New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called up the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll candidate from Basirhat, Rekha Patra, who had highlighted the plight of women in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, and lauded her as “Shakti Swaroopa’, BJP leaders said. Patra, who had raised her voice against the alleged atrocities by local Trinamool Congress (TMC)…
Chennai: Indian men will begin their five Test series in Australia on November 22, 2024 in Perth as Cricket Australia announced their schedule for the home summer on Tuesday. Meanwhile, India women will play three ODIs from December 5-11. In what will be their first Test series Down Under since the epic Brisbane victory in…
New Delhi: The BJP received a shot in the arm in Punjab on Tuesday as three-term Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu from the state joined the party, asserting that people have made up their mind to elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power again. Bittu is the grandson of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh,…
Chandigarh/New Delhi: Every woman, irrespective of her background and profession, deserves dignity, actor Kangana Ranaut said on Tuesday as Congress leaders’ comments on Mandi from where she is contesting the Lok Sabha elections snowballed into a massive political row. Ranaut, who makes her political debut as a BJP candidate from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, said…
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress on Tuesday said its candidates were facing a bit of a financial crunch while campaigning for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls due to the party’s accounts being frozen by the Central government. Congress Working Committee member and MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor said that all party candidates “were in a financial crunch.” “The…
Chandigarh: The BJP will not go into an alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the saffron party informed today. In a video statement on his X handle, Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar confirmed the party’s decision to go solo in Punjab. “We took this decision after wide…
New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Tuesday sent Bharat Rashtriya Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha to 14-day judicial custody in the Delhi excise policy scam case. Kavitha was produced before the court on the conclusion of her custody remand. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja passed the order after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) did not seek…
New Delhi: The Election Commission has directed the chief electoral officer of Karnataka to take “immediate appropriate action” on a complaint filed by JD (S) president H D Deve Gowda that Congress MP D K Suresh was allegedly planning distribution of freebies and the state poll machinery failed to take swift action. In a letter…
Hyderabad: BRS Working President KT Rama Rao on Tuesday said it is only strong regional leaders such as Chief Ministers of Delhi and West Bengal Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee respectively and former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao who are capable of stopping BJP, not the Congress. Addressing a party meeting here, Rama Rao alleged…
Puducherry: Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam, who is the BJP candidate from the lone Lok Sabha seat in the union territory, on Monday filed his nomination for the April 19 polls. He was accompanied by Chief Minister and AINRC founder N Rangasamy for filing the nomination with the District Collector A Kulothungan. BJP is in…
