New Delhi: As many as 904 candidates, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are in fray in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on Saturday. A total of 57 seats spread across seven states – Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Punjab – and the Union territory of Chandigarh…
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his 45-hour-long meditation at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial here on Thursday evening, following completion of his two-months long high-pitch poll campaign across the country. After arriving from nearby Thiruvananthapuram by a helicopter, Modi worshipped at the Bhagavathi Amman temple and reached the rock memorial by a…
Bengaluru: Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was arrested by the SIT probing the case, minutes after he landed from Germany here in the wee hours of Friday. The 33 year-old MP was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), as soon as he…
Hoshiar (Punjab): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked the opposition to make no mistake in understanding him as he can disclose “sins of their seven generations”, ending his Lok Sabha campaign with another onslaught on rivals in an election marked by acrimony from both sides. Modi’s fierce attacks and sharp words, which have drawn…
Amritsar: BJP chief J P Nadda on Thursday dubbed the INDIA bloc as a group of parties seeped in corruption and said several leaders of the opposition alliance are either in jail or out on bail. On the last day of campaigning for the final phase of Lok Sabha polls, Nadda addressed public meetings in…
Varanasi/Chandigarh: The high-pitched campaigning for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in 57 seats in seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh on June 1 ended Thursday evening. Polling is scheduled in all 13 seats of Punjab and four of Himachal Pradesh, 13 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday issued notice to the ED on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking regular bail in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who initially directed the central probe agency to file its response to Kejriwal’s plea by Saturday, later fixed the…
Jammu: Twenty-one people were killed and 47 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district on Thursday, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha has expressed anguish at the loss of lives in the accident. The accident took place at the…
New Delhi: Temperatures in Delhi soared to a record- breaking 52.3 degrees Celsius (122.9 Fahrenheit), amid severe heatwave conditions, according to the IMD. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the temperatures in Delhi’s suburb of Mungeshpur reached an unprecedented 52.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday afternoon, marking the first time the city has surpassed this…
Baripada: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday promised that if the BJP formed the government in Odisha, it would constitute a committee to ascertain the reason behind the “sudden” deterioration of the health condition of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, hinting at a “conspiracy” behind it. Modi asserted that after a gap of five decades, a…
