Elections 2024
- India
8,360 candidates in fray in 2024 LS polls, highest since 1996
New Delhi: A total of 8,360 candidates are contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the highest since 1996, according to an analysis of official data. In the 2019 polls, there were 8,039…
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When India speaks, the world listens: PM Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday credited his government for propelling the country’s economy to a higher growth trajectory, saying that India’s growing influence on the world stage is a…
- India
NDA has already crossed 310 seats after five phases of LS polls: Amit Shah
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Wednesday, said that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has already crossed the 310 mark at the end of the first five phases of the…
- India
Priyanka Gandhi to hold roadshow for Ajay Rai in Varanasi on May 25
Varanasi: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will campaign and hold a roadshow in favour of Ajay Rai, the party’s state president and candidate in Varanasi, on May 25. Prime Minister Narendra…
- India
LS polls: Phase 5 turnout at 62.19%; nears 2019 polling percentage
New Delhi: The fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections has so far registered a voter turnout of approximately 62.19 per cent, 1.97 percentage points less than 2019. With the end of polls…
- Mumbai
PM Modi ‘anti-tribal’, plotted to finish AAP, JMM: Kejriwal
Jamshedpur: Labeling Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “anti-tribal” who put the “tallest tribal leader of the country” behind bars, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal accused him on Tuesday, May 21, of plotting…
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UP: BJP candidate falls on stage while welcoming Yogi Adityanath
Siddharthnagar: The BJP’s Domariyaganj candidate, Jagdambika Pal, suffered a fall on the stage on Tuesday, May 21, while rushing to welcome Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who had come here to address an…
- India
‘Bees saal baad’ it will be ‘2004 moment’ on June 4: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said a “2004 moment” will be witnessed on June 4 with the INDIA bloc getting a clear mandate in the Lok Sabha polls, and…
- India
INDIA bloc inching closer to victory with each poll phase: CM Kejriwal
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of referring to the people of Delhi as “Pakistanis” and asserted that they are his family and should…
- India
EC debars BJP leader from campaigning for 24 hrs for comments on Mamata
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Tuesday censured former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP candidate Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his comment against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and debarred him from campaigning…
- India
Stop maligning Tamils for votes, Stalin tells PM Modi
Chennai: Ruling DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday took strong exception to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that the missing keys of Lord Jagannath’s treasury in…
- India
BJP’s Odisha star campaigners are political tourists: BJD top leader
Puri: In an unconcealed jibe at the prime minister, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s right-hand man has dismissed the BJP’s star campaigners in Odisha as “political tourists” who can’t even identify the state…
- India
BJP’s Sambit Patra to fast for 3 days over his remarks on Lord Jagannath
Bhubaneswar: Embroiled in a controversy over his “slip of the tongue” on Lord Jagannath, BJP leader and party’s Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra apologised and announced to undertake a penance by…