Never mock a loser in a democracy: Yashwant Sinha
May 24, 2019, at 05:33 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Friday posted a hidden message on his Twitter page and said a loser should not be 'mocked' in a democracy.
May 24, 2019, at 05:22 pm
Kolkata, May 24 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party's new MP from West Bengal's Hooghly seat Locket Chatterjee on Friday dedicated her Lok Sabha polls victory to those party workers who sacrificed their lives for the sake of democracy.
Maharashtra: MP teens held for smuggling arms worth Rs 1.75 lakh
May 24, 2019, at 05:03 pm
Thane, May 24 (UNI) Two teenagers hailing from Madhya Pradesh have been arrested and seven country-made revolvers and two live cartridges worth Rs 1.75 lakh have been seized from them, police said here on Friday.
Australian PM, Bhutan King call Modi to congratulate for poll win
May 24, 2019, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison called Prime Minister Narendra Modi over telephone on Thursday and congratulated him on his victory in just held Lok Sabha elections.
Governor greets winning candidates of Lok Sabha polls from J&K
May 24, 2019, at 04:55 pm
Srinagar, May 24 (UNI) Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday congratulated all the winning candidates of the Lok Sabha elections from Jammu and Kashmir.
Chattisgarh: Fire broke out at Unit of Bhilai Steel Plant
May 24, 2019, at 04:53 pm
Bhilai, May 24 (UNI) A Fire broke out at the Tar Distillation Unit in the plant's Coke Ovens and Coal Chemicals (CO&CC) Department of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Bhilai Steel Plant.
Mamata Banerjee calls TMC emergency meeting to review Lok Sabha poll debacle
May 24, 2019, at 04:45 pm
Kolkata, May 24 (UNI) Beleaguered Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has convened an emergency party meeting at her Kalighat residence on Saturday to review the post-result scenario.
Uttar Pradesh: Only 5 candidates polled more votes than NOTA in Ghazipur
May 24, 2019, at 04:42 pm
Ghazipur, May 24 (UNI) Out of the 14 candidates fighting for the Ghazipur parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, only five candidates were able to poll more votes than the option of None of the Above (NOTA).
Bihar: Lakhs of voters press NOTA button during LS polls
May 24, 2019, at 04:41 pm
Patna, May 23 (UNI) Lakhs of voters opted for none of the above (NOTA) button during the seven-phase Lok Sabha election in Bihar.
Can't hate if they are born in privileged surroundings: Amethi winner Smriti Irani
May 24, 2019, at 04:32 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) After defeating Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi by a margin of over 54,000 votes, BJP leader Smriti Irani on Friday in an indirect reference to likes of Mr Gandhi said that one can't hate them because they are born in more privileged surroundings.
Robert Vadra congratulates Narendra Modi and BJP for the win, says winning & losing a part of life
May 24, 2019, at 04:28 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) Congress President Rahul Gandhi's brother -in-law Robert Vadra on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi , BJP and the National Democratic Alliance on their win in the 2019 General Elections.
Rahul Gandhi's offer to quit likely at CWC meet on Saturday
May 24, 2019, at 04:24 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) A meeting of the Congress working committee, the highest decision making body of the Congress, will be held on Saturday to analyse the reasons for the crushing defeat of the party in the Lok Sabha elections.
New morning for Amethi: Smriti Irani tweets after snatching the UP seat from Rahul Gandhi
May 24, 2019, at 03:56 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): Union Minister Smriti Irani came out all guns blazing this time and registered a thumping victory against Congress president Rahul Gandhi, a result which was not expected by the members of the grand old party of India.
After LK Advani, PM Modi, Amit Shah now meet Murli Manohar Joshi after BJP's victory
May 24, 2019, at 12:53 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): After calling on Lal Krishna Advani, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah have met other party veteran Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday.
Arunachal Pradesh: Slain NPP MLA retains assembly seat
May 24, 2019, at 12:31 pm
Guwahati, May 24 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form its first elected government in Arunachal Pradesh after the saffron party has crossed the magic number.
Kashmir: Curfew imposed in Srinagar, restrictions in major towns
May 24, 2019, at 12:16 pm
Srinagar, May 24 (UNI): Curfew has been clamped in Srinagar while elsewhere in the Kashmir valley, restrictions were imposed in major towns and tehsil headquarters on Friday as a precautionary measure following clashes last night after the death of chief of Ansar Gazwatul Hind Zakir Musa in an encounter by security forces in Pulwama.
Jammu-bound stranded vehicles to ply on Kashmir highway
May 24, 2019, at 12:14 pm
Srinagar, May 24 (IBNS): Only one-way traffic will continue on Srinagar-Leh National Highway and historic 86-km-long Mughal road, linking Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, the official told UNI.
Kashmir: Educational institutions closed, IUST, KU postpone exams
May 24, 2019, at 12:09 pm
Srinagar, May 24 (UNI): All educational institutions were closed as a precautionary measure on Friday in the Kashmir Valley, where clashes erupted on Thursday night after reports about the death of Ansar Gazwatul Hind chief Zakir Musa in an encounter by security forces in Pulwama.
Encounter in Tral ends, Zakir Musa's body handed over to family
May 24, 2019, at 12:07 pm
Srinagar, May 24 (UNI): An encounter, which ensued between militants and security forces on Thursday night in Tral area of Pulwama district of south Kashmir, ended on Friday morning after over 12 hours with the killing of chief of Ansar Gazwatul Hind Zakir Musa.
Lok Sabha poll results: Congress candidate Vaithilingam wins Pondy seat
May 24, 2019, at 11:57 am
Puducherry, May 24 (UNI): Congress candidate V Vaithilingam on Friday declared elected from Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency by defeating his nearest N R Congress rival K Narayanasamy by a margin of 1,97,025 votes.
JD (S) MP Prajwal Revanna expresses desire to resign
May 24, 2019, at 11:53 am
Mandya, May 24 (UNI): The newly elected Lok Sabha member, Prajwal Revanna, who was declared elected as the JD(S) candidate in the Hassan Lok Sabha seat, on Thursday, have decided to quit the membership in favour of his grandfather and former Prime minister H D Deve Gowda.
Defeat of Kanhaiya Kumar sends out a message as Javed-Shabana-Swara fail to bail him out
May 24, 2019, at 11:50 am
Patna, May 24 (IBNS): The battle of Begusarai, which was seen by many as the fight between the David and the Goliath, remained in Bharatiya Janata Party's favour as its firebrand leader Giriraj Singh defeated his opponent Kanhaiya Kumar to make his way to the Parliament. But this was no ordinary constituency with the liberal brigade of India throwing their weight behind the JNU student leader slapped with sedition charges and seen as one of the challengers of Modi rule.
Lok Sabha poll results: Nitin Gadkari wins Nagpur seat
May 24, 2019, at 11:39 am
Nagpur, May 24 (UNI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday defeated his nearest rival Nana Patole of the Congress by a comfortable margin of 2,16,009 votes in Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Shiv Sena wrests two seats from NCP, Shetkari Sanghstana in Kohlapur
May 24, 2019, at 11:38 am
Kolhapur, May 24 (UNI): Bhartiya Janata party (BJP) -Shiv Sena (SS) alliance wrested two seats of the district--Kolhapur and Hatkanangale while BJP succeed to retain the lone Sangli Lok Sabha seat in neighbouring Sangli district by defeating Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Kolhapur and Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghstana in Hatkanangale and Sangli parliamentary constituencies.
PM Modi calls on LK Advani after BJP scripted landslide victory
May 24, 2019, at 11:18 am
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scripted a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on party veteran Lal Krishna Advani on Friday.
Lok Sabha poll results: BJP-Shiv Sena wins 8 seats in Vidarbha
May 24, 2019, at 10:52 am
Nagpur, May 24 (UNI): Riding on its winning spree across the country, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has also dominated the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra by winning 8 out of the 10 seats in the region while Congress managed to grab only 1.
Khamosh: People of Patna Sahib tells Shatrughan Sinha in LS poll verdict
May 24, 2019, at 10:22 am
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): The 'Bihari Babu' of Indian cinema, Shatrughan Sinha, who shifted side just before the Lok Sabha polls, was rejected by the people of his own state this time as Ravi Shankar Prasad of the Bharatiya Janata Party defeated him to make his way to the Parliament.
Verdict 2019: At the end of obscene pamphlet war, Gautam Gambhir sends opponents outside the park
May 24, 2019, at 10:14 am
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): Sending his opponent outside the park, BJP leader and former cricket icon Gautam Gambhir won the Lok Sabha polls from East Delhi seat and made his way to the Parliament quite comfortably.
May 24, 2019, at 10:10 am
Washington, May 24 (IBNS): Promising that 'great things are in store for India-US relationship, American President Donald Trump wished Indian PM Narendra Modi after his party Bharatiya Janata Party registered a thumping victory in the Lok Sabha polls.
Narendra Modi 'thanks' Rahul Gandhi for wishing him over Lok Sabha poll victory
May 24, 2019, at 09:53 am
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS): At the end of months of campaigning which witnessed several rounds of war of words, Narendra Modi, who is set to become the PM for a second straight term, thanked his key opponent Rahul Gandhi after he wished him for the poll victory.