Feb 24, 2020, at 12:39 pm
Donald Trump is on his maiden visit to India after becoming the US President in 2016. The US President is accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump and also daughter Ivanka Trump. Trump has already made it clear that no trade deal will be signed between the two countries in this tour. A defence deal, however, is likely to come up. Trump will fly back to America on Feb 25. The US President is also likely to raise the religious freedom in the country during his visit in the backdrop of the new citizenship law made by New Delhi.
Feb 24, 2020, at 09:45 am
US President Donald Trump is visiting India for two days. He will arrive in India on Monday and participate in several events across Ahmedabad, Agra and New Delhi.
Delhi Assembly Election Results: All Updates
Feb 11, 2020, at 10:12 am
The results of Delhi Assembly Elections are coming out on Tuesday. The polls to elect a new government were held on last Saturday. While the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is aiming to return to power for the third straight term, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to unseat the incumbent. The Congress, which ruled Delhi for years, is merely fighting to stay relevent in the national capital.
15.57 pc turnout till 12 noon in Delhi polls
Feb 08, 2020, at 01:12 pm
After a slow start, voting in Delhi is gradually picking up with 15.57% voter turnout recorded at 12 pm for the 70-member Delhi assembly.
Delhi Assembly Elections 2020: All Updates
Feb 08, 2020, at 10:48 am
After a heated-up campaign for weeks, Delhi, the national capital of the country, is voting to elect its new government. While Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is seeking a third term, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had fielded a battery of saffron leaders to campaign along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is trying to unseat the ruling party. Amid the fight between the AAP and BJP, Congress is trying to stay relevant in Delhi which was once a stronghold of the grand old party. The results will be declared on Feb 11.
LIVE: FM Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2020
Feb 01, 2020, at 10:50 am
Amid the economic slowdown, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the annual budget for the year 2020 on Saturday. This is the second budget of the Narendra Modi government after returning to power in 2019. Ahead of the budget, Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey in Parliament on Friday. According to the survey report, the growth in the next fiscal year beginning on Apr 1 is predicted at 6 per cent to 6.5%.
PM Modi's two-day Kolkata visit: All Updates
Jan 11, 2020, at 03:27 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to Kolkata beginning on Saturday. Modi's visit to Kolkata is taking place amid the widespread protests against the Centre over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, National Register of Citizens (NRC), National Population Register (NPR) and also the assault on Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students.
Jharkhand Assembly Poll Results: All Updates
Dec 23, 2019, at 11:25 am
The results of five-phase assembly elections in Jharkhand are coming out on Monday. In the elections, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) stitched an alliance to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP, however, went solo in the elections after breaking up with Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (JVM).
Uddhav Thackeray's swearing-in ceremony: All Updates
Nov 28, 2019, at 06:27 pm
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray became the first from the Thackeray family to become the Maharashtra Chief Minister. The Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress, termed as Maha Vikas Aghadi, will form the government after prolonged political drama for a month since poll results were declared on Oct 24. The swearing-in ceremony is taking place at Shivaji Park in Mumbai.
Supreme Court's Ayodhya verdict: All updates
Nov 09, 2019, at 10:45 am
The Supreme Court is delivering its judgement on the Ayodhya case which pertains to whether Ram Temple can be built in the disputed land of Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya. The verdict will be delivered a five-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. The other judges are Justice SA Bobde, Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Abdul Nazeer. Security has been beefed up across the nation as the Supreme Court will any moment deliver its verdict on the Ram Janma Bhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed for peace and harmony ahead of the judgement. अयोधà¥à¤¯à¤¾ पर सà¥à¤ªà¥à¤°à¥€à¤® कोरà¥à¤Ÿ का जो à¤à¥€ फैसला आà¤à¤—ा, वो किसी की हार-जीत नहीं होगा। देशवासियों से मेरी अपील है कि हम सब की यह पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¥à¤®à¤¿à¤•à¤¤à¤¾ रहे कि ये फैसला à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ की शांति, à¤à¤•à¤¤à¤¾ और सदà¥à¤à¤¾à¤µà¤¨à¤¾ की महान परंपरा को और बल दे। — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 8, 2019
Assembly poll results in Maharashtra and Haryana: All Updates
Oct 24, 2019, at 08:45 am
The counting of votes for the Assembly polls held in Maharashtra and Haryana are taking place today. For the first time since the conclusion of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition are face-off in an electoral battle. Polling took place on Monday. While the BJP is eyeing an easy return to power, the Opposition, mainly the Congress is trying to make a comeback particularly after its devastating Lok Sabha poll results.
Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana: All Updates
Oct 21, 2019, at 10:47 am
For the first time since the conclusion of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition will have face-off in an electoral battle in Maharashtra and Haryana as the assembly polls in the two states are underway on Monday. While the BJP is eyeing an easy return to power, the Opposition, mainly the Congress is trying to make a comeback particularly after its devastating Lok Sabha poll results.
PM Modi, Xi Jinping informal meeting in Tamil Nadu: All updates
Oct 11, 2019, at 01:04 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be holding their second informal meeting in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
Howdy, Modi! Live Updates: PM Modi shares stage with Donald Trump
Sep 22, 2019, at 08:22 pm
Houston: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing in Houston an event called 'Howdy Modi' on Sunday where US President Donald Trump is joining the Indian Prime Minister in a show of solidarity. Organised by Texas India Forum, some 50,000 people are participating in the mega event which is historic as for the first time a US President and an Indian Prime Minister are jointly addressing a rally like this.
Union Budget 2019: All Updates
Jul 05, 2019, at 11:05 am
Nirmala Sitharaman is the second woman Union Finance Minister to present the Budget in the parliament on Friday. This is the first full Budget of the Narendra Modi government after getting re-elected in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
Narendra Modi's swearing-in: All updates
May 30, 2019, at 10:57 am
Narendra Modi will be swearing in as the Prime Minister at the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 7 pm on Thursday. President Ram Nath Kovind is set to administer Modi's oath. Modi was appointed to the Prime Minister's Office on last Saturday by President Kovind. Around 8000 people have invited to the event. Several opposition leaders including Congress president Rahul Gandhi and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be present at the ceremony.
LokSabhaElections2019: All the Updates
May 23, 2019, at 08:58 am
Couting of votes of the Lok Sabha polls is currently going on. The key battle is between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress.
Indian votes in final phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 19, 2019, at 07:40 am
India is voting in the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday. Voting began at 7 am in themorning.
India votes in 6th phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 12, 2019, at 05:12 pm
India is on Sunday voting in the penultimate phase of the mammoth seven-phase Lok Sabha election 2019.
Indian votes in fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 06, 2019, at 09:02 am
India is voting in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Monday as voters will decide the fates of candidates contesting in 51 seats, spread across seven states.
Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, over a million people evacuated to safety
May 03, 2019, at 09:51 am
The land fall impact of extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani has started this morning.
#IndiaVotes: Polling underway for fourth phase of LS elections in India
Apr 29, 2019, at 08:32 am
Voting is underway for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls where electorates will decide the fates of candidates contesting in 72 seats across nine states of India. The polling is going on in one seat in Jammu and Kashmir, 13 seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, six in Madhya Pradesh, 17 in Maharashtra, five in Bihar , three in Jharkhand , six in Odisha , eight in West Bengal and one in Sikkim. In several polling booths across the states, voters could be seen lining up before 0700 hrs, eagerly waiting to participate in world's largest democratic exercise. An electorate of 12,79,58,477 will decide the fate of a total of 961 candidates who are in fray from 71 constitutencies.
Dance of Democracy: India Votes in Biggest Round
Apr 23, 2019, at 10:01 am
India today votes in the biggest phase of Lok Sabha polls. Voting began at 0700 hrs to elect representatives from 117 Lok Sabha constituencies across 13 states and two Union Territories in the third of the seven-phase 2019 General Election. More than 18 crore, 85 lakh voters are going to decide the fate of 1,640 candidates in over 210,000 polling booths. Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted in Gujarat's Ahmedabad this morning. Prominent candidates in the fray on Tuesday in the third phase include the presidents of the two main political parties, BJP chief Amit Shah making his Lok Sabha election debut from Gandhinagar in Gujarat and Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting from Wayanad, his second constituency apart from Amethi, Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav seeking re-election from Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh, Supriya Sule, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate from Baramati in Maharashtra and former Congress minister Shashi Tharoor from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala.
India votes in second phase of Lok Sabha polls
Apr 18, 2019, at 02:11 pm
The second of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections in India is witnessing incidents of violence at several places in West Bengal. Polling is now on in 95 parliamentary constituencies in 11 states and a Union Territory.
Shootings in New Zealand mosques kill at least 49
Mar 15, 2019, at 12:51 pm
At least 40 people were killed and many injured at two Christchurch mosques in shootings by gunmen who stormed inside the premises in the worst terror attack in New Zealand . The shootings occurred at two mosques - one at Deans Avenue and the other at Linwood Avenue - in Christchurch. With the death toll in mosque shootings in New Zealand's Christchurch rising to about 40, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern held a press conference about the carnage in the country's east coast city of Christchurch and termed the incident one of New Zealand's darkest days. "It is clear that this is one of New Zealand's darkest days. What has happened here is an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence," Ardern told reporters. "For now my thoughts and I'm sure the thoughts of all New Zealanders are with those who have been affected and also with the families," Ardern added.
Election Commission announces Lok Sabha polls from April 11
Mar 10, 2019, at 01:55 pm
New Delhi: The Election Commission announced the much-awaited dates of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in India on Sunday. The seven phase election starts from April 11. The seventh phase of polling will be held on May 19. Counting of votes will take place on May 23. The Lok Sabha elections will be held simultaneously with Assembly polls in four states -- Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha.