Parbhani: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dubbed the Congress a vine that does not have roots or branches but sucks dry those who lend support to it. Addressing a rally in Parbhani in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region, Modi said the 2024 Lok Sabha elections are all about making India a developed and self-reliant country. In…
Jaipur: Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said “bumper voting” has taken place in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections and claimed that people were heard chanting “Modi, Modi” after casting their votes. Twelve parliamentary seats in Rajasthan were among the 102 that went to polls in the…
Kolkagar: Sporadic incidents of violence marred the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in the three parliamentary constituencies in Bengal, as TMC and the BJP workers clashed with each other in various parts of violence-prone Cooch Behar seat. Both the TMC and the BJP lodged 80 and 39 complaints, respectively, related to poll violence, voter…
Chennai: A slew of political leaders and celebrities exercised their franchise in their respective polling stations across Tamil Nadu on Friday for the Lok Sabha polls. Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi cast his vote at a polling booth here while Chief Minister M K Stalin, former Chief Ministers, O Panneerselvam and Edappadi K Palaniswami…
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday claimed that a “silent undercurrent” is brewing across western Uttar Pradesh against the “failures” of the Modi government, as it flagged issues such as “neglect” of sugarcane farmers and examination paper leaks. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh attacked the BJP-led central government ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s poll…
New Delhi: The first phase of Lok Sabha elections concluded at 6 pm on Friday, marking the commencement of the world’s largest democratic exercise. With a staggering 970 million eligible voters, this monumental election is set for a long and winding path across 44 days before culminating in the seventh phase on June 1. The biggest…
Amroha (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a veiled dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday, saying the shooting of the film “do shehzade ki jodi” is on but it has already been rejected by people. “Every time these people seek votes from the people of Uttar…
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan has said he believes that space is already an established domain of warfare and it will “cast its influence” on air, maritime and land domains. In a recorded video address that was played at the inaugural session of the three-day Indian Defence Space Symposium in Delhi…
New Delhi: The 2024 Lok Sabha polls will kick off Friday with polling for the first phase scheduled in 102 seats spread across 21 states and Union territories and among those in the fray are Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Sarbanada Sonowal and Bhupendra Yadav, Gaurav Gogoi of Congress, DMK’s Kanimozhi and K Annamalai of BJP….
Chennai: Tamil Nadu was marked by fierce campaigns and acrimonious debates, and a never-before-seen kind of spirited fight put up by the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to gain a foothold in the Dravidian land in 2024 was a striking feature. Elections to 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state will be held…
