Kolkata: BJP supporters on Sunday staged a demonstration in front of the office of West Bengal State Election Commission here, protesting against the panchayat poll violence that left 15 people dead. Security was beefed up around the SEC office in the city as BJP workers shouted slogans against the alleged “inability” of the commission to…
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has stayed the investigation against BJP national president JP Nadda for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in an election speech during the recent Karnataka Assembly polls. The criminal petition filed by Nadda seeking to cancel the case registered against him by the Harappanahalli police was heard by a…
Bikaner (Rajasthan): Accusing the Congress of indulging in corruption and deceit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dubbed the party as a ‘loot ki dukaan’ and ‘jhooth ka bazaar” and said it is clear from people’s “anger” in Rajasthan the Ashok Gehlot government is on its way out. Addressing a public rally at Norangdesar here, the…
New Delhi, Jul 8 (PTI) Congress leader Sachin Pilot made it clear on Saturday that he has buried the hatchet with Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on the advice of party president Mallikarjun Kharge, saying collective leadership was the “only way” forward going into the assembly polls. In an exclusive interview with PTI just days…
Kolkata: Eleven people were killed in election-related violence in West Bengal since midnight as voting was underway for the three-tier panchayat polls in the state on Saturday, officials said. Among those killed were six TMC members, and one worker each of the BJP, CPI(M), Congress and ISF, and another person whose political identity could not…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused the BJP-led Centre of defaming AAP leader Manish Sisodia by running “fake news” of the Enforcement Directorate attaching assets worth Rs 52 crore belonging to the jailed leader in the Delhi excise policy case. He said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has, in fact, attached properties worth…
Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra on Friday said that previous governments came up with their welfare schemes sitting in air-conditioned rooms without seeing their impact on the ground. Addressing a public rally in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi, he called the beneficiaries of welfare projects today examples of “real secularism” and social justice. “Previous governments made their…
Gorakhpur (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his Gorakhpur trip, which includes a visit to Gita Press and the launch of modern trains, exemplified his government’s policy of combining development with heritage. He was addressing a gathering during the closing ceremony of the centenary celebrations of Gita Press. “The Gorakhpur visit this time…
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the tribal, on whom a man had urinated in Sidhi district, and provided an additional sum of Rs 1.5 lakh for the construction of his house, an official said on Friday. The financial help comes a day after Chief Minister Shivraj…
New Delhi: India has joined the champions group of the Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG) following an invitation from UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday. The GCRG was set up by the UN Secretary General (UNSG) in March last year to address…
