Lok Sabha elections: TMC seeks voter turnout report of phase 1 and 2 from CEC
May 07, 2024, at 08:29 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has requested the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to provide the voter turnout report for phase 1 and 2 in the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
Former Congress leader Radhika Khera, actor Shekhar Suman join BJP
May 07, 2024, at 07:32 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress leader Radhika Khera and actor Shekhar Suman joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday.
Modi 'enjoys' himself dancing in humourous poll video, BJP takes swipe at Mamata
May 07, 2024, at 07:19 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the serious, often toxic, political discourse, internet memes and humorous videos involving political leaders provide some comic relief to the high pitched elections in the country.
Telangana BJP releases third Lok Sabha poll video targeting Congress over Muslim quota
May 07, 2024, at 06:39 pm
Hyderabad/IBNS: The Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released the third video to slam Congress over the ongoing debate over Muslim quota, which has been strongly opposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.
PM Modi on Muslim quota: 'Reservations can't be on the basis of religion'
May 07, 2024, at 06:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has strongly opposed reservations on the basis of religion, amid the ongoing debate over the Muslim quota in the Lok Sabha elections.
May 07, 2024, at 05:15 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who cited the molestation charge brought against him by a female staff working at Raj Bhavan, media reports said.
Narendra Modi casts his vote in Gujarat in third phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 07, 2024, at 02:39 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday (May 7, 2024) cast his vote in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls and urged people to exercise their franchise.
Voting underway across 93 seats, PM Narendra Modi casts his vote in Ahmedabad
May 07, 2024, at 02:07 pm
Polling in 93 seats spread across 10 states and two union territories is currently underway in the third phase of the seven-phased Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday.
May 07, 2024, at 07:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Polling in 93 constituencies across 10 states and two Union Territories will be held on Tuesday as the third of the mammoth seven-phase Lok Sabha Election rolls around.
Kolkata Police demands Mamata Banerjee meme creator's identity, warns of legal action otherwise
May 07, 2024, at 06:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Police has taken a stern note over a meme on Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and demanded that the makers reveal their names and addresses.
Please be part of our tourism: Muizzu's pro-China Maldives govt minister to Indian tourists
May 07, 2024, at 05:52 am
Male/New Delhi/IBNS: Amid souring of ties with New Delhi over its "India Out" campaign and pro-China approach, Maldives Tourism Minister Ibrahim Faisal has urged Indian tourists to not shun the archipelagic, heavily tourism-dependent country in the Indian Ocean.
May 07, 2024, at 05:06 am
Ratlam (MP)/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said his party would remove the Supreme Court-mandated 50 percent cap on caste-based reservation and increase quota benefits for people from Dalit, backward, and tribal communities if voted to power.
Amid row, Charanjit Singh Channi clarifies 'stunt not attack' remark on Poonch assault
May 07, 2024, at 03:57 am
Chandigarh/IBNS: A day after calling the Poonch terror attack a 'stunt' in which one Indian Air Force soldier was killed and four others injured, Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi has issued clarification to his statement and praised the armed forces for safeguarding the borders.
Student stabbed to death by fellow Indians in Australia as he was mediating a confrontation
May 07, 2024, at 03:16 am
A 22-year-old Indian student, studying MTech in Australia, was allegedly stabbed to death as he tried to intervene in a fight between a group of Indian students, the victim's uncle said Monday.
May 07, 2024, at 02:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a turn of events Monday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has called for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into allegations against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal receiving political funding from the banned Sikhs For Justice group founded by wanted terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun.
ICG detains Iranian fishing vessel with six Indian crew close to Kerala coast
May 06, 2024, at 11:47 pm
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) detained an Iranian fishing vessel, with six Indian crew, west of Beypore off the coast of Kerala late on Sunday.
May 06, 2024, at 11:41 pm
A six-year-old disabled boy lost his life after allegedly being thrown into a crocodile-infested river by his mother, media reports said.
SC to hear plea on Uttarakhand forest fire on May 8
May 06, 2024, at 10:47 pm
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear petitions on the forest fires in Uttarakhand on May 8.
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate seizes crypto assets worth about Rs. 90 crore in E-Nugget scam case
May 06, 2024, at 09:54 pm
The Enforcement Directorate has said it has taken possession of the frozen crypto assets worth close to Rs 90 crore, available in 70 accounts, maintained with Binance, ZebPay and WazirX holding funds, which were linked to the E-Nugget scam.
BJD govt in Odisha to expire on June 4, says Modi; Naveen Patnaik jibes
May 06, 2024, at 09:34 pm
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a rare scathing attack on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who runs the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), claiming the existing government will "expire" the next month as the state goes to vote.
Indian security forces release posters of two suspected terrorists behind Poonch attack
May 06, 2024, at 08:15 pm
Security forces have released sketches of two suspected terrorists who carried out an attack on the Indian Air Force's (IAF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Saturday.
May 06, 2024, at 07:59 pm
Ranchi/New Delhi/IBNS: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the rejection of his bail plea by the high court last week, media reports said.
May 06, 2024, at 07:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The BJP has lashed out at the Congress over its LoP in Maharashtra Assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar's controversial remark where he claimed Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare was not killed by Pakistan-based terrorist Ajmal Kasab but a policeman linked to the RSS during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.
Ahmedabad schools receive terror threat emails, police teams with bomb squads on spot
May 06, 2024, at 06:14 pm
Ahmedabad/IBNS: Six-seven schools in Ahmedabad received emails threatening of terror, days after about 100 educational institutions faced the same in Delhi and Noida, media reports said.
May 06, 2024, at 05:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: 181 academic leaders Vice Chancellors of top universities like Delhi University (DU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have sought an action against Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly spreading falsehoods over appointment processes in educational institutions, media reports said.
ED recovers huge cash from domestic help of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam's personal secretary
May 06, 2024, at 04:35 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recovered a huge amount of cash from the domestic help of Sanjiv Lal, who is the personal secretary to Jharkhand Rural Development Minister Alamgir Alam in Ranchi, media reports said.
Karnataka DY CM DK Shivakumar caught on camera slapping man during Lok Sabha polls campaign
May 06, 2024, at 05:10 am
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar has stirred controversy after a viral video showed him slapping a man amidst a crowd chanting his name.
Police recover two terrorists from Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian
May 06, 2024, at 04:25 am
Shopian Police on Sunday said two terrorists have been arrested from the Jammu and Kashmir district.
May 06, 2024, at 03:40 am
New Delhi/ Srinagar: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has said Pakistan is “not wearing bangles” and has “nuclear bombs”, reacting to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s remark that India would never give up its claim on Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and its people would join India of their own accord, media reports said.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: 75 delegates from 23 nations to witness polls
May 05, 2024, at 10:58 pm
In keeping with the tradition of the Election Commission of India (ECI) to foster a culture of transparency and reiterate its commitment to high standards of electoral practices amidst democratic nations, 75 delegates representing 23 countries are in India to witness the Indian elections as part of the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP).