HP: Women voters out number male in Hamirpur district
Mar 11, 2019, at 07:52 pm
Hamirpur (HP), Mar 11 (UNI) Out of 3,84,137 total number of voters in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, women voters have outnumbered their male counterparts by 7,680, deputy commissioner said here on Monday.
Congress to stay away from MLC election on Tuesday
Mar 11, 2019, at 07:49 pm
Hyderabad, Mar 11 (UNI) In a major political development, the Congress in Telangana has decided to boycott election for five MLC seats from MLAs quota slated for Tuesday.
Vice President concludes his visit to Paraguay and Costa Rica
Mar 11, 2019, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu visited the Republic of Paraguay from 5-7 March 2019 and the Republic of Costa Rica from 7-9 March 2019, officials said.
Navy Chief Sunil Lanba to visit UK from Mar 12-15
Mar 11, 2019, at 07:10 pm
New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM AVSM ADC Chairman COSC and Chief of the Naval Staff is scheduled to visit UK on an official tour from March 12-15.
Mar 11, 2019, at 07:08 pm
Dhaka/New Delhi, Mar 11 (IBNS): PM Narendra Modi, and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Monday jointly unveiled e-plaques for development projects in Bangladesh, through video conference.
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.