Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Will employ rural youth to improve envir | New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Amid growing concerns over pollution in cities and falling level of groundwater, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said India needs restoration of its water bodies and afforestation, and his party will employ lakhs of rural youth for the purpose, if voted to power. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| NPF to support Congress candidate in Nag | Kohima, March 30 (IANS) Opposition party Naga People's Front (NPF) on Saturday announced to support former Chief Minister and Congress candidate K.L. Chishi in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland which goes to the polls in the first phase on April 11. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| 'Unemployment biggest challenge seen by | New Delhi, March 30 (TIWN / IANS) In the run-up to the general election, lack of employment opportunities is seen by the Indian public as the biggest challenge, said a report. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Royalty? My family ended princely privil | Ayodhya, March 30 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has slammed the BJP for equating the Gandhi family with royalty and pointed out that it was her grandmother Indira Gandhi who abolished the privileges of princely families. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Bengal folk theatre echoes Mamata's 'Del | Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) A folk theatre or Jatra troupe in West Bengal is travelling to all corners of the state staging a production that highlights Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's ambitions to play a big role in national politics after the Lok Sabha polls. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Honesty is my only agenda, says Urmila M | Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Bollywood actress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Friday said that she does not have any specific agenda for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and that honesty is her only agenda. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| We will scrap Niti Aayog, says Rahul | New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that his party will scrap the Niti Aayog if voted to power in Lok Sabha elections as it has served no purpose other than marketing presentations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and "fudging data". | 29-Mar-2019 |
| Bihar's Grand Alliance announces seat al | Patna, March 29 (IANS) The opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar on Friday announced the formal allocation of 31 of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| Terror funding: LeT suspect, 2 more fine | New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The adjudicating authority under FEMA has held a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative and two associates guilty for their involvement in a hawala case related to terror financing and imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Friday. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| Modi slams opposition for seeking proof | Jeypore (Odisha), March 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the opposition for seeking proof about India's air strike on terror camps in Balakot in Pakistan. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| Urmila Matondkar is Congress nominee for | Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar was named on Friday as the Congress candidate for the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| Priyanka to be in Ayodhya on last leg of | Rae Bareli, March 29 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will visit Ayodhya on Friday in the last leg of her three-day Uttar Pradesh visit, which will culminate with a road show. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| Rahul says no angel tax, no permissions | New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday promised incentives for entrepreneurs and start-ups to boost job creation in the country, saying there will be no permissions required for the first three years of any new business, no angel tax and sold incentives based on the number of jobs created. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Rahul is just a kid, says Mamata | Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) In a snub to Congress President Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called him a "kid" while responding to his blistering attack on her government. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Modi flays opposition over surgical stri | Meerut, March 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the opposition parties for raising questions over India's air strikes against Pakistan and its capabilities in the space. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Mamata flays appointment of Sharma as po | Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticised the appointment of former BSF Director General K.K. Sharma as special police observer for the coming 2019 polls in West Bengal and Jharkhand, accusing him of being "an RSS man" and said her government will write a "strong letter" to the Election Commission about the same. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| BJP candidate asks CRPF to shoot booth l | Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) A BJP candidate in West Bengal has asked the central forces to shoot people in the chest if they tried to capture booths on the polling day, and threatened to confine the police to police stations, prompting the Election Commission to seek a report. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| A-SAT launch boosts BJP's nationalism na | New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Seeking to build on its narrative of nationalism, just two weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday went on an overdrive and linked successful launch of an anti-satellite missile to the Narendra Modi government's "determination" to enhance national security through bold decisions. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| Trinamool promises to probe demonetisati | Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday released its manifesto for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, promising to review GST and probe the demonetisation exercise of 2016 by a Supreme Court judge, if it came to power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| EC forms panel to examine if PM violated | New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Wednesday formed a committee to examine if Prime Minister Narendra Modi violated the model code of conduct (MCC) when earlier in the day he announced the successful test of anti-satellite missile (A-Sat) in his address to the nation.Deputy Election Commissioner Sandeep Saxena will head the committee. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| 100 Trinamool MLAs to join BJP soon: Arj | Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) Arjun Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, who recently switched to the saffron outfit from the Trinamool Congress, claimed on Wednesday that 100 legislators from his former party would join the BJP "very soon". | 27-Mar-2019 |
| 'Rangeela' actress Urmila Matondkar join | New Delhi/Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Ending all speculation, famed Bollywood actress Urmila Matondkar joined the Congress in the national capital on Wednesday afternoon. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| Mission Shakti announcement flouts EC co | Kolkata, March 27 (IANS) After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that India became the fourth country to acquire anti-satellite capability, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused him of violating the model code of conduct. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| Two MGP MLAs split, merged into BJP: Goa | Panaji, March 27 (IANS) In a late but politically significant development, two out of the three Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party legislators early on Wednesday, split from the regional party and merged their two-member legislative unit into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo said. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| 'MGP-Congress were planning coup to topp | Panaji, March 27 (IANS) Maharastrwadi Gomantak Party leaders were planning a coup along with the Congress MLAs to pull down the BJP-led coalition government last week, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar, one of the two MLAs who split the MGP and merged into the BJP early on Wednesday, said. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| 362 LS nominees in Karnataka's first pha | Bengaluru, March 27 (IANS) A total of 362 candidates have filed nominations from 14 constituencies in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka on April 18, an official statement said on Tuesday. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Happy to see PSU banks bailing out Jet: | New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya on Tuesday said he was happy to see that public sector banks have bailed out Jet Airways, wishing the same was done for his now defunct Kingfisher Airlines. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Congress slams Modi, calls him anti-poor | New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi "anti-poor", the Congress party on Tuesday said it is "shameful" that the BJP and its leaders are opposing an anti-poverty scheme announced by Congress President Rahul Gandhi. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Rathore's 7 queries to Rahul ahead of Ra | Jaipur, March 26 (IANS) Ahead of Congress President Rahul Gandhi's visit to Rajasthan on Tuesday, Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore demanded answers to seven questions, including loan waivers and the Balakot airstrike. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| With Pragya Deb Burman, Congress complet | AGARTALA, March 26 (TIWN): Tripura Congress has completed its nomination submission process with Princess Pragya Devi, also known as Pragya Dev Burman has submitted her nomination submission process. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Rahul to take decision on tie-up in Delh | New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) With divisions persisting within Delhi unit of Congress over alliance with Aam Aadmi Party for the Lok Sabha polls, the decision on a tie-up would be taken by party chief Rahul Gandhi in the next few days, sources said. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| SC seeks CBI response on DA case against | New Delhi, March 26 (TIWN / IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the CBI on the steps taken by it in pursuance to its preliminary enquiry into alleged disproportionate assets (DA) of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Prateek Yadav. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Mamata provoking confrontation with Cent | New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal of abusing its powers by using the Kolkata Police to threaten Custom officials who tried to check her relative's luggage at the airport last week. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Mizoram churches to pray for peaceful el | Aizawl, March 25 (IANS) The apex body of churches in Mizoram has urged churches across the state to hold mass on April 5 or 6 for the peaceful conduct of the April 11 Lok Sabha vote, a church leader said, here on Monday. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Manjhi, Chirag Paswan file papers | Patna, March 25 (IANS) Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday filed his nomination papers from the Gaya parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha polls. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Ahluwalia dropped, BJP fields Bisht from | New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday denied a ticket to Union Minister S.S. Ahluwalia and has fielded Raju Singh Bisht from Darjeeling parliamentary constituency in West Bengal. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| BJP names candidates for Odisha's 2 LS, | Bhubaneswar, March 25 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its list of candidates for two Lok Sabha and nine Assembly seats in Odisha. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Gurugram assault case: 2 more arrested | Gurugram, March 25 (IANS) Two more persons were arrested on Monday in the Gurugram assault case taking the tally to three, police said. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Rahul slams Javadekar for restricting Ph | New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday slammed Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar over a circular issued by his Ministry asking all departments to prepare "a shelf of projects" in line with "national priorities" for PhD scholars. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| Why Wayanad could be a safe seat for Rah | New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Wayanad, which could soon become a VVIP constituency if Congress President Rahul Gandhi decides to contest the Lok Sabha election from there, has been a Congress safe seat. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| Modi's rallies in Kolkata, Siliguri on A | Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address two rallies - one at north Bengal's Siliguri and other at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground -- on April 3 ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, a party leader said on Sunday. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| Rahul to decide on contesting from Wayan | Kottayam (Kerala), March 24 (IANS) The decision to contest on the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala rests with Congress President Rahul Gandhi, said All India Congress Committee general secretary Oommen Chandy said on Sunday. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| BJP to back Sumalatha in Karnataka's Man | Bengaluru, March 24 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday decided to support multi-lingual actress Sumalatha Ambareesh, who is contesting the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency in south Karnataka as an Independent candidate, instead of fielding its own nominee. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| People in Kerala most satisfied with loc | New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) People in Kerala are most satisfied with their Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) followed by Goa and Telangana, according to the CVOTER-IANS 2019 poll tracker. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| Modi is rich men's chowkidar: Rahul Gand | Patna, March 23 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday saying he is the chowkidar of "rich-men" and he only protects and cares for the rich. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| Trinamool removes 'Congress' from its lo | Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling All India Trinamool Congress has dropped the 'Congress' from its new logo earlier this month and added dollops of blue, white and green colour to it besides giving it a catchy slogan in a bid to make the party one with the people of the eastern state. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| Congress names 34 more candidates for LS | New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday declared 34 more candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding Uttar Pradesh unit chief Raj Babbar from Fatehpur Sikri, whose candidature was earlier announced from Moradabad. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| BJP drops four Maharashtra MPs in second | Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has dropped four sitting MPs from Maharashtra while announcing the second list of six nominees for the Lok Sabha elections here on Saturday morning. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| Congress declares 34 more Lok Sabha cand | New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Congress on Friday night declared 34 more candidates for the Lok Sabha fielding Renuka Choudhary from Khammam, Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu, Vikramadiya Singh from Udhampur and Raman Bhalla from Jammu. | 22-Mar-2019 |
| BJP to face Tripura allies in LS polls o | Agartala, March 22 (IANS) The candidates of Tripura's ruling BJP and its junior ally IPFT filed their nomination papers on Friday to contest each other in the Lok Sabha polls. | 22-Mar-2019 |