Baramati: Voting got underway on Thursday morning in the Baramati and Rahuri assembly bypolls in Maharashtra. Polling began at 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm, an election official said. Riding a sympathy wave, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, who is contesting from Baramati, has urged voters to support her as a tribute…
Chennai: Voting for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election commenced at 7 AM on Thursday, amidst tight security, with people briskly lining up in front of the polling stations across the state. The key contenders for power are the ruling DMK and main opposition AIADMK, while actor-politician Vijay-led TVK and Tamil nationalist Seeman-led NTK are putting…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius in Berlin on Wednesday to bolster the strategic partnership, and the two sides inked an agreement for a defence industrial cooperation roadmap, officials said. In his remarks, Singh said that the menace of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations must…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “terrorist”, saying the remarks were “highly objectionable” and amounted to prima facie violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in place for the ongoing Assembly elections. The EC asked him to…
Sultanpur (UP)/New Delhi: A Jaguar fighter jet, a C-295 transport carrier, and other key military aircraft took off and landed at an emergency airstrip on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as part of a two-day exercise, with the Indian Air Force (IAF) demonstrating its operational versatility, much to the delight of residents….
Kolkata: The EC directed the West Bengal assembly election candidates not to leave their respective constituencies from 6 am on April 23, the first phase of polling, until the voting concludes, a senior official said on Wednesday. Polling will be held across 152 constituencies in 16 districts of Bengal on Thursday. According to a guideline,…
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the Congress would not win even a single seat in the West Bengal assembly polls, and that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s association with the grand old party will weaken her further politically. Addressing an election rally at Dum Dum near New Barrackpore, Shah also said…
Kolkata: The TMC on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer against senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, alleging violation of the election Model Code of Conduct during a rally in South 24 Parganas. In a letter to the poll authorities, the TMC alleged that Adhikari, who is contesting from the Nandigram…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India will never bow to any form of terror and added that the heinous designs of terrorists will never succeed. Taking to social media, PM Modi remembered the innocent lives lost in the April 2025 terror attack. “Remembering the innocent lives lost in the gruesome…
New Delhi: In the backdrop of the ongoing West Asian conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are not distant events; they are stark realities with direct implications for India’s security and economic stability. Addressing the German Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence and Security on day one of…
