Jharkhand: Youth shot dead in broad daylight
Mar 26, 2019, at 05:28 pm
Ranchi, Mar 26 (UNI) Unidentified bike borne miscreants shot dead a youth in broad daylight in Hindpiri of the state capital today.
BJP makes Organisation appointments for Uttarakhand
Mar 26, 2019, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) BJP on Tuesday announced organisational appointments for Uttarakhand in connection with general elections 2019.
EC, IT department seize over Rs 49.65 crore in Assam, Arunachal, Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya
Mar 26, 2019, at 05:23 pm
Guwahati, Mar 26 (IBNS): In past two weeks after the Model Code Conduct came into force, the Election Commission and Income Tax department have seized over Rs 49.65 crore cash in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland and Meghalaya.
Sting op on noteban is only adding to humour mill: Arun Jaitley
Mar 26, 2019, at 05:17 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) Close on the heels of the Congress allegation that the BJP workers had offered to exchange high value currency notes during demonetisation, the BJP on Tuesday dismissed the charge saying at best such ‘sting operation’ by opposition party would only add to the humour mill during the elections.
NYAY scheme is the blueprint of a new India: Delhi Congress leader Sheila Dikshit
Mar 26, 2019, at 05:08 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) Hailing the minimum income gurantee scheme proposed by Congress president Rahul Gandhi that promises Rs 72,000 per annum to poorest 20 per cent families of the country if the Congress party comes to power, Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit called it as a 'blueprint of the New India'.
BJP picks up two assembly seats 'uncontested' in Arunachal Pradesh: Ram Madhav
Mar 26, 2019, at 05:04 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI) The BJP on Tuesday claimed to have two seats in the assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh 'uncontested'.
Sushma Swaraj tells Pakistan to ensure release of two minor Hindu girls
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday exerted more pressure on Pakistan to ensure the release of two Hindu minor girls who have been allegedly kidnapped and forcefully converted to Islam recently.
Vice President Naidu calls for faster and more inclusive growth
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:45 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (IBNS): Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu has called for a faster and more inclusive growth.
Shatrughan Sinha describes Rahul Gandhi's minimum income guarantee programme as a 'masterstroke'
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:43 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (IBNS): Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Tuesday praised Rahul Gandhi over the minimum income guarantee programme that will give up to Rs. 72,000 a year to 20 per cent of India's poorest families and called it a 'masterstroke' played by the Congress chief.
West Bengal: BJP's Ghatal seat candidate Bharati Ghosh alleges tapping of her cell phone
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:37 pm
Kolkata, Mar 26 (UNI) BJP's Ghatal Lok Sabha candidate Bharati Ghosh has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission alleging that her mobile phone was being tapped by the West Bengal Police and requested the commission to probe the matter.
Maharashtra: Four dies after lightning struck on them
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:35 pm
Aurangabad, Mar 26 (UNI) Four people were killed when lightning struck them at different places in the district today.
Gujarat: ACB nabs state GST officer red-handed taking bribe in Ahmedabad
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:27 pm
Ahmedabad, Mar 26 (UNI) The Anti Corruption Bureau of Gujarat police on Tuesday nabbed a state GST official cum assistant commercial tax commissioner red handed while he was taking a bribe of Rs 21 thousand in his office.
Siwan: Two killed in road accident
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:26 pm
Siwan, Mar 26 (UNI) Two people were killed in a road accident near Tinbheria Chowck under Barhariya police station area in Siwan district late last night.
Kinnar Akhara's Acharya Mahamandaleshwar in talks to contest from Prayagraj seat: Buzz
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:23 pm
Prayagraj, Mar 26 (UNI) Kinnar Akhara's Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Lakshmi Narayan Tripathi may contest the Lok Sabha elections from Prayagraj.
Ex-Union Minister Sreenivasa Prasad files nomination for Chamarajanagara Lok Sabha seat
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:19 pm
Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, Mar 26(UNI) Former Union and Karnataka Minister V Sreenivasa Prasad, filed his nomination papers as BJP candidate for Chamarajanagar (SC) Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday.
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (IBNS): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said she feels happy that the money to be given to poor families across India as per the Minimum Income scheme as proposed by her party if voted to power will be given in the accounts of women members of the family.
Over 250 turmeric farmers from Nizamabad file nominations in Telangana
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:04 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 26 (UNI) Over 250 turmeric farmers have filed their nominations from Nizamabad Lok Sabha seat alone for the April 11 Lok Sabha elections in Telangana, demanding the long pending issue of minimum support price (MSP) for their produce and also a National turmeric board with headquarters in Nizamabad.
BSP chief Mayawati slams BJP on demonetisation
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:02 pm
Lucknow, Mar 26 (UNI) Hitting out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 'demonetisation', Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati asked as to when BJP would tender apology for the same.
Mar 26, 2019, at 04:00 pm
Bangalore, Mar 26 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Bangalore South seat in Karnataka Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday said he will try to be a committed ambassador of PM Narendra Modi.
Six die of asphyxiation in Tamil Nadu
Mar 26, 2019, at 03:38 pm
Chennai, Mar 26 (UNI) In a tragic incident, six people died of asphyxiation after they inhaled a poisonous gas while cleaning a septic tank of an apartment at Nemili village near Sriperumbudur in Kancheepuram district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.
Rahul Gandhi describes his minimum income scheme as a 'surgical strike' on poverty
Mar 26, 2019, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (IBNS): In a bid to attract more voters, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday came out with a Rs. 72,000 minimum income scheme for all poor people of the country and described it as a 'surgical strike' on poverty.
#LokSabhaPoll2019: Praveen Togadia announces names of 16 candidates in UP
Mar 26, 2019, at 03:27 pm
Lucknow, Mar 26 (UNI) Vishwa Hindu Parishad former president Praveen Togadia on Tuesday announced candidates on 16 seats for his political party--Hindustan Nirman Dal for the Lok Sabha elections.
Mar 26, 2019, at 03:22 pm
Guwahati, Mar 26 (IBNS): Aiming to stop BJP in Assam, Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) has decided to contest only three seats out of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam.
Actress-turned politician Jaya Prada joins BJP
Mar 26, 2019, at 02:51 pm
New Delhi, Mar 26 (UNI): Actress-turned-politician and close associate of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday.
BJP told me not to contest Lok Sabha Election 2019: Murli Manohar Joshi
Mar 26, 2019, at 12:44 pm
New Delhi/Kanpur, Mar 26 (IBNS): Days after veteran politician Lal Krishna Advani was dropped from the candidate list by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), another senior member of the saffron outfit, Murli Manohar Joshi, said he has been asked not to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election, media reports said.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi to hold three rallies in Rajasthan today
Mar 26, 2019, at 11:49 am
New Delhi/Jaipur, Mar 26 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday will hold two public meetings and a booth workers meeting in Rajasthan ahead of the Lok Sabha election 2019.
Tejaswi Surya is BJP nominee in Bangalore South, Ananth Kumar's wife denied ticket
Mar 26, 2019, at 09:57 am
New Delhi, Mar 25 (UNI) In the fresh list of candidates released by the BJP CEC on Monday late night, Late Union Minister Ananth Kumar's wife Tejaswini has been denied ticket from Bangalore South and instead the party has reposed faith in L S Tejaswi Surya, a lawyer and an active youth leader of the party.
Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces launch CASO in Shopian
Mar 26, 2019, at 08:54 am
Srinagar, Mar 26 (UNI) Security forces on Tuesday launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in south Kashmir district of Shopian, official sources said.
Minimum income guarantee scheme for poorest 20 pct doable: Chidambaram â€
Mar 25, 2019, at 11:44 pm
New Delhi, Mar 25 (IBNS): Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Monday said the announcement by Congress President Rahul Gandhi that poorest 20 percent families in the country will get Rs 72000 per annum under the proposed minimum income guarantee scheme is doable.
795 file nominations for 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana
Mar 25, 2019, at 11:14 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 25 (UNI): As many as 795 candidates have filed their nomination papers to contest from the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana.