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’.
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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.
PM questions silence opposition parties on Omar statement
Apr 02, 2019, at 07:32 pm
Jamui, Apr 2 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today came down heavily on Congress and other opposition parties for their silence on the statement of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah for advocating a separate PM for India's northernmost state, saying it was a reflection that they were working to disintegrate the country.
Bihar: Elderly couple electrocuted
Apr 02, 2019, at 06:42 pm
Barh, Apr 2 (UNI) A 55-year old person and his wife were charred to death after they came in contact with high voltage electric wire at Dayalchak village under NTPC police station area in Patna district today.
I don't debate with non-serious person: Arun Jaitley says about Rahul Gandhi's challenge to Modi
Apr 02, 2019, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Tuesday took a potshot at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his 'challenge' to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate on national security and other issues and said one cannot have debate with a 'non-serious and ignorant person'.
Akhilesh Yadav hints at making uncle Abhayram Yadav contest from Jaswantnagar in LS polls
Apr 02, 2019, at 06:25 pm
Etawah, Apr 2 (UNI) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday hinted that his uncle Abhayram Yadav may contest the Lok Sabha polls from Jaswantnagar Vidhan Sabha seat.
Separate PM from Kashmir: Omar Abdullah, Gautam Gambhir exchange barbs on Twitter
Apr 02, 2019, at 06:02 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS): BJP leader Gautam Gambhir and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah exchanged barbs over Twitter over the issue of a "separate PM for Jammu and Kashmir".
Congress manifesto is a charter to weaken India: Arun Jaitley tweets
Apr 02, 2019, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday slammed the Congress manifesto and said it is a 'Charter to Weaken India' and even the issue of Kashmir Pandits is absent from it.
Congress manifesto a report card of their failures: Yogi Adityanath
Apr 02, 2019, at 05:02 pm
Gorakhpur, Apr 2 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Congress manifesto is a bundle of lies which they have been saying for the past several decades.
Narendra Modi neglecting southern states : Narayanasamy alleges
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:59 pm
Puducherry, Apr 2 (UNI) Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is neglecting southern states.
Uttar Pradesh: Illegal arms factory busted, 3 held
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:56 pm
Ballia, Apr 2 (UNI) An illegal arms factory was busted and three peddlers were arrested in the Narhi police station area in this district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Devendra Nath here said that acting on a tip-off, police from the area concerned raided an arms factory operating at the Harpal Thakur Sikandarpur village on the banks of the Ganga river.
Congress promises to provide 33 percent reservation to women, if elected to power
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:51 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) Congress, in its manifesto released for general elections 2019, on Tuesday promised to pass the Constitution(Amendment) Bill to provide 33 percent reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies in the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha and in the Rajya Sabha.
Narendra Modi, face of BJP's vote bank, to kickstart electioneering in Bengal from Wednesday
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:47 pm
Kolkata, Apr 2 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off BJP's electioeering for West Bengal on Wednesday with rallies at Siliguri and in Kolkata, of which polling will be held in the second and last of the 7-phase voting across the state.
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:43 pm
Mumbai, April 2 (UNI) The Election Commission (EC) here on Monday issued a notice to the Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut for contravening the Model Code of Conduct, which is in effect across Maharashtra since March 10.
Maharashtra: Model code of conduct violated, notice issued
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:40 pm
Nanded, Apr 2 (UNI) A show cause notice have been served to the two independent candidates and persons who campaigned for them on social media for violating the Model code of conduct in the Nanded Parliamentary constituency, the returning officer collector Arun Dongre said.
Some ideas in Congress manifesto are dangerous: Arun Jaitley
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:36 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (IBNS): Targeting the congress manifesto, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that some of the ideas in it are 'positively dangerous'.
Mayawati Affidavit in SC: Elephant statues nothing to do with BSP party symbol
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:34 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday filed a detailed affidavit in the Supreme Court and defended her decision with respect to the construction of her and her party symbol, elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh.
PM Narendra Modi arrives to kick off campaign for Lok Sabha elections in Bihar
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:26 pm
Gaya, Apr 02 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today to kick off campaign of NDA for Lok Sabha elections in Bihar.
Make this election about real issues: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tells voters
Apr 02, 2019, at 04:19 pm
New Delhi, Apr 2 (UNI) Soon after the release of pre-election documents, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday urged the people to read the party’s manifesto and make this poll about the real issues that the country is facing.