PM Narendra Modi to address election rally in Goa on April 10

Apr 03, 2019, at 03:02 pm

Panaji, Apr 3 (UNI) Union Minister for AYUSH (Independent Charge) Shripad Naik on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing an election campaign meeting at Dr Shayama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium near the city on April 10, 2019.

Odisha: Security personnel foil self immolation bid by a woman before Naveen Niwas

Apr 03, 2019, at 03:01 pm

Bhubaneswar, Apr 3 (UNI) Police today over powered a woman and got her admitted to Capital Hospital while she was attempting to immolate herself in front of Naveen Niwas, the residence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Mamata Banerjee leaves for North Bengal from NSCBI Airport

Apr 03, 2019, at 02:59 pm

Kolkata, Apr 3 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee leaves Kolkata Airport for North Bengal to address public at Dinhata.

Jammu and Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti files nomination papers from Anantnag seat

Apr 03, 2019, at 02:57 pm

Anantnag, Apr 3 (UNI) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday filed nomination papers for the upcoming Parliamentary election from Anantnag Lok Sabha seat.

Kolkata: 10-yr-old dies in road accident

Apr 03, 2019, at 02:55 pm

Kolkata, Apr 3 (UNI): A 10-year-old boy died and his grandmother was critically injured when the two-wheeler they were riding skidded and a lorry coming from behind hit them on Fidder Road under Belghoria Police Station, here on Wednesday.

After Balakot strike, Didi was in pain here in Kolkata : PM Modi attacks Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal

Apr 03, 2019, at 02:54 pm

Siliguri, Apr 3 (UNI) ' After Balakot, the pain should have been in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. But didi (Mamata Banerjee) was in pain here in Kolkata, ' said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday and charged the Chief Minister with acting as the 'speed-breaker' in the development path of Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee acting as speed breaker to Bengal's development: PM Modi in Siliguri

Apr 03, 2019, at 02:29 pm

Siliguri, Apr 3 (IBNS): Tearing apart West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is acting as a speed breaker to the development of the state.

Congress manifesto is full of lies: Narendra Modi

Apr 03, 2019, at 01:30 pm

Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, Apr 3 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Congress and said their manifesto was nothing but an eyewash.

West Bengal: Congress announces four more candidates for Lok Sabha polls

Apr 03, 2019, at 01:12 pm

Kolkata, Apr 3 (IBNS): The Congress party has announced four more candidates in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections.

Varanasi: BHU student dies after assailants fire at him, cops detain 4

Apr 03, 2019, at 12:12 pm

Varanasi, Apr 3 (UNI): A Banaras Hindu University (BHU) student, who was shot on campus on Tuesday, has succumbed to his injuries. Four students have been detained.

Amit Shah to address election rallies in Jammu

Apr 03, 2019, at 11:29 am

Jammu, Apr 3 (UNI): BJP national president Amit Shah will address two election rallies in Udhampur district and Sunderbani tehsils of Rajouri district on Wednesday.

Mamata reschedules rally date to counter Modi's Bengal meetings

Apr 03, 2019, at 11:27 am

Kolkata, Apr 3 (IBNS): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has rescheduled her Thursday's Dinhata rally to Wednesday, in an apparent move to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will address two rallies in the state today.

Strike ends, life returns to normal in Kashmir’s Shopian, Pulwama

Apr 03, 2019, at 10:46 am

Srinagar, Apr 3 (UNI): Life returned to normal on Wednesday after remaining paralysed for two days due to strike in Shopian and Pulwama in south Kashmir.

Rahul contest: Security beefed up in Wayanad due to Maoist threat

Apr 03, 2019, at 10:28 am

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 3 (UNI): In the backdrop of repeated instances of Maoist presence, security has been tightened in Wayanad where Congress President Rahul Gandhi is contesting the April 23 Lok Sabha election.

Drugs worth Rs 1.80 crore recovered in Manipur’s Moreh

Apr 03, 2019, at 09:49 am

Guwahati, Apr 3 (IBNS): The Manipur police and Assam Rifles have recovered huge quantity of brown sugar worth Rs 1.80 crore in Manipur’s Moreh area.             

Police and EC recovered Rs 4.85 lakh from a vehicle in Assam’s Karimganj

Apr 03, 2019, at 09:44 am

Guwahati, Apr 3 (IBNS): Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the Assam police and the flying squad team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) had recovered Rs 4.85 lakh cash from a vehicle in Assam’s Karimganj district on Tuesday evening.

Kolkata: Director General of Indian Coast Guard visits North East HQ

Apr 03, 2019, at 09:35 am

Kolkata, Apr 3 (IBNS): Rajendra Singh, Director General Indian Coast Guard visited the Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (North East), Kolkata on Apr 2.

Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee to kick start poll campaigns in Bengal today

Apr 03, 2019, at 08:44 am

New Delhi, Apr 3 (UNI/IBNS) Just days before the country is going to vote in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off his poll campaign in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal on Wednesday.

Lok Sabha polls: Congress fields C.J. Chavda against Amit Shah

Apr 03, 2019, at 08:33 am

New Delhi, Apr 3 (IBNS): The Congress on Wednesday named party leader C.J. Chavda as its candidate to contest from Gujarat's Gandhinagar seat in the Lok Sabha polls.

Experts say Rahul's poll promise of ₹72,000 minimum income scheme will ruin fiscal balance

Apr 03, 2019, at 01:41 am

In a desperate bid to promise voters anything to get elected barely two weeks away from the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has promised a ₹72,000 per annum minimum income scheme for nearly 25 crore poor families of the country if the party is voted to power under the ambitious minimum income guarantee scheme which the party has named ‘Nyay’.

Mayawati blames BJP, Congress and BJD for plight of Dalits and minorities

Apr 02, 2019, at 10:42 pm

Bhubaneswar, Apr 2 (UNI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today blamed the BJP, Congress and the BJD for the plight of the backward and minorities people.

Hindutva common thread that binds BJP, Shiv Sena together: Uddhav

Apr 02, 2019, at 10:36 pm

Mumbai, Apr 2 (UNI): Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray categorically stated on Tuesday that his party and the BJP are bound by Hindutva and said the two decided to enter into a pre-poll alliance after overcoming differences that had soured their ties in the past.

Will organise a successful brigade rally of PM Modi: Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh

Apr 02, 2019, at 10:10 pm

Kolkata, Apr 2 (IBNS): A day ahead of the mega rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the iconic Brigade Parade ground here, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday exuded confidence in organising a successful rally.

India asks Pakistan to free 395 Indians lodged in Pak jails

Apr 02, 2019, at 10:03 pm

New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI): India on Tuesday asked Pakistan to make necessary arrangements for the immediate release and repatriation of 10 Indian civilian prisoners and 385 fishermen lodged in Pakistan jails who have already completed their sentence and whose nationality had been confirmed.

Modi: Congress could not complete work in 70 years, how can I do it in 5?

Apr 02, 2019, at 09:52 pm

Patna, Apr 2 (IBNS): Kicking off his election campaign in Bihar after the announcement of poll dates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that he never claimed to have completed all work and will need another term to accomplish them.

7 companies of para-military forces move to North Bengal ahead of polls

Apr 02, 2019, at 08:55 pm

Kolkata, Apr 2 (UNI): Seven companies of para-military forces have been sent to north Bengal's Cooch Bengal and Alipurduar seats polls on April 1, a day after the opposition parties alleged that the Election Commission has not taken enough confidence building measures to ensure free and fair polling for the first phase of polling.

Delhi Metro Phase-IV project cost up by Rs 5,000 crore due to delay: Centre

Apr 02, 2019, at 08:19 pm

New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI): Terming as 'baseless' Delhi government’s allegation that their share of expenditure for the three corridors approved by the Union government in March, 2019 is more than its earlier proposal, the Centre on Tuesday said the Delhi Metro Phase-IV project cost had escalated by Rs 5,000 crore due to 4 years' delay by the Delhi government in approving the proposal.

Polling staff perform uphill task of counting Rs 5 coins for security deposit

Apr 02, 2019, at 08:12 pm

Raipur, 2 April (UNI): A candidate of Azad Janta Party brought pots filled with coins to file nomination papers from Durg Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattisgarh.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Assam tomorrow

Apr 02, 2019, at 08:01 pm

Guwahati, Apr 2 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam on Wednesday to hit the election campaign trail as the state braches for three phases Lok Sabha elections on April 11, 18 and 23.

RJD infighting: Tej Pratap gives two-day deadline to Tejashwi

Apr 02, 2019, at 07:46 pm

Patna, Apr 2 (IBNS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad's older son Tej Pratap Yadav on Tuesday said he had given his younger brother and Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav two days to decide whether the RJD would field his preferred candidates from Sheohar and Jehanabad, reports said.