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Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah met Bollywood actor Sunny Deol at Pune Airport lounge on Friday evening.The meeting which lasted around five minutes sparked speculations that the BJP might field the actor from Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency.Yogesh Gogawale, BJP district president,...
20:27
The Election Commission on Saturday ordered the transfer of the Malda police chief in West Bengal, just days ahead of the April 23 Lok Sabha polls in the district.The Commission asked the state government to shunt out Arnab Ghosh as SP, Malda, and replace him with Ajoy Prasad, who is heading a...
20:11
Nobody should make statements that insult 'martyrs', Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday, referring to Bharatiya Janata Party's Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's controversial comment on IPS officer Hemant Karkare, who was killed during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.Thakur, the BJP's Bhopal...
19:48
The Election Commission's nodal officer who has gone missing from his office in Krishnagar in West Bengal since Thursday afternoon is yet be traced, Nadia District Magistrate Sumit Gupta said on Saturday.The 30-year-old officer, Arnab Roy, was in-charge of EVMs and VVPATs for the Ranaghat...
19:14
Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot on Saturday lodged a police complaint seeking action against Bharatiya Janata Party's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur for her remarks against former Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare.Thakur, an accused in the 2008...
18:48
Former Union minister and Kerala leader S Krishna Kumar, who was in the Congress, on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that he wanted to work to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.The 80-year-old leader was inducted into the party by BJP leader Anil Baluni and...
18:31
Citing a complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday raised questions on the Congress president's citizenship and educational qualification, and asked him to come clean on the matter.The BJP's reaction comes in the wake of the complaint filed with returning...
17:45
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, saying it had 'betrayed' the faith of the people who had voted it to power.The All India Congress Committee in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh also alleged...
17:13
Bharatiya Janata Party's Badaun candidate Sanghmitra Maurya was caught on camera encouraging her supporters to indulge in 'fake' voting.In a video which has gone viral on social media, Maurya is seen addressing party workers at an election meeting and asking them to cast votes of those not...
16:15
JUST IN: Election Commission asks Eros Now to stop online streaming of web series Modi-Journey of a Common Man'.'It was brought to our notice that a web series Modi-Journey of a Common Man, having five episodes is available on your platform.'You're directed to stop forthwith the online streaming...
16:10
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged the Congress with having placed vote bank politics above national interest while it was in power at the Centre.Addressing an election rally in Araria, Modi also said that the opposition party and its allies were rattled by the trends that have...
15:35
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday that he formed a fresh alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party because his party wanted a prime minister who has the courage to attack Pakistan.The Sena, which frequently attacked its alliance partner BJP in the last four and a half years,...
14:59
Amethi Returning Officer Ram Manohar Mishra has ordered the postponement of scrutiny of Congress president Rahul Gandhis nomination papers to April 22.An Independent candidate, Dhruv Lal, has filed a complaint alleging discrepancies in Rahul's candidature.There are three basic issues we have...
14:31
The Election Commission is going to issue a notice to Malegaon blast accused and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur over her remarks against police officer Hemant Karkare, who was killed in the 26/11 terror attack, an officer said on Saturday.Addressing BJP workers...
13:48
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police is questioning Apoorva, the wife of Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, who was found dead on April 16 under mysterious circumstances.The questioning is taking place at Rohit's residence in Defence Colony in south Delhi.Women security guards are also present inside the...
13:32
The National Investigation Agency conducted searches at two locations in Hyderabad on Saturday in connection with an Islamic state module case, police said.The raids which began in the morning were still underway, they said.In August 2018, the NIA had arrested two alleged ISIS sympathisers --...
12:41
The Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday said an alliance just in Delhi is not possible after the Congress refused to have a tie-up anywhere else with it.Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that giving three seats to the Congress in the national capital would mean 'giving three seats to the...
12:36
Lashing out at Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said 'speedbreaker didi' has lost her sleep after the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.Addressing an election rally in Buniadpur in South Dinajpur district, Modi accused the...
11:40
The Supreme Court concludes hearing, leaves it to wisdom of media to act responsibly on allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.The SC said independence of judiciary is under 'very, very severe' threat.CJI Gogoi said, This is unbelievable. I dont think I...
11:21
A special bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was constituted on Saturday to hear a matter of great public importance touching upon the independence of judiciary. The bench was constituted after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who mentioned before the Supreme Court...
10:30
An officer of a polling booth here could land in trouble for applying indelible ink on top actor Rajinikanth's right index finger instead of the left during polling for the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday. Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo said the EC instructions...
09:30
The Election Commission is learnt to have finalised its stand on whether the ban imposed by it on the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi should continue. Officials, drawn from the poll panel's model code and legal divisions, had on Wednesday watched the biopic on the directions of the...
09:26
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu Friday said the NDA government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was like a leech that was sucking the common man's blood.Speaking to reporters at Rajiv Bhavan, the Congress' state headquarters in New Delhi, Sidhu also said public sector firms and banks had...
09:19
An Indian-origin neurologist has been charged with conspiracy to unlawfully dispense controlled substances and commit healthcare fraud in the United States. Anil Prasad, 62, of Louisiana was charged with one count of prescribing controlled substances outside the course of professional...
08:40
Twelve coaches of the Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express derailed near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday, injuring at least 14 people, railway officials said. The train was going to New Delhi when the incident occurred near Rooma railway station -- about 20 km from Kanpur ...
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