Sambalpur (Odisha): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday claimed that as many as 25 crore people have been pulled out from poverty under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Singh said this while addressing an election rally at Rairakhole under the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is the BJP candidate…
New Delhi: More than 3,300 CISF personnel will take over the complete counterterrorism and anti-sabotage security duties at the Parliament complex from Monday following the withdrawal of over 1,400 CRPF staff from the country’s most important symbol of democracy, official sources said. The parliament duty group (PDG) of the CRPF wound up its entire administrative and…
Patna: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asserted that reservations have been provided to certain sections of minority communities, in states ruled by it, “on the ground of social and economic backwardness.” Addressing a press conference at the Sadaqat Ashram here, the BPCC headquarters, Ramesh clarified that no quotas have been provided “on the basis…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of employing “cheap tactics” to stoke confrontations between states as his “propaganda of communal hatred” failed to benefit the BJP during campaigning for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. “The irresponsible speeches of the PM and the silence of the Election…
Phulpur (UP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were forced to leave a public meeting venue hastily following a stampede-like situation. The incident was reported at Padila in Phulpur parliamentary constituency, Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, the supporters who have gathered for the rally went berserk creating a stampede-like…
New Delhi: AAP on Sunday said the Delhi Police has seized the DVR of CCTV cameras installed inside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence in connection with its probe into the “assault” on Swati Maliwal and accused the investigators of planting stories to tarnish the party’s image ahead of the elections. There was no immediate reaction…
Purulia/Bishnupur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks against Ramakrishna Mission and Bharat Sevashram Sangha and said threats are being issued against these socio-religious organisations to “appease” TMC’s vote bank. Addressing a rally in Purulia, Modi said the TMC has crossed the limits of decency by stooping so…
New Delhi: A court here on Saturday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar to five days in police custody in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal. The Delhi Police arrested Kumar earlier in the day and his anticipatory bail plea was subsequently observed as becoming “infructuous”…
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) issued two separate show-cause notices to West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday for his party allegedly issuing advertisements targeting the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). The poll panel has sought Majumdar’s explanation on why two advertisements of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should not be treated as…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the opposition INDIA bloc can go to any extent in pursuing its “vote bank” politics, claiming that the then Congress government during the 2014 elections had handed over 123 properties spread across prime locations in Delhi to the Waqf Board for votes. In his first rally…
