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INDIA bloc cracks visible in Parliament as SP and TMC skip Adani protests | 'I am the final word': Mamata Banerjee reminds TMC leaders of her absolute authority in party amid 'power-struggle' | India calls Bangladesh mission's breach in Agartala 'deeply regrettable' | BJP appoints observers for meeting to decide next Maharashtra chief minister | PM Modi watches 'The Sabarmati Report', Vikrant Massey says 'highest point in my life' | Akal Takht punishes Sukbir Singh Badal with toilet cleaning duties over 2015 sacrilege case | What's going on?: Supreme Court questions Senthil Balaji's reinstatement as Tamil Nadu minister immediately after bail | Popular UPSC teacher Avadh Ojha joins AAP ahead of Delhi polls | UN force should be deployed, PM Modi must intervene: Mamata Banerjee on Bangladesh unrest | Adani issue exposes cracks in INDIA bloc as TMC skips key Opposition meet in Delhi

Saina Nehwal slams Congress MLA for misogynistic remark on BJP's LS candidate

Mar 31, 2024, at 02:56 am

New Delhi: Star shuttler Saina Nehwal slammed a Congress MLA for his remarks towards a female BJP candidate, saying that the misogynistic remark was “really upsetting”.

Congress leader Shivraj Patil's daughter-in-law Dr. Archana Patil joins BJP

Mar 30, 2024, at 11:05 pm

Dr. Archana Patil, the daughter-in-law of former Lok Sabha speaker Shivraj Patil, joined the BJP on Saturday, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Two BJD MLAs quit party ahead of Odisha Assembly elections

Mar 30, 2024, at 06:33 am

Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha on Friday suffered a jolt when two of its former MLAs resigned from the primary membership of the party.

PM Modi to kickstart BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign from Meerut

Mar 29, 2024, at 07:20 pm

Meerut/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart the Lok Sabha election campaign of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the third consecutive time from Meerut with a rally on March 31.

Kangana Ranaut in Mandi: 'Don't think I am a heroine, consider me as your sister and daughter'

Mar 29, 2024, at 06:45 pm

Mandi/IBNS: Bollywood top actress Kangana Ranaut on Friday kick-started her Lok Sabha poll campaign, days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) picked her as a candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi.

BJP govt failed to curb crime against women: Congress

Mar 29, 2024, at 12:40 am

New Delhi: Congress on Thursday alleged that atrocities on women have increased under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has failed to stop crime against women.

Court extends Kejriwal's ED custody in Delhi liquor scam case till Apr 1

Mar 28, 2024, at 11:35 pm

New Delhi: Aam Admi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is currently jailed on corruption charges in an alleged liquor policy scam, has been remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for four more days till April 1, media reports said.

Lok Sabha polls: Varun Gandhi pens emotional letter to people of Pilibhit after BJP denies ticket

Mar 28, 2024, at 10:34 pm

New Delhi: After being denied a ticket from Pilibhit for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday wrote an emotional letter to the people of his constituency and shared the memories of his childhood.

Want to return money 'looted' from poor and attached by ED in Bengal: PM Modi tells Krishnagar BJP candidate

Mar 28, 2024, at 06:32 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said that he was exploring legal measures to return the nearly Rs.3,000 crore money “looted” from poor people in West Bengal and attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Congress drops Supriya Shrinate as candidate for LS polls over her remarks on Kangana Ranaut

Mar 28, 2024, at 06:15 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress Wednesday dropped Supriya Shrinate as a candidate from the constituency she contested in 2019, amid outrage over her remarks on actor Kangana Ranaut, the Bharatiya Janata Party's pick from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi.

AAP's lone MP from Jalandhar Sushil Kumar Rinku joins BJP ahead of polls

Mar 28, 2024, at 05:32 am

New Delhi: In another jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), its lone Lok Sabha member from Punjab's Jalandhar, Sushil Kumar Rinku, joined the BJP at the latter's headquarters here on Wednesday.

I don’t have money to contest Lok Sabha election: Nirmala Sitharaman declines BJP ticket

Mar 28, 2024, at 04:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday said  that she would not contest the Lok Sabha election and the same has been conveyed to the party

EC issues notices to Congress leader Supriya Srinate, BJP's Dilip Ghosh over derogatory remarks

Mar 28, 2024, at 04:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission has issued show cause notices to Congress leader Supriya Shrinate and the Bharatiya Janata Party's Dilip Ghosh over "derogatory" remarks against actor-turned-politician-Kangana Ranaut - the BJP's candidate for Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha - and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Delhi HC refuses interim relief to Arvind Kejriwal, issues notice to ED

Mar 28, 2024, at 02:19 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will have to spend at least another night in jail after the Delhi High Court refused a petition Wednesday, challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam.

Nitin Gadkari files nomination from Nagpur LS seat

Mar 28, 2024, at 02:05 am

Nagpur/IBNS/UNI: Union Minister and BJP nominee Nitin Gadkari Wednesday filed his nomination from the Nagpur Lok Sabha seat.

BJP pulls up Dilip Ghosh for his controversial remarks on Mamata Banerjee

Mar 28, 2024, at 01:26 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pulled up its national vice president and former West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh for his controversial remarks against state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee right at the start of his campaign for the upcoming General Elections.

PM Modi dials Sandeshkhali protest's face and BJP candidate Rekha Patra, calls her 'Shakti Swaroopa'

Mar 27, 2024, at 05:11 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: In quite a rare scenario, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Lok Sabha poll candidate from West Bengal's Basirhat Rekha Patra, who was also the face of the Sandeshkhali protests, to encourage her, a couple of days after her name was announced by the party.

Congress asks Modi govt to strongly counter China's claim on Arunachal Pradesh

Mar 27, 2024, at 07:34 am

New Delhi: Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and indivisible part of India, the Congress asserted on Tuesday and urged the Modi government to strongly counter China's “pathetic claims”.

Under Modi's term people have left jobs, gone into agriculture, says Congress' Sandeep Dikshit

Mar 27, 2024, at 05:04 am

New Delhi: The Indian National Congress, while terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives of 'Make in India, Skill India, and Atmanirbhar Bharat' as mere slogans, said that in the last ten years, the country has seen a large number of people leaving employment and going into agriculture.

Nirmala Sitharaman slams Jairam Ramesh’s 'poorly-designed' remark on Atal Pension Yojana

Mar 27, 2024, at 04:55 am

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday strongly reacted to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh’s criticism of the government's Atal Pension Yojana (APY).

NCW urges Election Commission to take action on Supriya Shrinate's remarks against Kangana Ranaut

Mar 27, 2024, at 02:19 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The National Commission for Women Tuesday asked the Election Commission to take strict action against Congress leaders Supriya Shrinate and H S Ahir for their "derogatory comments" against actress-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut in a social media post.

BJP nominates Sajal Ghosh from Baranagar for West Bengal Assembly seat poll

Mar 27, 2024, at 01:06 am

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday nominated party leaders Sajal Ghosh ( KMC Councilor) and Bhaskar Sarkar for by-elections to Baranagar and Bhagwangola (Murshidabad) Assembly seats respectively.

BJP announces candidates for upcoming Himachal by-poll

Mar 26, 2024, at 10:51 pm

The BJP National Election Committee announced to allot tickets to all the six disqualified Congress MLAs of Himachal Pradesh Assembly for the by-election.

'Is this Mohabbat ki dukaan?': BJP's Poonawala asks Rahul Gandhi on Modi slapping remark

Mar 26, 2024, at 08:28 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday strongly condemned Karnataka Minister and Congress leader S Tangadagi's remarks, accusing him of promoting a "politics of threat".

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate's Instagram post on Kangana Ranaut sparks row

Mar 26, 2024, at 06:29 pm

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate's Instagram post on actress-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has sparked a massive row just weeks ahead of the beginning of the Lok Sabha elections.

BJP to fight Lok Sabha polls alone in Punjab

Mar 26, 2024, at 06:23 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday decided to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Punjab alone and would not form an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD).

Janardhan Reddy returns to BJP 'without any condition'

Mar 25, 2024, at 06:57 pm

Bengaluru/UNI: G Janardhana Reddy, a prominent mining baron and the sole MLA from Karnataka Rajya Pragathi Paksha, joined the BJP along with his wife Aruna Lakshmi.

Rekha Patra, face of Sandeshkhali protests, is BJP's bet from Bengal's Basirhat for Lok Sabha polls

Mar 25, 2024, at 06:33 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Rekha Patra, who led the protests against now suspended and arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, from Basirhat constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

'I feel honoured and elated': Kangana Ranaut securing BJP's ticket from Mandi for Lok Sabha polls

Mar 25, 2024, at 05:25 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Bollywood actress-producer Kangana Ranaut is "honoured" and "elated" securing a ticket from the country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Naveen Jindal, Kangana Ranaut find place in BJP's fifth list for Lok Sabha polls

Mar 25, 2024, at 04:15 am

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released its fifth list of candidates which included newly inducted former judge of Calcutta High Court Abhijit Gangopadhyay and industrialist Naveen Jindal.