kolkata
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) On a day BJP President Amit Shah’s meeting was cancelled in West Bengal, party national secretary Sunil Deodhar said that permission for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s election meeting in…
Bengal BJP chief’s ‘personal aide’ held with Rs 1 crore
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) A man, who claimed to be a personal assistant to BJP’s West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh, was arrested along with an accomplice after Rs 1 crore of unaccounted money was…
342 more candidates with criminal cases contesting 2019 polls than 2009: ADR
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, 342 candidates with criminal cases are contesting the elections than the number in 2009 polls, according to National Election Watch and Association for Democratic…
EC orders repoll in 2 Assembly segments of Faridabad
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Election Commission on Monday ordered repoll in the Asaoti and Prithla Assembly segments of Faridabad after receiving complaints of violation of secrecy of voting. The repoll will take place…
Delhi parties blame heat for lower voter turnout
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) As the national capital on Sunday witnessed a less voter turnout by about five per cent than in 2014, Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Congress and BJP blamed the heat…
BJP to win over 23 seats in Bengal: Amit Shah
Joynagar (West Bengal), May 13 (IANS) Taking a jibe at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over cancellation of one of his rallies in the state, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said the state’s…
Final result of Lok Sabha is expected by May 24
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The final results of the Lok Sabha polls is expected by May 24, day two of the counting, an officer said here on Monday. The final phase of election gets over…
Nearly 85% turnout recorded in Bengal’s sixth phase
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Nearly 84.51 per cent voter turnout has been recorded in the sixth phase elections for West Bengal’s eight parliamentary constituencies, the Election Commission said here on Monday. The polling percentage was…
Youth, women created pro-BJP ‘wave’ in polls: Modi
Ratlam, May 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said youth and women turned out to vote in full force in this election and that created a “wave” from every home in support of…
Raj Thackeray mocks Modi over ‘cloud cover’ remark
Thane (Maharashtra), May 13 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’ ‘cloud cover’ theory on the Balakot air strike, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray said the whole world was laughing at India….
Three layer security to protect EVMs, VVPATs in Haryana
Gurugram, May 13 (IANS) Haryana Police unleashed a three-layer security cover to protect EVMs and VVPATs in all counting stations. Additional Director General of Police Navdeep Singh Virk said: “We have made foolproof three-tier security…