Narendra Modi wishes Amarinder Singh on his birthday

Mar 11, 2019, at 07:01 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on his birthday.

Even Holi is coming during election campaign programme period: Prasad

Mar 11, 2019, at 06:16 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday criticised the opposition leaders as they stirred a controversy by questioning the timing of hosting the Lok Sabha polls during the month of Ramzan.

Rahul Gandhi condoles death of 157 people in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:55 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday condoled the death of 157 people in a crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday.

Bihar villager asks guests to vote for PM Narendra Modi as daughter’s ‘wedding gift’

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:42 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): A man from Bihar has asked the would-be guests attending his daughter’s wedding not to come with any gifts, rather to vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a wedding gift.

It is either Modi or chaos, Arun Jaitley on Lok Sabha elections

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:33 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI/IBNS) Terming the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as 'Modi Vs Chaos', senior BJP leader and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday described Congress president Rahul gandhi as an 'inadequatew leader' who is 'tried, tested and failed'

I want Narendra Modi to continue as India’s Prime Minister: S M Krishna

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:29 pm

Bengaluru, Mar 11 (UNI) Former External Affairs minister and BJP leader S M Krishna strongly advocated continuation of Narendra Modi as India’s Prime Minister and said he would actively campaign for the victory of BJP candidates in the coming Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka.

Mamata Banerjee wishes Amarinder Singh on birthday

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:25 pm

Kolkata, Mar 11 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wished Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on his birthday.

BJD to finalise candidates for both LS and Assembly seats soon: Naveen

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:22 pm

Bhubaneswar, Mar 11 (UNI) Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha will soon finalize the party’s candidates for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, party supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said here today.

Rajnath Singh presides over BJP Sankalp Patra panel meeting

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:20 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) A day after poll schedule has been announced by the Election Commission, the BJP Manifesto Committee held its meeting here on Monday.

Telugu comedian Ali joins YSRCP

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:18 pm

Hyderabad, Mar 11 (UNI) Ahead of the LS elections, Prominent Telugu Actor and comedian Ali joined YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) at its party headquarters Lotus pond here on Monday.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar not to contest Lok Sabha elections, says time to give chance to youths

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:15 pm

Pune, Mar 11 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Monday said that he will not contest the next month’s Lok Sabha elections from the Madha constituency in Maharashtra.

Armed criminals loot marriage party on gunpoint

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:11 pm

Krishnagar, Mar 11(UNI) A marriage party was attacked and looted by miscreants last night in Nadia district in Shibniwas panchayat area under Krishnagunj police station.

Banned tobacco products worth Rs 1 cr seized, two held in Maharashtra

Mar 11, 2019, at 05:02 pm

Kolhapur, Mar 11 (UNI) Two trucks laden with banned tobacco products worth Rs one crore were seized on Monday near Ujalaiwadi Checkpost Naka on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway.

Fake currency; 2 sent to police custody

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:59 pm

Mumbai, Mar 11 (UNI) A local court here on Monday remanded two persons to seven days police custody for their involvement in circulating fake currency.

Mirwaiz refuses to appear before NIA, cites security reasons

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:47 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI) Citing security concerns and resultant situation that could arise in Kashmir if the moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) chairman Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq will not appear before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in New Delhi on Monday.

Austrian court extends arrest of Ex-Colonel suspected of spying for Russia

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:45 pm

Vienna, Mar 11 (Sputnik/IBNS): A court in Austria's Salzburg ruled on Monday to extend the arrest of a retired Austrian officer suspected of being a Russian spy for an additional two months, a representative of the court told Sputnik.

LS Polls: Sumalatha Ambareesh to announce her decision to contest by March 18

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:41 pm

Mandya, Karnataka, Mar 11 (UNI) Sumalatha, wife of late Karnataka Minister M H Ambareesh, who is tried in vain to get Congress ticket to contest from her husband's Mandya constituency, will announce on March 18 her final decision to contest or not in the Lok Sabha election.

Shiv Sena, Owaisi flay Oppn parties for dragging Ramzan row into poll schedule

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:39 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) Some opposition parties, including the Trinamool Congress and AAP, have flayed the Election Commission for not considering Ramzan month - a period of day long fast among Muslims - before announcing the poll schedule.

Majithia expands YAD core committee, inducts 10 new members

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:36 pm

Chandigarh, Mar 11 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal Ggeneral Secretary Bikram Singh Majithia

One dead, six injured in road mishap in Uttar Pradesh

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:34 pm

Saharanpur, Mar 11 (UNI) One person was killed and six others injured when a SUV fell into a canal after losing control in the Deoband Kotwali area in this district of Uttar Pradesh, police sources said on Monday.

Shiv Sena condemns BJP's electoral publicising of IAF strikes in PoK

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:30 pm

Mumbai, Mar 11 (UNI): The Shiv Sena on Monday condemned the act of using visuals of the soldiers on electoral campaign posters and penned an editorial in Saamana, stating that whipping up patriotic feelings of the electorate is equal to the Oppositions' demand of asking proof for Balakot airstrikes.

Only potential candidates for 3 LS seats shortlisted: Omar Abdullah

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:28 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI) Rejecting media reports about selection of candidates for three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley, Vice President of the National Conference (NC) Omar Abdullah said only a preliminary short listing of potential candidates have been done.

Estonian President to visit US Mar 11-14 for talks on security, relations: Press Office

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:26 pm

Tallinn, Mar 11 (Sputnik/UNI) Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid will visit the United States on March 11-14 to discuss the issues of security and bilateral cooperation, as well as hold a series of meetings with top officials, the presidential press office said in a statement on Monday.

BJP should reply on ‘Achhe Din’: BSP chief Mayawati

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:23 pm

Lucknow, Mar 11 (UNI) Alleging that the BJP deceived the public by making false promises before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday said that BJP should reply on their promise of ‘Achhe Din’ (Better days).

Fire breaks out at sixth floor in Vikas Bhawan; no casualties

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:22 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) A fire broke out at the sixth floor in Vikas Bhawan near ITO in central Delhi on Monday, however, there was no casualties in the incident.

18 terrorists eliminated in past 21 days: Indian Army

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:13 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Indian Army Lieutenant General Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon on Monday said 18 terrorists have been eliminated by the security forces in the past 21 days.

Help me reach Shikha Garg's family: Sushma Swaraj tweets on Ethiopian Airlines flight crash victim

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:09 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS):  Shikha Garg, a UN consultant attached to the government, was among four Indians who lost their lives in the Ethiopian Airlines flight crash tragedy on Sunday.

Congress MLA Purushottam Sawariya joins BJP in Gujarat

Mar 11, 2019, at 04:02 pm

Gandhinagar, Mar 11 (IBNS):  Congress MLA from Gujarat, Purushottam Sawariya who had resigned from the party last week, joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday.

Sharad Pawar will not contest Lok Sabha polls this year

Mar 11, 2019, at 03:43 pm

New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): NCP chief Sharad Pawar will not contest the Lok Sabha polls this year, media reports said.

No Karvan-e-Aman bus to PoK for second week in a row

Mar 11, 2019, at 03:38 pm

Srinagar, Mar 11 (UNI): The Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) remained suspended for the second week on Monday, official sources said.