Smriti Irani loses Amethi battle to Gandhi family loyalist KL Sharma
Jun 05, 2024, at 04:07 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Incumbent Union Minister Smriti Irani, who defeated Congress's Rahul Gandhi in his family bastion five years ago, tasted a crushing defeat this time in one of the key prestige battles in this Lok Sabha election.
Jun 04, 2024, at 09:59 pm
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who is a part of the powerful Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty that has ruled the Indian political scenario for decades, made a strong comeback by putting up a strong show in the general elections which was predicted by exit polls to be dominated by the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party.
INDIA takes lead over NDA in Uttar Pradesh; Modi ahead in Varanasi, Smriti Irani trails in Amethi
Jun 04, 2024, at 05:14 pm
Amethi/IBNS: The BJP-led NDA is failing to sweep Uttar Pradesh like the previous two General Elections, at least the initial trends of the results predicted.
Lok Sabha poll results: Union Minister Smriti Irani trails in Amethi
Jun 04, 2024, at 03:33 pm
Amethi/IBNS: Union Minister Smriti Irani is trailing behind Congress' Kishori Lal in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi constituency, media reports said.
Voting underway across 49 seats in fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 20, 2024, at 02:14 pm
Voting is currently underway in 49 seats across six states and two Union Territories in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Monday.
Modi makes 'daro mat' jibe at Rahul Gandhi after Congress leader moves from Amethi to Rae Bareli
May 03, 2024, at 05:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday weaponised his prime opponent Rahul Gandhi's popular "daro mat (don't be afraid)" call against the Congress leader, who switched from Amethi to Rae Bareli as a second seat to contest in the Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul Gandhi doesn't run away: Congress' Amethi candidate Kishori Lal Sharma on BJP's jibe
May 03, 2024, at 05:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Gandhi family moving out of the key Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh has opened the doors for Kishori Lal Sharma, a loyalist of the Gandhis working with the party for four decades.
Kishori Lal Sharma: Know about Congress' Amethi pick
May 03, 2024, at 04:36 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Cutting across all speculations that either Rahul Gandhi or Robert Vadra will contest from Amethi, a Congress bastion until 2019, the grand old party on Friday announced the name of Kishori Lal Sharma as its candidate from the seat for the Lok Sabha elections.
May 03, 2024, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be attending the nomination filing of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Lok Sabha polls: Congress fields Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli, Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi
May 03, 2024, at 03:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Ending all speculations, Congress on Friday fielded its top leader Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress fields Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli for high-voltage Lok Sabha contest
May 03, 2024, at 03:29 pm
India's age-old party Congress on Friday named former party chief Rahul Gandhi as its candidate for the general polls from Raebareli seat in Uttar Pradesh.
LS polls: Suspense continues over Amethi, Raebareli candidates as Congress remains indecisive
May 03, 2024, at 02:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The suspense over Congress candidates in Amethi and Raebareli has been picked up with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra being given a few more hours to make their decision, media reports said.
May 02, 2024, at 04:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The suspense over who would fight as Congress candidates from the key seats of Rae Bareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh may end on Thursday with party president Mallikarjun Kharge likely to announce the names with one day left before the nomination deadline.
Will Congress end Rae Bareli and Amethi suspense tomorrow? Jairam Ramesh gives major update
May 01, 2024, at 08:42 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: With two more days left to file the nominations for the Lok Sabha polls, Congress is yet to announce its candidates from the Gandhi family bastions, Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, inviting jibes from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Congress releases another list, no candidate announcement for Amethi, Raebareli
May 01, 2024, at 06:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: With just three days to go for the last day of filing nominations for the seats, the Congress has still not named its candidates from prestigious Amethi and Raebareli constituencies for the Lok Sabha polls released on Tuesday.
Amethi Congress wants candidate announced immediately, protests outside party office
May 01, 2024, at 04:15 am
Amethi/IBNS: The Amethi unit of Congress, tired of waiting for the candidate announcement, is holding a protest at the Uttar Pradesh constituency that has enjoyed VIP status for decades.
Amid Congress' Amethi indecision, Robert Vadra says 'Entire country wants me to join politics'
Apr 27, 2024, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid Congress' indecision over its candidate from Gandhi family bastion Amethi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband, businessman Robert Vadra, has expressed his eagerness to fight from the seat in Uttar Pradesh for the second time.
'Robert Vadra Ab Ki Baar' posters in Amethi as suspense looms over Congress candidate
Apr 24, 2024, at 06:33 pm
Amethi/IBNS: Amid the ongoing suspense over who will fight as a Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, posters in favour of Congress top leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law and businessman Robert Vadra were seen in the constituency for the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
Will Robert Vadra take on Smriti Irani from Amethi? Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law stirs speculation
Apr 16, 2024, at 07:54 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: As Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi is still unsure whether he will return to Amethi for a fight five years after he lost the seat, his brother-in-law Robert Vadra has started a speculation of him taking on Union Minister Smriti Irani from the constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
Robert Vadra drops hint at contesting Lok Sabha polls, says 'if Amethi wants'
Apr 05, 2024, at 03:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Robert Vadra, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband, has hinted at making a political debut, a blockbuster entry from the party's stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
Smriti Irani becomes voter of UP's Amethi
Apr 04, 2024, at 03:07 am
Ameth/IBNS/UNI: Union Minister Smriti Irani has become a voter of Uttar Pradesh's Amethi parliamentary constituency and will exercise her franchise for the first time from here in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Uttar Pradesh: Man killed in attack by unidentified persons in Amethi
Dec 11, 2023, at 09:52 pm
A man was killed and his sister-in-law was seriously injured after unidentified persons attacked them with sharp-edged weapons when they were asleep outside their house in Munshiganj area of Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh, police sources said here on Monday.
'Contact us if looking for ex-MP': Smriti Irani's dig at Rahul Gandhi over Congress' 'missing' tweet
Jun 01, 2023, at 06:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union minister Smriti Irani Wednesday responded sharply to a Congress tweet that declared her as "missing".
'Mysoginistic goons': Smriti Irani after Congress leader's 'latkas jhatkas' comment
Dec 20, 2022, at 04:45 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Ajai Rai on Monday sparked a fresh controversy stating Union Minister Smriti Irani only comes to her constituency Amethi to show "latkas" and "jhatkas", an unflattering reference to dance moves.
Uttar Pradesh: Unauthorised madrasa demolished in Amethi
Sep 12, 2022, at 10:51 pm
Amethi: A madrasa constructed on a piece of land meant for pasture was demolished by the Amethi's local administration on Monday, a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer said here.
Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to hold footmarch against govt in Amethi today
Dec 18, 2021, at 04:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will be back in his former Lok Sabha constituency, Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, to hold a footmarch along with his party's state in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to corner the government on rising inflation, media reports said.
Uttar Pradesh: Dalit husband of village head burnt alive by some people in Amethi
Oct 30, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Amethi/UNI: A dalit, hushand of a woman village panchayat head, was burnt alive by some people here in Munshiganj area of the district.
Jul 18, 2020, at 07:26 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh police have suspended four policemen, including SHO of Jamo police station in Amethi, along with three others after a mother-daughter duo from Amethi allegedly set themselves on fire in front of the UP Assembly in Lucknow's Hazratganj area on Friday, citing police inaction in their complaint.
Uttar Pradesh: Mother, two kids burnt alive in Amethi
May 09, 2020, at 12:51 pm
Amethi/UNI: A mother and her two minor children were charred to death while they were sleeping as their house caught fire in Bhawanipur village under Shivratanganj police station area in the district on late Friday night .
Rahul Gandhi touches 10M followers on Twitter, to celebrate 'milestone' in Amethi
Jul 10, 2019, at 11:50 am
New Delhi/Amethi, July 10 (IBNS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he will celebrate the "milestone" of touching 10 million followers on micro-blogging site Twitter during the visit to his former constituency Amethi on Wednesday.