Pune: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday sought support for his wife in the Lok Sabha polls and sent out a message to Baramati voters, telling them they have elected his uncle Sharad Pawar’s daughter three times, but now they should elect his daughter-in-law. Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it will hear on April 16 a batch of pleas seeking cross-verification of the votes cast with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). The VVPAT is an independent vote verification system which enables an elector to see whether his vote was cast correctly. It generates a paper…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted people on the start of Navratri and also the traditional Indian new year, which is celebrated in the form of various festivals across India. In a post in Hindi on X, Modi said, “Best wishes to all my family members of the country on the occasion…
CHANDRAPUR: In an acerbic attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held the grand old party responsible for all ills plaguing the country and went on to compare the outfit to bitter gourd (karela), whose taste he said, will never change even if it is “fried in ghee or mixed with sugar”….
Idukki: The Idukki diocese of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church recently included the screening of the contentious film ‘The Kerala Story’ as part of its three-day vacation training class for catechism students across various churches in the diocese from April 2nd. Directed by Sudipto Sen, ‘The Kerala Story’ is a modestly-budgeted Hindi film that narrates a…
Seoni: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday exuded confidence to win the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and said the new government will transfer Rs 1 lakh annually into accounts of women belonging to SC, ST, and backward categories. Addressing a rally at Dhanora in Seoni district, which is part of the Mandla Lok Sabha constituency,…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of taking action against the corrupt after June 4 meant that opposition leaders would be imprisoned post-Lok Sabha elections. Results of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections from April 19 to June 1 will be announced on June 4. Addressing…
Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the opposition Congress, saying it overlooked needs of the poor for decades since independence and never understood their pain. Addressing a rally in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district, which will go to polls on April 19, he also said that the Congress’ manifesto for the Lok Sabha…
Puducherry: DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday said that the INDIA bloc, if voted to power after Lok Sabha polls, will provide statehood to Puducherry. Addressing an election rally here seeking support for Congress candidate and present MP V Vaithilingam, he said the DMK and Congress are firm that…
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi responded strongly to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir during an election meeting in Bihar’s Nawada on Monday. Expressing his disappointment, PM Modi stated that he was ashamed of Kharge’s comments, attributing them to the influence of the ‘Tukde Tukde Gang’. He questioned whether Jammu and Kashmir…
