New Delhi: The Opposition on Saturday taunted the BJP over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Bajrangbali’ pitch during the campaign for Karnataka Assembly polls, with several leaders saying that it seems “Lord Hanuman is with the Congress”. A major row had erupted during the campaign after the Congress, in its election manifesto, said it was committed…
Chandigarh: AAP candidate Sushil Rinku on Saturday won the Jalandhar Lok Sabha by-election, defeating his nearest rival and Congress nominee Karamjit Kaur Chaudhary by a margin of 58,691 votes. Rinku polled 3,02,279 votes while Chaudhary secured 2,43,588, as per Election Commission data. Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Sukhwinder Kumar Sukhi, who was also backed by the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the Congress for its win in the Karnataka assembly polls and wished the party best in its endeavour to fulfilling people’s aspirations. “I thank all those who have supported us in the Karnataka elections. I appreciate the hardwork of BJP Karyakartas. We shall serve Karnataka with even…
Ahmedabad: A Nigerian man arrested in connection with the seizure of 31 kg heroin worth Rs 214.6 crore from Gujarat’s Rajkot district was in touch with a handler from Pakistan from where the consignment might have been sent to India via the Gujarat coast, the state ATS said on Saturday. The Nigerian, identified as Ekwunife Nwagbo…
Bengaluru/New Delhi” The Congress returned to power on its own in Karnataka after 10 years, knocking the BJP off its only southern perch on Saturday as voters decisively backed the grand old party desperately seeking electoral revival ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. As the results from the May 10 election rolled in, belying several…
Kolkata: Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Saturday paid a courtesy visit to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at her residence here in Kalighat. Khan reached the TMC chief’s residence around 4.25 pm, as fans gathered in large numbers on the streets to catch a glimpse of the superstar. The actor is in the city to…
Mysuru: Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday got a landslide victory in the Varuna constituency, defeating his nearest rival by a margin of 46,006 votes and entering the Karnataka Assembly for the ninth time. The 75-year-old leader got 1,19,430 votes against 73,424 polled by his BJP rival and influential Lingayat leader V…
Bengaluru: Putting up a united front and making corruption a central theme of its campaign coupled with pre-poll ‘guarantees’ of free power and rice and unemployment dole did the trick for Congress in defeating the BJP, which was weighed down by anti-incumbency. In addition, the Muslim vote, which accounted for nearly 13 per cent of…
Bengaluru: The BJP has not been able to make the mark, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Saturday as the Congress was striding towards victory in the state assembly elections. According to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website, the Congress is leading in 127 of the 224 assembly seats in the state,…
Srinagar: A desperate attempt by terrorists to disrupt the G20 event in Kashmir has been thwarted, a defence spokesperson said here, referring to an operation in Uri that foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday morning. The terrorists attempted to infiltrate into the Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district but…
