BJP sitting MP Naleenkumar Kateel adds to Nathuram Godse row
May 17, 2019, at 12:49 pm
Udupi, May 17 (UNI): Sitting BJP Mangaluru Lok Sabha member Naleenkumar Kateel had said while Nathuram Godse killed one person, former Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi was responsible for the death of over 17,000 people.
West Bengal: BJP leader with Rs 24 lakh arresed from poll-bound South 24 Parganas
May 17, 2019, at 12:47 pm
Kolkata, May 17 (UNI): Police have arrested a BJP leader and three others, including two women, with more than Rs 24 lakh in cash during a check at the poll-bound South 24 Parganas last night.
Curfew continues for second day in Bhadarwah, mobile Internet snapped
May 17, 2019, at 12:00 pm
Jammu, May 17 (UNI): The curfew in violence-hit Bhadarwah town of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir remained clamped for second consecutive day after a man was shot dead by assailants.
Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar's arrest protection to end in 7 days: SC
May 17, 2019, at 11:40 am
Kolkata, May 17 (IBNS): Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar has seven days to seek protection from arrest by the CBI in the Saradha chit fund case, media reports said.
Kamal Hassan 'not intimidated' by attacks on him for Nathuram Godse remark
May 17, 2019, at 11:12 am
New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan today said he was "not intimidated" by those attacking him over his comment that Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, "independent India's first extremist", was a Hindu.
PM Modi may skip last day of campaign in Varanasi
May 17, 2019, at 10:48 am
Varanasi, May 17 (UNI): All permutation-combination, political speculation and analysis lead to Varanasi, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi may skip last day campaign in his parliamentary segment here on Friday.
BJP's Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur 'apoligises' for her remark on Nathuram Godse
May 17, 2019, at 09:22 am
New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): As the Bharatiya Janata Party distanced itself from Pragya Singh Thakur's comment where she termed Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "patriot", the party's Bhopal candidate has apologized for the comment.
Guwahati blast: Police arrest two including pro-talk ULFA leader
May 16, 2019, at 11:55 pm
Guwahati, May 16 (IBNS): The Guwahati city police on Thursday arrested two persons including a pro-talk leader of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in connection with Wednesday's grenade explosion in Guwahati.
Probe in Bofors case to continue: CBI
May 16, 2019, at 10:31 pm
New Delhi, May 16 (UNI): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday said that the probe in the high-profile Bofors kickbacks case will continue.
May 16, 2019, at 09:36 pm
New Delhi, May 16 (UNI): In a sharp attack on the BJP on the statement by its Bhopal candidate Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, describing Nathuram Godse as a ‘True Nationalist’, Congress leader and AICC general secretary for Uttar Pradesh east Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said the nationalistic luminaries of the saffron party should spell out their stand on the statement.
Mamata has no problem with infiltrators, but with security forces: Modi
May 16, 2019, at 08:35 pm
Dum Dum, May 16 (UNI/IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Mamata Banerjee doesn't have a problem with those who cross the border and come into West Bengal to create chaos, but she has a problem with security forces.
Mamata has no problem with infiltrators, but with security forces: Modi
May 16, 2019, at 08:35 pm
Dum Dum, May 16 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Mamata Banerjee doesn't have a problem with those who cross the border and come into West Bengal to create chaos, but she has a problem with security forces.
May 16, 2019, at 07:32 pm
Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS) : Bengali's iconic 19th century social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar has taken the centre stage in West Bengal ahead of the last phase of Lok Sabha polls. It is certainly not corruption or communalism anymore, but the blame game over the desecration of Vidyasagar's bust, that is the poll plank for the remaining nine seats that go to the hustings on May 19.
Guwahati blast: Police recover suspected explosive, bomb-making items
May 16, 2019, at 07:18 pm
Guwahati, May 16 (IBNS): Following the Guwahati blast, the city police on Thursday raided a house at Panjabari area here and recovered huge quantity of explosives, arms and ammunition.
Trinamool goons destroyed bust of Vidyasagar: PM Modi in West Bengal
May 16, 2019, at 07:05 pm
Mathurapur, May 16 (UNI): Accusing the West Bengal Government of trying to "destroy evidence", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday alleged TMC goons spread violence and desecrated the bust of iconic social reformer Vidyasagar.
BJP condemns Pragya Singh Thakur's 'patriot Godse' remark, asks to apologise
May 16, 2019, at 06:42 pm
New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has distanced itself from its Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's comment where she termed Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "patriot".
Is Mahatma Gandhi anti-national? Omar Abdullah hits out at Pragya's 'patriot Godse' remark
May 16, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Srinagar, May 16 (IBNS): Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur who called Nathuram Godse a "patriot", former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned whether Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi is an "anti-national".
PM Modi promises to build Vidyasagar's statue, Mamata Banerjee hits back
May 16, 2019, at 04:46 pm
New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): Amid the blame game between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Trinamool Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday promised to build Bengali's social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar's statue days after a bust of the icon was vandalised, media reports said.
Nathuram Godse was a patriot, says BJP's Pragya Singh Thakur
May 16, 2019, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi, May 16 (IBNS): Malegaon blasts accused and BJP candidate for Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday said Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, "was a deshbhakt (patriot), is a deshbhakt and will remain one".
Ghulam Nabi Azad says Congress would be ok if it didn't get PM post
May 16, 2019, at 03:39 pm
Patna, May 16 (IBNS): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said he party was ok with no getting the PM's post because it's primary objective was not to let the NDA remain in power.
Top JeM commander among 3 militants killed in Pulwama encounter
May 16, 2019, at 02:58 pm
Srinagar, May 16 (UNI): A top commander of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) was among three militants killed while a civilian died and a soldier martyred in an encounter which ensued during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama in the wee hours of Thursday.
Will fight as long as I live: Shibu Soren
May 16, 2019, at 01:49 pm
Dumka, May 16 (UNI): Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supremo and party nominee from Dumka Shibu Soren today said that he would continue to fight the elections as long as he was alive.
Mayawati stands with Mamata against EC's decision
May 16, 2019, at 01:11 pm
Lucknow, May 16 (UNI): Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) supremo Mayawati hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP for violence in Kolkata during the road show of Amit Shah on Tuesday and raised questioned over the Election Commission's order cutting short campaigning in West Bengal by 19 hours.
Modi questions Mayawati's support to Mamata
May 16, 2019, at 12:53 pm
Mau, May 16 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday questioned as to why Bahujan Samajwadi Party and Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh were supporting All India Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee when the people of Poorvanchal were being targeted by the Trinamool goons.
Jammu and Kashmir: Encounter on between militants and security forces in Kupwara forest
May 16, 2019, at 12:47 pm
Srinagar, May 16 (UNI): A fierce encounter is on between militants and security forces in the forest areas in frontier Kashmir district of Kupwara on Thursday.
Muslim man helps Hindu woman in labour reach hospital during curfew
May 16, 2019, at 12:36 pm
Guwahati, May 16 (IBNS): On May 12, 27-year-old Rubon Das prayed to the God for help because he was unable to get any conveyance to help ferry his pregnant wife to the hospital during the curfew in Assam's Hailakandi district.
Opposition backs Mamata over her claims of EC-BJP nexus in shortening Bengal campaign
May 16, 2019, at 12:10 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS): Several key opposition parties have come out in an open support for Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee who on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of acting as per the directives of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the poll body shortened the campaign in West Bengal by almost a day.
Modi, Mamata to hold rallies as Bengal enters last day of campaigning
May 16, 2019, at 11:21 am
Kolkata, May 16 (IBNS): After the Election Commission's directive, West Bengal will witness the last day of campaigning on Thursday with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holding rallies in different parts of the state.
One soldier, three militants among 5 killed in Pulwama encounter
May 16, 2019, at 10:45 am
Srinagar, May 16 (UNI): A soldier and three militants were among five persons killed and two jawans and civilian injured in an encounter which ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Pulwama in the wee hours of Thursday, official sources said.
CPI (M) candidate moves High Court seeking fresh poll in West Tripura
May 16, 2019, at 10:37 am
Agartala, May 16 (UNI): With the directives of the Supreme Court, CPI (M) candidate in West Tripura parliamentary constituency Shankar Prasad Datta has filed a Writ Petition (WP) to Tripura High Court seeking appropriate direction to hold election to the seat afresh.