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Have taken charge with humility, will carry forward Parrikar's 'Glorious Legacy': Goa CM Sawant

PANJIM, Mar 19 (Agencies): Pramod Sawant, the newly-appointed Chief Minister of Goa on Tuesday said his priority would be to reach out to every person and carry forward the "glorious legacy" of good governance left behind by his predecessor Manohar Parrikar and Sawant...

Cong releases 5th list of 56 candidates for Lok Sabha Polls

LUCKNOW, Mar 19 (Agencies): The Congress lat on Monday night released its fifth list of 56 candidates for the Lok Sabha election, including 22 from Andhra Pradesh, 11 from West Bengal, eight candidates from Telangana, six from Odisha, five from Assam and three from Utt...

TDP announces candidates for 25 LS seats in A.Pradesh

ANDHRA PRADESH, Mar 19 (Agencies): The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Tuesday announced its candidates for all the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh for the coming general elections. Three former Union Ministers who had resigned from the Congress to join the TDP figur...

Congress’ Dalit outreach fails to impress as BSP, Bhim Army stay aloof

MEERUT, Mar 19 (Agencies): When Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad at a Meerut hospital last week, speculations were rife that Congress found a new Dalit ally in the young Ambedkarite leader. Priyanka Gandhi’s move ...

Mayawati gets facial daily, colours hair to look young at 60: BJP MLA

LUCKNOW, Mar 19 (Agencies): Passing a misogynistic remark against the BSP supremo Mayawati, BJP MLA Surendra Narayan Singh on Tuesday said that the former chief minister is a hedonist who 'takes facial everyday' and 'colours her hair" to look young. "She takes facial ...

India may not have elections if Modi re-elected, may go China way: Gehlot

NEW DELHI, Mar 19 (Agencies): Gehlot also said both democracy and the country were in danger under Modi, who he said would “do anything” to get back to power. People felt he could even go to war with Pakistan to achieve this goal, the Congress leader said. Dubbing Mod...

President confers Gallantry Awards on Armed Forces personnel

NEW DELHI, Mar 19 (Agencies): For displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to the duty, President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday conferred gallantry awards -- two Kirti Chakras and 15 Shaurya Chakras -- to the armed forces personnel. Two K...

'No work in 70-yrs' jibe has an expiry date Priyanka demands BJP's 5-yr Report Card

LUCKNOW, Mar 19 (Agencies): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said the ground reality was different than what the Uttar Pradesh government has been portraying and there is an expiry date to the rant that nothing was done in the past 70 years. The C...

Manohar cremated with full military, state honours

PANAJI, Mar 18 (Agencies): The last rites of Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who died on Sunday after suffering from pancreatic cancer for over a year, were held with full military and state honours at the Miramar beach on Monday evenin...

Chinese national arrested for flying drone over Kolkata's Victoria Memorial

KOLKATA, Mar 18 (Agencies): A Chinese national has been arrested in Kolkata for allegedly flying a camera-fitted drone over the Victoria Memorial and clicking aerial photographs of the iconic monument, the Kolkata Police said on Sunday. The monument is situated close t...

Two-Thirds of Cong MLAs likely to join TRS, hints K Kavitha

NEW DELHHI, Mar 18 (Agencies): Key TRS leader K Kavitha hinted on Monday that two-thirds of the Congress MLAs in Telangana are likely to join the ruling party in the state. In the month March itself, eight of the total of 19 Congress MLAs have announced their decisio...

Mayawati reacts to Congress leaving 7 seats vacant in UP

Don't give wrong impression
LUCKNOW, Mar 18 (Agencies): A day after Congress opted to leave seven of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh vacant for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Mayawati on Monday asked the party not to give a false impression. Underlining that the BSP-SP alliance is capa...

BJP decided on Goa chief minister face, issue with alliance partners: Gadkari

NEW DELHI, Mar 18 (Agencies): Union minister and senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari had rushed to Goa and held a meeting with GFP and MGP on Sunday which continued through the night. On Monday again, BJP MLA Vishwajit Rane, MGP leader Sudin Dhavalikar, both of whom are as...

Priyanka kicks off 2019 LS elections campaign with Ganga Yatra in Prayagraj

LUCKNOW, Mar 18 (Agencies): Congress general secretary and eastern Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kicked off her party's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh on Monday by offering prayers at the Bade Hanuman Mandir, popular as 'Lete huye...

Rahul mocks Modi's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' Campaign

'Whose Chowkidari has he done?'
NEW DELHI, Mar 18 (Agencies): Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who has been repeatedly taking the "chowkidar chor hai"(watchman is the thief) jibe at Prime Minister Modi to claim irregularities and favouritism in the Rafale fighter jet deal on Monday mocked Modi's "mai...

Cong to leave 7 seats in UP for SP-BSP & RLD combine

LUCKNOW, Mar 17 (Agencies): To woo allies in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, the Congress in a reciprocal gesture on Sunday announced that it will leave more than a dozen Lok Sabha seats for other parties, including seven seats for the SP, BSP and RLD a...

Cong releases 4th list of 27 LS candidates

NEW DELHI, Mar 17 (Agencies): The Congress Saturday night released its fourth list of 27 candidates, including 12 from Kerala, but denied party ticket to sitting MP and former Union minister K V Thomas from the Ernakulum Lok Sabha seat. The party renominated its sitti...

Ex-SC judge Justice P C Ghose to be India's 1st Lokpal, formal announcement likely on Monday

NEW DELHI, Mar 17 (Agencies): Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose is likely to be India's first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman, government sources said. Sources told IANS that Ghose's name was finalised and recommended by the Selection Committ...

Ex-SC judge Justice P C Ghose to be India's 1st Lokpal, formal announcement likely on Monday

NEW DELHI, Mar 17 (Agencies): Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose is likely to be India's first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman, government sources said. Sources told IANS that Ghose's name was finalised and recommended by the Selection Committ...

JDS will contest on 8 seats, Cong on 20 in Karnataka: Deve Gowda

Bengaluru, Mar 17 (Agencies): JDS leader and former prime minister of Karnataka HD Deve Gowda on Sunday confirmed the seat-sharing formula by Congress and his party for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. He said that JDS will contest on 8 seats while Congress will contest o...

India now has 2,293 political parties, 149 registered between Jan & March

NEW DELHI, Mar 17 (Agencies): "Bharosa Party", "Sabsi Badi Party", and "Rashtriya Saaf Niti Party" are some of the 2,300- odd political parties that India has on the eve of the 2019 general elections. The Election Commission of India's latest data on political parties...

Cong returns favour, leaves seven seats for SP-BSP, RLD in UP

LUCKNOW, Mar 17 (Agencies): Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) President Raj Babbar on Sunday announced that his party has decided to leave seven Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh for Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). Ad...

Senior Madhya Pradesh BJP leader opposes Indore Lok Sabha ticket for Sumitra Mahajan

INDORE, Mar 17 (Agencies): Senior BJP leader Satyanarayan on Sunday warned that he will fight the upcoming Lok Sabha poll as an Independent candidate if the party decides to renominate Lok Sabha Speaker and Indore MP Sumitra Mahajan from the seat. The 79-year-old BJP ...

6 killed, 31 injured as foot over bridge collapses near CST railway station in Mumbai

MUMBAI, Mar 15 (Agencies): Six persons were killed and 31 injured after section of a foot overbridge near a busy train station in south Mumbai collapsed during evening rush hour on Thursday. The bridge, which connected the area near the Times of India building with th...

Cong seeks Piyush Goyal's resignation after Mumbai bridge collapse

NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (Agencies): The Congress Thursday held the BJP-led Central and state governments responsible for the Mumbai bridge collapse, saying they are "criminally culpable" of inaction and also demanded the ouster of Railways Minister Piyush Goyal. Five people...

SC seeks EC's response over opposition plea on audit of EVMs

NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (Agencies): The Election Commission was on Friday asked by the Supreme Court to file a response on a plea by the 21 opposition parties seeking the audit of at least 50 per cent of EVMs with the corresponding Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs...

PIL accuses Smriti Irani of misusing funds Gujarat HC asks govt to give details

AHMEDABAD, Mar 15 (Agencies): The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sought details from the state government about the recovery of money from the implementing agency after hearing a PIL accusing Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Smriti Irani of misusing her MPLAD fund. T...

Kharge to boycott Lokpal meeting again, says opposition can't be made voiceless

NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (Agencies): Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said he will not attend the Lokpal Selection Committee meeting. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kharge said he “cannot accept the opposition being made voiceless in the critical mat...

Shah thanks Sheila Dikshit for saying Manmohan Singh was not tough on terror

NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (Agencies): BJP president Amit Shah has thanked former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for her remarks that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not tough on terrorism. Shah hailed the three-time Delhi chief minister after she denied making t...

SC dismisses plea seeking to send Indian Muslims to Pak

You really want to argue this?'
NEW DELHHI, Mar 15 (Agencies): The malaise of communal disharmony found its manifestation in a petition, ironically filed in public interest before the Supreme Court on Friday seeking directions to deport all Indian Muslims to Pakistan. The petition, listed before a b...

IAF carries out major readiness exercise along Pakistan border

NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (Agencies): The Indian Air Force carried out a major readiness exercise last night over Punjab and Jammu in which a large number of fighter aircraft participated. During the exercise, Indian Air Force (IAF) jets, including frontline aircraft, flew a...

BJP gives history lessons to Rahul Gandhi after China shields Azhar

NEW DELHI, Mar 14 (Agencies): Top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders lashed out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday for his tweet on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “China wouldn't be in UNSC had your great grandfather not 'gifted' it to them at India’s cos...

BJP hits back at Rahul for his comments on Modi over Azhar issue

NEW DELHI, Mar 14 (Agencies): The BJP on Thursday hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, asking why he is in a celebratory mood whenever India is in pain, hours after he attacked the government over China blocking a UN resolution to designate JeM chief Masood Azhar a...

Owaisi attacks Modi govt after China blocks JeM chief Azhar's terror listing

HYDERABAD, Mar 14 (Agencies): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at Modi government on Thursday after China blocked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) committee to blacklist Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar fo...

UPA govt did not take steps that had to be taken after 26/11 terror strike: Nirmala

NEW DELHI, Mar 14 (Agencies): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday claimed the UPA government did not take the steps it should have after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and there would have been more deterrence against such terror strikes had it been proactive. A...

IAF tweets on indomitable spirit of air warriors protecting the border

The Fearless Fighters
NEW DELHI, Mar 14 (Agencies): Amid the simmering tension between India and Pakistan, the Indian Air Force on Thursday tweeted a few lines on the indomitable spirit of air warriors and the responsibility to protect the borders rest on their shoulders. “The Indian Air F...

If Imran is so generous, he should hand over Azhar to India: Sushma

NEW DELHHI, Mar 14 (Agencies): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said, "talk and terror cannot go together", adding that India cannot have a dialogue with Pakistan unless the neighbouring country acted against terror outfits on its soil. Talking on...

India says constructive discussions held with Pakistan on Kartarpur corridor

AMRITSAR, Mar 14 (Agencies): The first meeting to discuss the modalities for the Kartarpur Sahib corridor took place on Thursday between India and Pakistan at Attari in Amritsar district of Punjab. Shortly after the talks, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued...

Investigate Robert Vadra, but PM as well: Rahul

NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (Agencies): Taking questions from students of a Chennai college head-on, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that one can't have a negative, fearful atmosphere in the country and expect economic growth, which is directly related to the mood...

BJP, AGP join hands once again in Assam to fight Cong in LS Polls

NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (Agencies): After parting ways over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) with the BJP, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has again decided to go with the saffron party in the Lok Sabha polls. BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Tuesday night...

Ayodhya title dispute mediation process begins in Faizabad

FAIZABAD, Mar 13 (Agencies): The Supreme Court-constituted three-member panel on Wednesday held its first meeting in a bid to resolve the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi title suit dispute. Twenty-five litigants in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case along ...

Harsimrat Kaur Badal slams Sidhu, calls him a Pakistani agent

AMRITSAR, Mar 13 (Agencies): Calling Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu a 'Pakistan agent', Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Wednesday hit out at the Congress leader for questioning the outcome of air strike conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan. S...

BJP MLA gets EC notice for putting up posters featuring Abhinandan

NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (Agencies): Delhi BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma has been issued a show-casue notice by the Election Commission (EC) for putting up two posters featuring him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Facebook, and asked t...

Irani questions Gandhi family's link to Rafale deal, land scam cases

NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (Agencies): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi family and their alleged role in the Bikaner land scam case and Rafale deals. “In the past 24 hours, many reports have come proving that the Gandhi-Vadra fa...

Declare W.Bengal super sensitive state: BJP urges EC

NEW DELHI, Mar 13 (Agencies): The BJP on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to declare West Bengal as a "super sensitive state" to ensure fair Lok Sabha polls there and demanded that central forces be deployed at all polling stations in the state. A BJP delegati...
 

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