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After LS poll drubbing, Karnataka cabinet reposes faith in Kumaraswamy

KARNATAKA, May 24 (Agencies): A day after suffering a rout in the Lok Sabha elections, the Karnataka cabinet Friday reposed 'faith and confidence' in the leadership of chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and asserted that the Congress-JD(S) coalition would continue. Briefin...

Cong fails to get leader of opposition post in Lok Sabha, again

NEW DELHI, May 24 (Agencies): When initial trends on Thursday indicated a mammoth victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), there was one question on everyone's mind. "Will Congress be able to secure enough seats to stake clai...

BJP’s lotus fails to bloom in Kerala yet again

KERALA, May 24 (Agencies): The hopes of the BJP-led NDA to ride piggyback on the Sabarimala women entry issue came a cropper in Kerala, with the front failing to open its account once again in the state. The BJP and other right outfits had spearheaded intense protests...

Gurung hopes new Modi govt will look into Gorkhaland demand

KOLKATA, May 24 (Agencies): Gorkha Janamukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung, who is in hiding, Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the resounding victory of BJP and hoped that his new government will look into the long-standing demand for Gorkhaland. Gur...

Raj Babbar resigns after party's dismal performance

LUCKNOW, May 24 (Agencies): In the wake of the Congress' abysmal performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, state party president Raj Babbar has sent his resignation to Rahul Gandhi. Babbar has sent his resignation to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, a spoke...

Rahul likely to offer resignation in Congress Working Committee meeting today

NEW DELHI, May 24 (Agencies): After a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, top Congress leaders will deliberate on party losses at a meeting of the working committee slated on Saturday where party chief Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer his resignation. According ...

How Pakistani media reported BJP's win in Lok Sabha election 2019

NEW DELHI, May 24 (Agencies): The awe of Bharatiya Janata Party's dominant win in Lok Sabha election 2019 was not just felt in India but reverberated all over the world. The echoes from the triumph were felt closest in the bordering country of Pakistan where the media ...

22 opposition parties move EC over reports of EVM tampering

NEW DELHI, May 21: Leaders of 22 opposition parties on Tuesday met the Election Commission over reports of alleged tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). During the meeting with the poll body officials, the opposition leaders demanded transparency and fairnes...

SC dismisses PIL seeking 100% matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs

NEW DELHI, May 21 (Agencies): The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking 100 per cent matching of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during counting of votes on May 23 for Lok Sabha polls. A vacation bench he...

Modi will be back as PM, says Shiv Sena, praises Rahul, Priyanka for 'hard work'

MUMBAI, May 21 (Agencies): The Shiv Sena on Tuesday expressed confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be back at the helm for a second term, even as it praised Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi for their “hard work” and said that...

'Al Madina' with heroin worth Rs 6 billion

Coast Guard seizes Pakistani boat
MUMBAI, May 21 (Agencies): The Indian Coast Guard has seized a Pakistani fishing vessel carrying drugs worth Rs 600 crores in the international market off Gujarat coast. The Pakistani fishing vessel was carrying about 100 kg of heroin, which was seized in a joint oper...

PSLV-C 46 will focus on movements of terrorists near border areas: K Sivan

TIRUMALAI, May 21 (Agencies): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K Sivan on Tuesday said that PSLV-C 46 satellite, which will be launched on Wednesday, will focus on the movements of terrorists in border areas. Sivan added that the satellite will help t...

EC to conduct re-polling at one booth in Kolkata

KOLKATA, May 21 (Agencies): The Election Commission on Tuesday ordered re-polling at a booth in Kolkata North parliamentary constituency. The poll body has declared election void, where voting took place on May 19, during the last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019. F...

Allegations of EVM replacement in UP are baseless, frivolous: EC

LUCKNOW, May 21 (Agencies): The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday rejected all allegations of EVM manipulation at strongrooms in Uttar Pradesh, stressing that these allegations were baseless, frivolous and the poll panel has followed strict ‘protocol’ to keep the EVM...

MP govt may reopen murder case involving Pragya

BHOPAL, May 21 (Agencies): The Madhya Pradesh government is planning to reopen an old murder case against BJP’s Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur. The Congress-led government in the state will seek a legal opinion on reopening the murder case of ex-RSS pracharak Su...

2 district reserve guard injured in IED blast in Sukma

SUKMA, May 21 (Agencies): Two District Reserve Guard (DRG) personnel were on Tuesday injured in a blast near Gogunda in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh. The blast was carried out through an improvised explosive device. As per reports, both the security personnel are i...

3 BJP workers suffer bullet injuries in clashes with TMC in Cooch Behar

KOLKATA, May 21 (Agencies): Clashes erupted yet again between Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cadres in Cooch Behar's Sitai area of West Bengal late on Monday night. Three BJP workers suffered bullet injuries during the clash while two othe...

AP MLA Tirong Aboh, family killed in terror attack

MEGHALAYA, May 21 (Agencies): National People's Party MLA Tirong Aboh was on Tuesday killed in an attack by NSCN-IM terrorists in Arunachal Pradesh. At least 10 others, including his family, were shot dead in an ambush in Bogapani in Tirap district of the state. The at...

Accept defeat with grace': BJP slams opposition over EVM tampering claims

NEW DELHI, May 21 (Agencies): The BJP Tuesday condemned opposition parties for questioning the credibility of Electronic Voting Machines and asked them to accept their defeat with grace if people vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power again. BJP leader and Law Min...

EC must put all speculations to Rest; Pranab Mukherjee on EVM tampering row

NEW DELHI, May 21 (Agencies): Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday voiced concern over reports of alleged “tampering of voters’ verdict”, and stressed that the safety and security of EVMs is the responsibility of the Election Commission of India. Amid an outc...

‘Congress must die,’ says Yogendra after exit polls predict mammoth victory for BJP

NEW DELHI, May 20 (Agencies): Exit poll results Sunday predicted a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and majority for the BJP-led NDA government. Amid debate and speculation about the results, Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav created a controversy when he s...

'56 exit polls proved wrong in Australia, wait till May 23 for real results:' Tharoor

NEW DELHI, May 20 (Agencies): After almost all exit polls predicted a comfortable majority for the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday rejected the predictions, saying he would wait till May 23 for the "real results". "I b...

Indian Army confirms first surgical strike carried out in September 2016 to avenge Uri garrison attack

NEW DELHI, May 20 (Agencies): General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command of the Indian Army, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, on Monday said that first surgical strike was carried out by armed forces in September 2016 to avenge Uri garrison attack. He remarked that few ...

Akhilesh meets Mayawati to discuss post-poll scenarios

LUCKNOW, May 20 (Agencies): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday met BSP supremo Mayawati at the latter's residence in Lucknow to hold discussions over post-poll scenarios. Sources told Zee Media that during the meeting which lasted for about half an hour, th...

Day after exit polls, Nitin Gadkari, Kailash Vijayvargiya brainstorm with RSS leader Bhaiyaji Joshi in Nagpur

NAGPUR, May 20 (Agencies): A day after most of the exit polls predicted the return of the BJP-led NDA after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday met RSS general secretary Bhaiyaji Joshi in Maharashtra's Nagpur. Senior BJP leader Kailash...

Sharad Yadav joins Opposition chorus against exit poll predictions

NEW DELHI, May 20 (Agencies): Sharad Yadav, much like other leaders outside of the National Democratic Alliance fold, has completely negated the predictions of exit polls which were released on Sunday. Almost every single exit poll predicted the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

Delhi Lok Sabha Poll results may get delayed by 5-6-hrs: CEO

DELHI, May 20 (Agencies): Declaration of results for the Delhi Lok Sabha seats may get delayed by around five to six hours on May 23 as more time will be spent on counting VVPATs from each of the 70 Assembly segments of the national capital, Chief Electoral Officer Ran...

Quit cabinet if you have problem with Amarinder: Punjab minister to Navjot Singh Sidhu

CHANDIGARH, May 20 (Agencies): Punjab Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot on Monday slammed his colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu and said that if Sidhu has problem with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh then he should quit as cabinet minister. Dharamsot added that Sidhu c...

Without the family, Congress doesn't get crowd, with it they don’t get votes: Jaitley

NEW DELHI, May 20 (Agencies): Hailing the exit polls that have given the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance a majority in Lok Sabha results, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday stated that the time is up for the Congress. Mounting an atta...

5 dead, 30 injured in bus accident on Lucknow-Agra expressway

Unnao, May 18 (Agencies): Five people lost their lives and more than 30 were injured in a bus accident on the Lucknow-Agra expressway on Saturday. The accident happened near Devkhari village which comes under the Bangarmau police station. The incident happened when a...

Abhishek Banerjee sends Defamation Notice to Modi

KOLKATA, May 18 (Agencies): Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has sent a defamation notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged derogatory remarks made against him at a rally on May 15. Ab...

I will be assassinated like Indira Gandhi, BJP after my life: Kejriwal

NEW DELHI, May 18 (Agencies): Alleging that the BJP was after his life, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal Saturday claimed that he will be assassinated like former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by his personal security officer. "The BJP woul...

Godse killed Gandhi, people like Pragya killing soul of India: Satyarthi

NEW DELHI, May 18 (Agencies): Stressing that Mahatma Gandhi is above power and politics, Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi Saturday said people like Pragya Singh Thakur are killing the soul of India and the BJP should expel her from the party. His comments came after M...

Modi offers prayers at Kedarnath temple, meditates in cave

Uttarakhand, May 18 (Agencies): Five days ahead of the election results, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning offered prayers at the Kedarnath shrine nestled in Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand. Early in the day, Modi arrived at Dehradun's Jolly Grant airp...
 

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