New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people on Saturday to vote in large numbers in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election, saying every vote counts. Democracy thrives when people are engaged and active in the electoral process, he said in a post on ‘X’. “I urge all those who are voting in…
Jalandhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi continued his sharp attack on the INDIA bloc on Friday, saying the “balloon” of the opposition alliance has burst and no one wants to give their vote to it. Addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally in Jalandhar, his third in Punjab this election season, Modi pointed out that five phases…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said it cannot go by sentiments and has to act as per law, as it refused to entertain a petition seeking contempt action for alleged non-compliance with the top court’s order on the protection of properties of people displaced during the Manipur violence. A vacation bench of Justices Bela M…
Deoghar (Jharkhand): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of looting the country’s water, forest and land in the past 10 years as had been done by the British. Kharge also alleged that the saffron party has been dividing the country along religious lines while, he claimed, Congress always united Hindus…
New Delhi: Over 11 crore voters will decide the fate of 889 candidates contesting in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections across 58 seats. Polling for the Anantnag-Rajouri seat in Jammu and Kashmir will also be held on Saturday. The election there was postponed from phase three to six due to logistical issues…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday said drinking water samples will be collected and tested across the state, including Bengaluru, to prevent water-borne diseases. Speaking to reporters before a meeting with officials, he said, “There are reports of drinking water contamination in some parts of the state due to rain. This…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said the Election Commission was “egregiously wrong” in directing his party not to ‘politicise’ the Agnipath scheme, asserting that it is the right of an Opposition party to criticise a policy of the government. The Election Commission Wednesday came down heavily on the ruling BJP and…
Kolkata: Barely two days ahead of the parliamentary polls, a woman BJP worker was killed in Nandigram in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district, triggering large-scale protests by the saffron party activists there on Thursday, police said. The region, which falls under the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat and is considered to be the backyard of Bengal’s…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown during the poll campaign that he is always “3X” the next person, including much younger rivals like Rahul Gandhi, Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai has said, asserting that one can discuss “what after Modi” only when someone better in hard work and popularity comes along. “He…
New Delhi: About 121 candidates contesting in the Lok Sabha elections have declared themselves illiterate, and 359 have stated that they have studied up to the 5th grade, according to an analysis of the reports shared by the poll rights body ADR. The data shows that 647 candidates have reported their education level up to…
