SC verdict on EVM tight slap to Congress-led opposition: PM

Araria/Munger (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that the Supreme Court judgment on Electronic Voting Machines was a “tight slap” to the Congress-led opposition which must “apologise” for committing the “sin” of creating distrust against EVMs. The prime minister, who addressed back-to-back election rallies at Araria and Munger Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar,…

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LS polls Phase 2: Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor in fray; Hema Malini, Om Birla seek hat-trick of wins

New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, and actor-turned-politician Arun Govil are among the key candidates in the fray for the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls with BJP’s Hema Malini, Om Birla and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat seeking a hat-trick of wins from their respective constituencies. Staggered over seven stages, the first…

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EC issues notice to BJP, Congress over alleged model code violations by PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code violation complaint against a prime minister, the Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to BJP president JP Nadda on the Opposition charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave divisive and defmatory speech in Rajasthan’s Banswara. Separately, the poll panel also issued a notice…

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PM slams Cong on Pitroda’s ‘inheritance tax’ remark; says its ‘dangerous intentions’ coming to fore

Ambikapur (Chhatisgarph): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress over its leader Sam Pitroda’s “inheritance tax” remark, saying that the grand old party’s “dangerous intentions” of snatching the assets and rights of people have come to the fore. The Congress will loot and equally distribute people’s earnings and properties, he claimed while addressing…

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