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Karnataka Congress Leader Slams KPCC Pre | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN): Following the Congress’ low score in the exit polls, senior Congress leader Roshan Baig on Monday, 20 May, dropped hints of quitting the party and appealed to Muslims to compromise with the situation if NDA returns to power. | 21-May-2019 |
Rivals plan to manipulate EVMs, increase | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN): With most exit polls predicting a clean sweep by BJP in the national capital, the AAP on Monday alleged that opponents planned to manipulate EVMs ahead of counting of votes on May 23 and asked the Election Commission to provide additional security at a counting centre in South Delhi. | 20-May-2019 |
EVM & Postal Ballot Counting Can Be Done | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN): The Election Commission of India has issued directions to the Chief Electoral Officers in all states and Union Territories that the EVM and postal ballot counting can be done together, reported The Hindu. | 19-May-2019 |
Lok Sabha elections exit poll results to | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN): The Lok Sabha elections exit poll results will be declared on Sunday evening, more than a month after the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections begun. The results will be out immediately after polling across 59 constituencies in the seventh and last phase comes to an end. Several national pollsters like CVoter, Chanakya, news channels, newspapers and other agencies will release their predictions. The agencies can start releasing data only after 6:30 pm, as per the directives of the Election Commission. The commission had refrained the media from telecasting or publishing any opinion polls or exit polls from April 11 till the end of polling in the last phase on May 19. It had also barred any prediction of results of elections by astrologers, tarot readers or political analysts. | 19-May-2019 |
When and where to catch all the live upd | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN): After over a month-long polling process, the voting for Lok Sabha election 2019 will finally end today evening. This year saw polls conducted in seven phases. The elections that started on April 11, went on till May 19. The counting of votes will take place on May 23. | 19-May-2019 |
‘Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi, but | New Delhi 18 (TIWN): Speaking about Pragya Thakur’s remarks on Mahatma Gandhi’s assasin Nathuram Godse, Nobel peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi criticised BJP’s Bhopal candidate and other BJP leaders for calling Godse a patriot. He said people like Pragya Thakur are killing the ‘soul of India’ and called on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to immediately expel them. | 18-May-2019 |
Ashok Lavasa Skips EC Meetings Over MCC | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN): Dissenting election commissioner, Ashok Lavasa, has been recusing himself from meetings of the “full commission†of the Election Commission – also comprising Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora and election commissioner Sushil Chandra – since 4 May, according to reports. | 18-May-2019 |
Modi Is An Actor, Says Priyanka; Compare | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Friday, 17 May, dubbed Narendra Modi an "actor" and said Amitabh Bachchan would have been a better choice for the prime minister's post. | 18-May-2019 |
Election Commission declares seizures wo | 18 May 2019 (TIWN): #Elections2019: Election Commission declares seizures worth a whopping Rs. 3,439cr | 18-May-2019 |
Congress slams EC over Ashok Lavasa drop | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN): Lok Sabha Election 2019 LATEST Updates; (National Pollsters To Release Lok Sabha Exit Poll Results Tomorrow): Responding on media reports of Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa recusing himself from the panel's meetings to discuss poll code violations, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday said the "erosion of institutional integrity" was "the hallmark" of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government. In a tweet, he dubbed the poll panel the "Election Omission." | 18-May-2019 |
Lok Sabha Election 2019, Phase 7 tomorro | New delhi, May 18 (TIWN): Phase 7 of the Lok Sabha election 2019 will be held on >Sunday, 19 May, with as many as 59 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states going to polls. The electorate will vote in a few seats of Bihar, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal. | 18-May-2019 |
BJP’s Anil Saumitra calls Mahatma | New Delhi, May 17 (Indian Express): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday suspended Anil Saumitra, party’s social media head in Madhya Pradesh, for calling Mahatma Gandhi “father of Pakistanâ€. He was suspended from the primary membership of the party. | 17-May-2019 |
NYAY scheme will act like diesel in engi | May 17 (TIWN): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said his ambitious NYAY scheme will act like diesel in the engine of country's economy, and will provide jobs to the youth. "Like diesel is filled in a tractor, the NYAY scheme, too, will act like diesel in the engine of India's economy". | 17-May-2019 |
Rajnath Singh addresses 'inflation' issu | May 17 (TIWN): Amid the Lok Sabha elections, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressed a public rally in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi. Rajnath Singh said, "If you go through Indian elections' history, you will see inflation was an issue in all of them. People used to sing 'Congress sarkar aayi hai, kamartod mehengai layi hai'. But 2004 and 2019 are two elections, where there were issues but inflation wasn't one of them. | 17-May-2019 |
Ex-Kolkata Top Cop Faces Arrest in Sarad | New Delhi: In a major setback to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in the Saradha chit fund scam, the Supreme Court on Friday said the protection from arrest will be withdrawn after a week. | 17-May-2019 |
Pragya Thakur should know history of the | May 17 (TIWN): In the light of BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's comments on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse on Thursday, Communist Party of India (CPI) National Secretary D Raja said, "I strongly condemn the statement made by Pragya Thakur and she should understand the history of the country. Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi was a big tragedy at that point of time. He was shot dead by a fanatic. Pragya Thakur comes out and says that he was a 'deshbhakt,' what about Gandhi ji, was he not a patriot? She should know the history of the country. She thinks she can easily get communal passion glorifying Godse as a patriot." | 17-May-2019 |
Mamata Thanks Opposition Leaders for Bac | May 16 (TIWN): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, 16 May, thanked the leaders of Opposition parties, who came out in her support as she protested against the Election Commission's decision to cut short the poll campaign duration in the state. | 16-May-2019 |
Amit Shah says 'terrorists like Zakir Na | May 16 (TIWN): Lok Sabha Election 2019 LATEST Updates: Speaking at Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, BJP chief Amit Shah said the Modi government had made India unsafe for terrorists and those like Zakir Naik now no longer consider it a safe haven. "Zakir Naik has said he is scared to return to India because of Narendra Modi. When asked when he would like to return to India, he said, when the Congress government comes to power on 23 May," Shah said. | 16-May-2019 |
Nathuram Godse Was, Will Remain a Deshbh | New Delhi, May 16 (TIWN): Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Thakur has spoken again. This time, responding to Kamal Haasan’s remarks on Nathuram Godse. Haasan had called Godse the first Hindu terrorist. | 16-May-2019 |
In PM’s turf, BSP Supremo Mayawat | May 16 (TIWN): 2019 Lok Sabha Elections Live News Updates: In the run-up to the final phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections, which concludes on Sunday, leaders continue their last leg of campaign rallies in various parts of the country. | 16-May-2019 |
1 killed, many injured in Guwahati explo | Guwahati, May 16 (TIWN): An explosion rocked Assam's Guwahati today. The blast was reported from Guwahati's Zoo Road. According to unconfirmed reports, it is believed to be a grenade blast which took place outside a mall in central Guwahati. | 16-May-2019 |
Won’t speak ill of PM’s pa | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN): Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of insulting his father Rajiv Gandhi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he would not speak ill of the PM s parents because he does not belong to the RSS or the BJP . | 15-May-2019 |
EC pulls up three media houses for displ | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has received complaints against three media houses with respect to displaying poll surveys, predicting results of the Lok Sabha election, the poll body said in a statement on Tuesday. | 15-May-2019 |
Congress ‘dirty water’ but | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN): Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, on Tuesday, said his party was ready to join hands with a non-BJP front at the Centre to keep the saffron party out of power. While calling the Congress dirty water , he said, When your house is on fire, you don t look for clean water to douse the flames. | 15-May-2019 |
PM Narendra Modi Addresses His Last Publ | New Delhi, May 15: Amid the polling season, political leaders have been campaigning massively too woo voters. With just one phase, i.e. the seventh phase, left to go for voting on May 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi are leaving no stone unturned to woo voters. | 15-May-2019 |
EC to hold meeting with WB observers on | New Delhi (India), May 15 (ANI): Election Commission will hold a meeting with West Bengal observers on poll violence in the state at 11.30 am today via video conferencing. | 15-May-2019 |
Priyanka Gandhi offers prayers at Mahaka | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN): Congress General Secretary from Uttar Pradesh (East), Priyanka Gandhi on Monday offered prayers at Mahakaleshwar Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain. | 14-May-2019 |
Mayawati says country has seen 'chaiwala | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN): Lucknow: In the run-up to the last and final phase of the Lok Sabha polls, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday accused BJP of not fulfilling election promises while asserting that even RSS has stopped supporting the party fearing public backlash. | 14-May-2019 |
'Vote early, click selfies,' Narendra Mo | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN): Lok Sabha Election 2019 LATEST Updates: In an extended address through the NaMo app, prime minister Narendra Modi made a drawn out appeal to people of Varanasi (which he repeatedly referred to as 'Kashi') ahead of its polls on 19 May. He admitted that while he has done a lot, there is a "lot left to do, but we have to do it together." He also asked people to click selfies after voting and post them on social media. "Between all the running around, I will see your photos and feel your blessings travelling to me," he said. Modi also asked Varanasi voters to "break the record" of maximum votes polled. | 14-May-2019 |
Thiruvananthapuram election result: Shas | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN): Thiruvanathapuram election result 2019: While few can raise questions over Shashi Tharoor’s knowledge of English language, the Congress leader’s political skills would be put to some stiff test in his quest for winning Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat for the third consecutive time. Voting in Thiruvananthapuram was held in the third phase seven-phased poll on April 23 and results will be announced on May 23. | 14-May-2019 |
Jadavpur election result: Tough fight fo | Kolkata, May 14 (TIWN): Jadavpur Lok Sabha election result 2019: Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has fielded Tollywood actress Mimi Chakraborty from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha seat, replacing Sugata Bose who is the incumbent MP from the parliamentary constituency. Chakraborty will contest against Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Anupam Hazra and CPI (M)’s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, a former Kolkata Mayor. The voting for this seat is scheduled for the seventh and final phase on May 19, 2019. The result will be declared on May 23, 2019. | 14-May-2019 |
Chronic political violence in West Benga | New Delhi, May 13 (TIWN): The street in Kolkata where my parents' house is located is often witness to scuffles. Not among regular passersby, but members of rival parties. Something as minor as two opposing party workers bumping into each other could set off fisticuffs among them, reflecting what the politics in West Bengal is like. | 13-May-2019 |
'Diggi Raja' misleading first-time voter | Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 13 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for not casting his vote, stating that the Congress leader is setting an unhealthy precedent for young voters. | 13-May-2019 |
BSP’s Mayawati eyes PM’s p | New Delhi, May 13 (TIWN): Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati launched a blistering personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, drawing angry reactions from BJP leaders. By attacking the Prime Minister, the BSP supremo may have achieved the twin objectives of quelling the rumours of a possible post-poll tieup with the BJP and projecting herself as the Opposition’s prime ministerial candidate in case of a fractured verdict in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. | 13-May-2019 |
EC applauds millions of voters who brave | New Delhi, May 13 (TIWN): While addressing a press conference in the national capital, Deputy Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India (ECI) Umesh Sinha said, "in the sixth phase of polling across the country drew to a close now. With the conclusion of this phase, we are now inching closer towards the finishing line i.e, the seventh phase. The sixth phase today was spread across 59 parliamentary constituencies in seven states. On behalf of the Election Commission (EC), I applaud the millions of voters, who braved the hot weather." "Our special thanks to persons with disabilities, senior citizens, who despite of their difficulties and adverse circumstances, came out to cast their votes in large number," Sinha added. | 13-May-2019 |
TMC supporters allegedly vandalised conv | Kolkata, May 13 (TIWN): Union Minister of State for the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Babul Supriyo alleged that vehicles of his security personnel were attacked with stones by the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters near West Bengal's Basirhat on Sunday. Supriyo had gone for a rally of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Sayantan Basu and the incident took place while he was returning. | 13-May-2019 |
If Modi becomes PM again, it will have a | New Delhi, May 12 (TIWN): If Rajiv Gandhi has become an issue in this election, his son is to blame. For months he has gleefully yelled Chowkidar chor hai without proof. It is a bad idea to charge someone with being a thief without providing evidence, and much worse if the man charged is the Prime Minister. Rahul Gandhi s reasons for believing that more than half the money of the total contract to buy Rafale fighter aircraft was put in the pocket of Anil Ambani are flimsy. When reporters from this newspaper pressed him for details and proof in an interview last week, he had no answer. | 12-May-2019 |
President Ram Nath Kovind casts his vote | New May 12 (TIWN): President Ram Nath Kovind cast his vote in the national capital. President Kovind had urged citizens in January to cast their votes. | 12-May-2019 |
'PM Modi is liar in chief, divider in ch | New Delhi, May 12 (TIWN): While speaking to ANI, Punjab Tourism Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu trained guns on PM Modi said, "World Bank withdraws developing Nation tag from India and put backward Nation tag. What type of Prime Minister he is? He is liar in chief, divider in chief and Ambani's business manager in chief." | 12-May-2019 |
Govts prior to Vajpayee didn't have cour | New Delhi, May 12 (TIWN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh ahead of sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the rally, he lauded scientists for successfully carrying out Operation Shakti in 1998. He said, "21 yrs back on this day, India successfully carried out nuclear test - Operation Shakti. I salute scientists who brought laurels to the country with hardwork. | 12-May-2019 |
VP Naidu appreciates Jaipur Foot initiat | New Delhi, May 12 (TIWN): While addressing a gathering at Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Camp held at Embassy of India in Vietnam's Hanoi, President M. Venkaiah Naidu said, "Jaipur Foot is great initiative that provides to differently-abled persons a sense of freedom and mobility, and ability to live life fully." | 12-May-2019 |
When Rahul Gandhi fixed his helicopter d | New Delhi, May 11 (TIWN): Congress president Rahul Gandhi has been busy criss-crossing the country as part of his Lok Sabha election campaign. On Friday, the Congress president shared a photo of him trying to fix his helicopter, while on a campaign in Himachal Pradesh’s Una. The Instagram photo has already got over 75,000 likes since it was put up on social media. | 11-May-2019 |
We need to compete with China, want to p | New Delhi, May 11 : While addressing a public rally in Chandigarh on Friday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, "Narendra Modi said Made in India, Startup India and unemployment is now at all-time high in last 45 years". | 11-May-2019 |
'India's Divider in Chief' PM Modi featu | New Delhi, May 11 : Time magazine has put Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its cover with bold headlines ''Divider in chief'' that can stir up a controversy across India. | 11-May-2019 |
BJP is bound to protect India and Indian | New Delhi, May 11 : While answering the question of ANI, if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes back to power, will action be taken against Hafiz Saeed and Dawood Ibrahim in the same manner as Masood Azhar? | 11-May-2019 |
Time magazine's cover is honest version | New Delhi, May 11 : Congress veteran leader Salman Khurshid on Saturday shared his views on the Time magazine calls Modi 'India's divider-in-chief' in its international edition. Supporting the magazine's headline, he said, "He (PM Modi) projected as a great new hope for India five years ago in the same magazine amongst other people, you can't accept one version and reject another version so the present version, which is I believe an honest version about how he is performing in the last five years and how negative and positive politics has become, because the way he pushed it. This is being said by the Times magazine it means that the world has now finally decided to speak the truth. | 11-May-2019 |
Varanasi Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar | New Delhi, May 10 : Varanasi constituency is one of the eighty Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The constituency number of Varanasi is PC 77. The election here will be conducted on May 19, 2019 as per the Phase 7 schedule. | 10-May-2019 |
Nitin Gadkari slams Congress for using b | New Delhi, May 10 : Union Minister for Shipping and Water Resources Nitin Gadkari held a press conference in Amritsar and said, "Pakistan is continuously supporting terrorists. If Pakistan doesn't stops terrorism, we won't have any other option but to stop river water to Pakistan. | 10-May-2019 |
India is no less than any country in wom | New Delhi, May 10 : Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while addressing a gathering in Bhopal said that India is not less than any place around the world when it comes to women empowerment. | 10-May-2019 |
Man who slapped Kejriwal expresses 'regr | New Delhi, May 10 : Expressing 'regret' over slapping Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow on May 04, Suresh, the assaulter said he himself didn't know what was going through his mind when he executed the infamous slap. Suresh, however, clarified that he is not associated with any political party but said he was influenced by Arvind Kejriwal especially during the 'India Against Corruption' movement in 2011. | 10-May-2019 |