West Bengal: Eminent actors, filmmakers call for defeat of BJP, Trinamool in Lok Sabha elections
Apr 10, 2019, at 08:36 pm
Kolkata, Apr 10 (IBNS): Eminent members of the civil society in West Bengal have echoed the recent statement made by Naseerudin Shah, Girish Karnad, Amol Palekar and other noted personalities connected to the arts that urged people to not vote for the BJP.
BSP will balance power at the Centre post Lok Sabha election: Mayawati
Apr 10, 2019, at 07:49 pm
Mysuru, Apr 10 (UNI): BSP supremo Mayawati attacked the BJP and the opposition Congress, alleging both parties failed to address the problems of the weaker sections in the country and her party will be aiming for balance power when formation of the next government at the centre comes to a question.
Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Amethi after holding roadshow
Apr 10, 2019, at 01:12 pm
Amethi, Apr 10 (IBNS): After holding a roadshow, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, the bastion of the grand old party.
Rahul Gandhi to file nomination from Amethi, will hold roadshow
Apr 10, 2019, at 10:49 am
Amethi, Apr 10 (IBNS): A day before the commencement of Lok Sabha elections, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday will file his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi constituency, the bastion of the grand old party.
Countdown for NDA govt's exit begins on Apr 11: Cong
Apr 09, 2019, at 10:50 pm
New Delhi, Apr 9 (UNI); Exuding confidence about the good show by the opposition parties in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11, the Congress on Tuesday said the countdown would begin for the departure of the Narendra Modi government on Thursday.
Campaigning ends for first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Assam, 41 candidates in fray
Apr 09, 2019, at 07:23 pm
Guwahati, Apr 9 (IBNS): Campaigning for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Assam ended on Tuesday evening.
Andhra Pradesh: Naidu asks cadre to be on alert ahead of April 11 voting
Apr 09, 2019, at 02:37 pm
Amaravati, Apr 9 (UNI): Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has asked his cadre to be on high alert during the next two days.
Kolkata: Police seizes Rs 4.5 lakh unaccounted cash, three arrested
Apr 09, 2019, at 02:18 pm
Kolkata, Apr 9 (UNI): Ahead of Thursday's first phase poll in North Bengal's Cooch Behar and Alipurduars Lok Sabha seats, police seized around Rs 4.5 lakh unaccounted cash and arrested three persons, including two from New Delhi, in city's northern Lake Town area, police said today.
Article 370 hindering development of Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi
Apr 09, 2019, at 12:58 pm
New Delhi, Apr 9 (UNI): A day after the release of the BJP manifesto which promised removal of article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that it was hindering development of the state.
We have only resumed proceeding on scams that were put in cold storage: PM Modi
Apr 09, 2019, at 12:47 pm
New Delhi, Apr 9 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said his government had only brought out cases that had been sent to the cold storage during the UPA rule.
Rahul, Nagma to campaign for Congress in Assam today
Apr 09, 2019, at 11:50 am
Guwahati, Apr 9 (UNI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Assam for the second time in less than a week to campaign for the Lok Sabha election.
Bihar: JD(U) faces challenge from ex-CM Jitan Ram Manjhi in Gaya
Apr 09, 2019, at 11:17 am
Patna, Apr 9 (UNI): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is facing a tough task to ensure JD(U) candidate Vijay Kumar Manjhi's win on the Gaya seat as none other than Jitan Ram Manjhi, whom he had made CM in 2014, has thrown his hat in the ring, on ticket of his own party Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), a constituent of the Grand Alliance.
How far they will go simply to win an election: Imran Khan on BJP stand on Article 370
Apr 09, 2019, at 10:48 am
Islamabad, Apr 9 (IBNS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today attacked India's ruling BJP for mentioning in its election manifesto that it intends to scrap Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution that grant special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Rajnath: Will have to abolish Art 370, 35A if anyone demands separate PM for J&K
Apr 08, 2019, at 09:47 pm
Jammu, Apr 8 (UNI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said if anybody raised the bogey of separate PM in the state, then there will be no option with the government other than abolishing articles 370 and 35A related to special status to Jammu and Kashmir in the Constitution.
Old promises not fulfilled by NDA govt feature in BJP manifesto: Mallikarjuna Kharge
Apr 08, 2019, at 09:42 pm
Kalaburagi, Apr 8 (UNI): Congress party group leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge said on Monday that the BJP manifesto had nothing new to offer to the people of the country but a rehashed version of promises made during the previous elections that remained unfulfilled.
Mayawati only wants Muslim votes: Yogi Adityanath
Apr 08, 2019, at 09:17 pm
Bijnor/Muzaffarnagar Apr 8 (UNI): Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has hit out at BSP president Mayawati for seeking Muslim votes during her rally in Deoband on Sunday.
Indo-Myanmar border sealed ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Apr 08, 2019, at 08:57 pm
Guwahati, April 8 (IBNS): To prevent any untoward incident during the Lok Sabha election in Manipur, 43 Assam Rifles has sealed the Indo-Myanmar border from Border pillar 74 to 81.
Conducting, publishing, publicising exit polls banned between April 11 and May 19
Apr 08, 2019, at 08:52 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): Election Commission on Monday prohibited conducting, publishing or publicising the results of exit polls between April 11 and May 19, during which the Lok Sabha polls will be held.
CPM's Yechury calls BJP poll manifesto 'another round of jumlas'
Apr 08, 2019, at 07:49 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): Calling it another round of 'jumlas', CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury has slammed the BJP for the promises in their election manifesto and said the saffron party was silent on their 2014 promises.
Amit Shah meets disgruntled BJP veterans Advani and Joshi
Apr 08, 2019, at 07:39 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): BJP president Amit Shah today met party veterans L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, who have not been given tickets this time.
Moving forward with one mission, one direction: PM Modi after releasing BJP's poll manifesto
Apr 08, 2019, at 02:42 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): Asserting that the manifesto of the BJP for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections reflects the ‘true spirit of democracy’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the government was moving forward with ‘one mission, one direction’.
Apr 08, 2019, at 01:29 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): BJP will explore all options to facilitate the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the party said on Monday and sought to reach out to traders and farmers for the crucial 2019 general elections by promising that farmers' income will be doubled by 2022.
Apr 08, 2019, at 01:22 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (UNI): India was not in a position to make experiment with adventurism of failed ideas, senior BJP leader and Union Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday.
NDA government at Centre failed to keep promises : Congress leader Sachin Pilot
Apr 08, 2019, at 12:55 pm
Hyderabad, Apr 8 (UNI): Rajashthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot has deplored that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre had failed to keep its promises to the people.
BJP releases Lok Sabha poll manifesto, Amit Shah refers to PM Modi's tenure as golden period
Apr 08, 2019, at 12:18 pm
New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): Speaking at the release of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Lok Sabha poll manifesto on Monday, party chief Amit Shah referred to the five-year rule of the saffron party under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a golden period.
BJP releases manifesto for Lok Sabha polls
Apr 08, 2019, at 11:59 am
New Delhi, Apr 8 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, which will begin on Apr 11.
Rs 15 lakh cash recovered in Assam’s Biswanath district
Apr 08, 2019, at 11:17 am
Guwahati, Apr 8 (IBNS): Ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the police and flying squad team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) have recovered Rs 15 lakh worth of unaccounted cash in Assam’s Biswanath district last night.
CPI(M) and Congress joining hands in Tripura to dislodge stable govt at the Centre: Modi
Apr 07, 2019, at 11:33 pm
Udaipur, Apr 7 (UNI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused CPI(M) and Congress of joining hands to dislodge the stable government at the Centre.
'Son of lion' Tejashwi not scared by BJP 'bravado'
Apr 07, 2019, at 10:16 pm
Patna, Apr 7 (UNI): Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly and RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tejaswi Yadav today came down heavily on the BJP after he was denied a meeting with his father in Ranchi and asserted that he was not going to be scared by BJP's ‘bravado’.
Chandrababu Naidu's TDP promises Rs 2 lakh a year for every Andhra family
Apr 07, 2019, at 10:04 pm
Amaravati, Apr 7 (IBNS): The Chandababu Naidu-led TDP has promised Rs 2 lakh a year to each family in Andhra Pradesh in its manifesto for the general elections.