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Nagaland MP, ex-CM file nominations for | Kohima, March 22 (IANS) Sitting Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) MP, Tokheho Yepthomi and Congress candidate K.L. Chishi on Friday filed their nominations for the lone Lok Sabha seat. | 22-Mar-2019 |
Mayawati taunts 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' cam | Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday taunted the BJP's 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign, two days after she accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of changing his profile from 'Chaiwala' to 'Chowkidar' only to get votes in the Lok Sabha elections. | 22-Mar-2019 |
Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir joins BJ | New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Former cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Friday joined the BJP in the presence of Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad ahead of the coming Lok Sabha elections. | 22-Mar-2019 |
5 former Manipur MLAs quit, float region | Imphal, March 22 (IANS) Within a day of Congress President Rahul Gandhi kick-starting the party's election campaign in Manipur, five former party MLAs and many workers quit the party on Thursday and joined a regional outfit. | 21-Mar-2019 |
Bengal leaders participate in riot of co | Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) It was a riot of colours for different political leaders and a great opportunity to reach out to the people ahead of the Lok Sabha polls on Thursday as West Bengal celebrated Holi -- or "Dol Jatra" as it is called in this part of the country. | 21-Mar-2019 |
Forest cover in Bengal gone up by 4.29%: | Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Marking the International Day of Forests on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that forest cover in the state has gone up by 4.29 per cent. | 21-Mar-2019 |
Tractor trolley overturns in MP, 4 kille | Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh), March 21 (IANS) Four persons were killed and six others injured when the tractor-trolley in which they were travelling overturned here on Wednesday night, police said. | 21-Mar-2019 |
Protests in Valley against teacher's cus | Srinagar, March 21 (IANS) Protests were held on Thursday in Srinagar city and Awantipora town of Jammu and Kashmir against the custodial death of the private school teacher this week. | 21-Mar-2019 |
Pro-Trinamool men at Bengal CEO's office | Kolkata, March 20 (IANS) Questioning the content of the show-cause notice sent by the Election Commission to Union Minister Babul Supriyo on a campaign song, the BJP on Wednesday alleged pro-Trinamool Congress officers were deployed in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal. | 20-Mar-2019 |
Nirav Modi's arrest a 'got-up match': Ma | Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday refused to give any credit to the Narendra Modi-led government for the arrest of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi in London and termed it a "got-up match". | 20-Mar-2019 |
Who let Nirav Modi escape, Priyanka asks | Varanasi/Chandauli/Mirzapur, March 20 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for describing the arrest of absconding PNB fraud case accused Nirav Modi in London as an achievement, asking who let him flee. | 20-Mar-2019 |
Goa CM Pramod Sawant wins trust vote | Panaji, March 20 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday won the trust vote in the state Assembly and pledged to carry forward his late predecessor Manohar Parrikar's vision of "positive thinking". | 20-Mar-2019 |
Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi arrested | New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi was on Wednesday arrested in London in connection with a Rs 3,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan default case, official sources here said. | 20-Mar-2019 |
Congress alone can protect Northeast peo | Imphal, March 20 (TIWN / IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said it is his party alone which can protect the culture, language and history of the people of the Northeast, and claimed to have blocked the passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the Rajya Sabha. | 20-Mar-2019 |
Goa's BJP-led coalition government faces | Panaji, March 20 (IANS) Newly appointed Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who heads a BJP-led coalition government, will face a floor test to prove his dispensation's majority in the 36-member state legislative assembly on Wednesday. | 20-Mar-2019 |
Likened to Indira as people still love h | Mirzapur, March 20 (TIWN / IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said that people compared her looks with her grandmother Indira Gandhi as they still remember the late Prime Minister with respect for the work she had done for them. | 20-Mar-2019 |
EC notice, police complaint against Supr | Kolkata, March 20 (TIWN / IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday slapped a show-cause notice on Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo for not seeking permission before releasing a video of his party's campaign song for Bengal on the social media. | 20-Mar-2019 |
ED attaches J&K properties of seven Hizb | New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached 13 properties in Jammu and Kashmir belonging to seven Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in the ongoing terror financing case against the outfit's chief Syed Salahuddin, the agency said on Tuesday. | 19-Mar-2019 |
Notification issued for 97 LS seats in P | New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notification for the second phase of the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections, kicking off the process of filing of nominations for another 97 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories. | 19-Mar-2019 |
Pramod Sawant sworn in as 11th Goa CM | Panaji, March 19 (IANS) Former Speaker of Goa legislative assembly and BJP MLA Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa on Tuesday. | 18-Mar-2019 |
No Holi for Vrindavan widows mourning Pa | New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Hundreds of widows in Vrindavan on Monday decided not to celebrate Holi this time to mourn the sad demise of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. | 18-Mar-2019 |
Never a minister, Ayurveda doctor Pramod | Panaji, March 19 (IANS) BJP youth leader and former Speaker of the state legislative assembly Pramod Sawant, who on Tuesday was sworn-in as Goa's 11th Chief Minister, assumed the top political mantle despite never having served as a minister in the state cabinet. | 18-Mar-2019 |
Congress releases fifth list for LS poll | New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) The Congress on Monday night released its fifth list of party candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. | 18-Mar-2019 |
Act against Modi for 'chowkidar' campaig | Mumbai, March 18 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress on Monday urged the Election Commission of India to act against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Bharatiya Janata Party's latest campaign, 'Main Bhi Chowkidar', an office-bearer said. | 18-Mar-2019 |
Modi regime suppressing people: Priyanka | Prayagraj, March 18 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday kicked off her three-day Lok Sabha campaign by taking a boat ride on the Ganga river from here, accusing the Modi government of slapping sedition charges against dissenters. | 18-Mar-2019 |
Priyanka begins her Ganga Yatra to Varan | Prayagraj, March 18 (IANS) With less than a month to go for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday kicked off her three-day long river ride poll campaign from here, describing the Ganga as "large-hearted". | 18-Mar-2019 |
'Parrikar's funeral paramount over coali | Panaji, March 18 (TIWN / IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's final rites were more important than a government formation, the coastal state's BJP unit said on Monday, even as ongoing negotiations between allies and BJP leaders, including Nitin Gadkari and the party's National Secretary B.L. Santosh, have appeared to hit a roadblock. | 17-Mar-2019 |
Modi continues to rule popularity charts | New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Even a fortnight after the air strike by Indian Air Force fighter jets on terror camps in Pakistan's Balakot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi continues to dominate the popularity charts despite a dip in his rating from the peak witnessed during the first week of March, but his distant rival Rahul Gandhi has shown only marginal signs of recovery. | 17-Mar-2019 |
Modi did what Manmohan Singh didn't: Sit | Kolkata, March 18 (TIWN / IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi played the role of "perfect chowkidar" by giving Pakistan a befitting reply after the Pulwama terror attack, something his predecessor Manmohan Singh could not do in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. | 17-Mar-2019 |
Goa CM Parrikar passed away | Panaji, March 17 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was in critical condition, passed away here on Sunday evening. | 17-Mar-2019 |
Chowkidar Narendra Modi, PM flaunts pref | New Delhi, March 17 (TIWN / IANS) A day after launching the "Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am a watchman too)" campaign on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday changed the title of his Twitter account to "Chowkidar Narendra Modi". | 17-Mar-2019 |
Ex-SC judge Justice P.C. Ghose to be Ind | New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was on Sunday recommended to be the first Lokpal or anti-corruption ombudsman of India. | 17-Mar-2019 |
Shah Faesal launches J&K People's Moveme | Srinagar, March 17 (IANS) Former IAS officer Shah Faesal launched a new political party at an impressive public rally here on Sunday. | 17-Mar-2019 |
Day after Odisha MLA quits Congress, joi | New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Congress MLA from Salepur constituency in Odisha, Prakash Chandra Behera, on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here in the presence of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. | 17-Mar-2019 |
Men, machinery and mind of RSS behind BJ | New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Earlier this month, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah met Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and attended Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the highest decision-making body of the ideological fountainhead of the ruling dispensation, to seek support for the Lok Sabha battle. | 17-Mar-2019 |
One Modi giving away crores to other Mod | Dehradun, March 16 (IANS) Kickstarting Congress' Lok Sabha campaign in Uttarakhand, party President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday upped the ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioning why all the "Modis were getting money" from the one Modi at the helm. | 16-Mar-2019 |
Grand Alliance announcement after Holi: | Ranchi/New Delhi, March 16 (TIWN / IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Executive President Hemant Soren on Saturday met Congress President Rahul Gandhi in the national capital and said an announcement on a Grand Alliance in the state will be made after Holi. | 16-Mar-2019 |
Rahul meets families of those martyred i | Dehradun, March 16 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met the family members of three martyrs who died in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir. | 16-Mar-2019 |
President presents Padma awards to 54 pe | New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday presented the Padma awards to 54 noted personalities, including scientist S. Nambi Narayanan and actor Manoj Bajpayee. | 16-Mar-2019 |
Sushmita, Pala in Congress third Lok Sab | New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) AThe Congress on Friday released its third list of party candidates fielding Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev from Silichar, former MP Paban Singh Ghatowar from Dibrugarh and its sitting MP Vincent H Pala from Shillong. | 15-Mar-2019 |
Be careful of money misuse in polls: EC | New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (EC) headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Friday convened a meeting of a multi-departmental committee on election intelligence and directed the officials to work in close coordination to curb misuse of money power in the coming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. | 15-Mar-2019 |
LS polls about making Modi PM again: Ass | Guwahati, March 15 (IANS) Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the BJP and AGP were going to the Lok Sabha polls together with one agenda, to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister again. | 15-Mar-2019 |
SC seeks EC's response over opposition p | New Delhi, March 15 (TIWN / IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Election Commission's (EC) response on a plea by the 21 opposition parties seeking the audit of at least 50 per cent of EVMs with corresponding Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs). | 15-Mar-2019 |
EC's humane move, bans live animals in c | Mumbai, March 15 (TIWN / IANS) The Election Commission has imposed a blanket ban on the use or live demonstrations of animals during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, delighting animal lovers across the country. | 15-Mar-2019 |
YSR Congress leader Y.S.Vivekananda Redd | Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh), March 15 (IANS) YSR Congress party leader and former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy died of cardiac arrest on Friday, his family said. He was 68. | 15-Mar-2019 |
Mumbai bridge crash: 6 dead; BMC-Railway | Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) Six people have been reported dead and 32 injured in the past 12 hours since a portion of an overhead pedestrian bridge outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus came crashing down here. | 15-Mar-2019 |
2019 polls could make or break the CPI-M | Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 (IANS) Can Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hope for a resounding third anniversary celebrations of his government two days after the results of the Lok Sabha polls are announced on May 23? This is the question that has been making the rounds immediately after the April 11-May 19 polls were announced. | 14-Mar-2019 |
AgustaWestland: ED supports Saxena's app | New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday told a Delhi Court that it supported Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena's plea seeking to become an approver in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. | 14-Mar-2019 |
Congress blames Modi for China's veto on | New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modis foreign policy vis-a-vis China yet again blocking the bid to designate Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. | 14-Mar-2019 |
Tom Vadakkan's departure non-issue: Cong | Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 (IANS) Congress leaders in Kerala on Thursday said the departure of Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan is a non-issue for the party. | 14-Mar-2019 |