Mumbai: Polling booths in many parts of Mumbai witnessed brisk voting as soon as the polling began at 7 am on Monday in the six Lok Sabha constituencies here. Among the early voters were Union minister Piyush Goyal, the BJP nominee from Mumbai North seat, and city Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad, who is contesting from…
Lucknow: Voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh covering 14 Lok Sabha constituencies, which will decide the fate of five Union ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, began on Monday morning. Voting will also take place for the assembly bypoll to Lucknow East assembly…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday claimed the BJP is rattled by the fact that the INDIA bloc would form government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls and the AAP, a constituent of the alliance, would ensure full statehood for the national capital. Addressing poll meetings in South Delhi parliamentary…
Tehran: A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi crashed in a northern region of the country Sunday, according to state news agency IRNA. After hours of searching, officials say they have still not reached the crash site, despite dettermining its exact location thanks to signals from the aircraft. Rescuers are contending with dense for and…
Mumbai/Lucknow: Polling will be held on Monday in 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections that will decide the electoral fate of several prominent leaders like former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani and former J-K chief minister Omar Abdullah. Over…
Sambalpur (Odisha): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday claimed that as many as 25 crore people have been pulled out from poverty under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Singh said this while addressing an election rally at Rairakhole under the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan is the BJP candidate…
New Delhi: More than 3,300 CISF personnel will take over the complete counterterrorism and anti-sabotage security duties at the Parliament complex from Monday following the withdrawal of over 1,400 CRPF staff from the country’s most important symbol of democracy, official sources said. The parliament duty group (PDG) of the CRPF wound up its entire administrative and…
Patna: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asserted that reservations have been provided to certain sections of minority communities, in states ruled by it, “on the ground of social and economic backwardness.” Addressing a press conference at the Sadaqat Ashram here, the BPCC headquarters, Ramesh clarified that no quotas have been provided “on the basis…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief MK Stalin Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of employing “cheap tactics” to stoke confrontations between states as his “propaganda of communal hatred” failed to benefit the BJP during campaigning for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. “The irresponsible speeches of the PM and the silence of the Election…
Phulpur (UP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were forced to leave a public meeting venue hastily following a stampede-like situation. The incident was reported at Padila in Phulpur parliamentary constituency, Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, the supporters who have gathered for the rally went berserk creating a stampede-like…
