Jun 02, 2024, at 02:55 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the counting for the Himalayan states of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh legislative assembly elections are underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party has already crossed the halfway mark in Arunachal while incumbent Sikkim Krantikari Morcha is eying a comeback in the other.
Lok Sabha elections 2024 concludes, exit polls predict Modi's return for 3rd term
Jun 02, 2024, at 03:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The high-pitched and long-drawn Lok Sabha Elections 2024 concluded on Saturday, with all eyes on June 4 when the results will be declared.
BJP to win more seats than Mamata's TMC in Bengal in Lok Sabha polls, several exit polls predict
Jun 02, 2024, at 02:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In what would be a massive jolt to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, her Trinamool Congress may get trounced by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections, several exit polls have claimed.
Israeli company tried to disrupt Lok Sabha polls, pushed anti-BJP narrative: OpenAI
Jun 01, 2024, at 05:34 pm
OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, reported that it intervened within 24 hours to halt the "deceptive" use of artificial intelligence in a covert operation aimed at influencing the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
Don't run away, face defeat: Amit Shah mocks Congress's decision to boycott Exit Polls
Jun 01, 2024, at 06:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday mocked the Congress over its decision to skip exit poll debates.
'Fascinating,' Shashi Tharoor says on Yogendra Yadav's Lok Sabha election prediction
Jun 01, 2024, at 04:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav's prediction for the 2024 Lok Sabha election which did not give a thumping third straight win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP caught Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's attention Thursday.
'Final chance to ensure our democracy is protected': Manmohan Singh's emotional appeal to voters
May 31, 2024, at 02:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Ahead of the last phase of voting, ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made an emotional appeal to Punjab voters who will exercise their rights on Saturday.
May 30, 2024, at 05:51 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's former personal assistant was arrested at Delhi Airport in a gold smuggling case by the Delhi Customs on Wednesday, media reports said.
May 30, 2024, at 04:41 am
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the political alliance with Congress, as part of the INDIA bloc, is not a permanent one, stating that they only came together to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this Lok Sabha election.
Modi, Mamata lock horns with roadshows in battle for key Kolkata North seat
May 30, 2024, at 01:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Kolkata Uttar or Kolkata North Lok Sabha seat of West Bengal has turned out to be a turf of fierce contest between the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party after a crossover charged up the saffron party's campaign in the constituency, which is held by TMC for several terms.
May 29, 2024, at 05:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's reference to the 1962 India-China war as the "alleged Chinese invasion" is the latest faux pas by the veteran politician.
Amit Shah predicts BJP's Lok Sabha seats in East and South ahead of final phase of voting
May 29, 2024, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As the Lok Sabha elections have come to the fag end, Union Home Minister and BJP top leader Amit Shah has predicted the number of seats his party may win in the eastern and southern states, which are still not the saffron camp's stronghold.
Punjab minister Balkar Singh's obscene video surfaces, BJP calls AAP 'Anti Aurat Party'
May 28, 2024, at 07:49 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: Punjab minister Balkar Singh was seen in an objectionable video leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to slam the state ruling party Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), media reports said.
TMC fighting for its survival, BJP winning maximum seats in Bengal: PM Modi
May 28, 2024, at 05:32 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has predicted that his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to win the highest number of seats in West Bengal, throwing out a challenge to the powerful regional party Trinamool Congress (TMC), in the Lok Sabha elections.
PM Modi to hold roadshow for BJP's Tapas Roy in Kolkata today
May 28, 2024, at 04:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Kolkata North candidate, Tapas Roy, in the northern part of the city on Tuesday for the Lok Sabha polls.
Rahul Gandhi escapes major accident as stage collapses during INDIA bloc's rally in Bihar
May 28, 2024, at 03:55 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders narrowly escaped a major accident when the stage set up for their campaign in Bihar, ahead of the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, suddenly collapsed.
May 27, 2024, at 07:20 pm
Rajkot/IBNS: The Gujarat High Court on Monday rapped the state government and local body over their lapses after a fire at a gaming zone in Rajkot killed 28 people, media reports said.
'It was Indira Gandhi, who changed the Preamble, BJP would never do that': Rajnath Singh
May 26, 2024, at 07:32 pm
New Delhi: It was Indira Gandhi, who changed the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would neither alter the Preamble nor end reservation, Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh has said.
On being asked who will be INDIA bloc's PM candidate, Mallikarjun Kharge has this witty reply
May 26, 2024, at 07:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge responded wittily on being asked who would be the Prime Ministerial candidate of the INDIA bloc. "It's like asking 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'," Kharge said, referring to the popular TV quiz show hosted by Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
BJP candidate Pranat Tudu attacked in Bengal's Jhargram in 6th phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 26, 2024, at 12:50 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from West Bengal's Jhargram was attacked by a violent mob in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, media reports said.
Voting is underway in sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 25, 2024, at 02:36 pm
Indian voters lined up outside polling booths from as early as 7 am to exercise their franchise in the sixth and penultimate round of the Lok Sabha polls on Saturday.
Delhi, Haryana vote today in penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections
May 25, 2024, at 07:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Voting in 58 seats across seven states and one Union Territory-Delhi will take place Saturday in the sixth and penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha election.
Mamata Banerjee says 'I am in INDIA alliance, it's coming to power'
May 24, 2024, at 05:34 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reiterated that she will continue to be in the INDIA alliance, which the Trinamool Congress supremo claims is coming to power ousting the Modi government.
Jayant Sinha 'surprised' over 'you didn't even vote' show cause notice by Jharkhand BJP
May 24, 2024, at 05:03 am
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand): Senior BJP leader Jayant Sinha on Wednesday responded to the show cause notice issued by Jharkhand general secretary Aditya Sahu on why he did not vote in the Lok Sabha polls and participate in any election campaigning.
'Surrender or face my anger': HD Deve Gowda's stern warning to grandson Prajwal Revanna
May 24, 2024, at 01:51 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has issued a stern warning to his grandson Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexual assault by several women, asking him to "surrender or face the anger of his family."
May 24, 2024, at 01:15 am
Nandigram (West Bengal): Ahead of the sixth and penultimate phase of polling for the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal on May 25, reports of violence have emerged from East Medinipur district's Nandigram, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that its several workers were attacked by members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) last night, media reported.
May 23, 2024, at 06:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda has accused the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal of appeasement politics and promoting Muslim League's agenda, weaponising the Calcutta High Court's order scrapping OBC certificates issued after 2010.
May 23, 2024, at 05:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In his first direct reaction to the alleged assault on his party's Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal by close aide Bibhav Kumar, which has kicked up a political firestorm, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said he expects a fair investigation in the case and that justice be done.
EC slams BJP, Congress over poll speeches; says 'electoral democracy should not be weakened'
May 23, 2024, at 02:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: With five phases of the Lok Sabha election over, the Election Commission Wednesday slammed both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main Opposition Congress over poll speeches by its star campaigners.
May 22, 2024, at 08:19 pm
Patna/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday suspended Bhojpuri actor Pawan Singh for contesting as an Independent candidate from Bihar's Karakat Lok Sabha constituency, media reports said.