Naidu's 'mission' continues, reaches Bengaluru to meet Gowdas
May 21, 2019, at 09:48 pm
New Delhi, May 21 (UNI): Amid fresh clashes that erupted in the JD(S)-Congress alliance after exit polls gave an upper hand to the BJP in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha polls and Chief Minister Kumaraswamy backing out from the meeting of opposition parties, held on Tuesday, TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is reaching out to the top brass of the JD(S).
Exit polls result planted to demoralise opposition before result: Bihar Grand Alliance
May 21, 2019, at 07:36 pm
Patna, May 21(UNI): Grand Alliance leaders in Bihar on Tuesday described the predictions made in exit polls for Lok Sabha elections as "planted" and an attempt to demoralise opposition leaders before the results to be declared on May 23.
Kolkata: EC directs repolling in 200 no. polling station of Jorasanko assembly segment
May 21, 2019, at 02:52 pm
Kolkata, May 21 (IBNS): The Election Commission (EC) has directed repolling in 200-Sanskrit Collegiate School’s Room Number 1 of Jorasanko assembly segment of Kolkata Uttar Parliamentary Constituency (PC).
SC refuses to hear PIL seeking checking of 100 per cent VVPAT slips
May 21, 2019, at 01:28 pm
New Delhi, May 21 (IBNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a 100 per cent matching of Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EMVs) while counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls on May 23, media reports said.
Opposition parties to meet poll body over concerns about EVMs
May 21, 2019, at 12:20 pm
New Delhi, May 21 (IBNS): After the exit polls predicted a landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 21 opposition parties will rally to the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday to voice their concerns about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines, media reports said.
Don't get disheartened by exit polls, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urges party workers
May 21, 2019, at 11:02 am
New Delhi, May 21 (UNI): Asking Congress workers across the country not to get disheartened by the exit polls, which predicted a clear majority for the BJP led NDA government in the coming Lok Sabha elections, party leader and AICC general secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Tuesday expressed confidence that their efforts would bear fruit.
BJP asks Kamal Nath-led Congress govt to prove majority in MP
May 20, 2019, at 10:33 pm
Bhopal, May 20 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday asked the Kamal Nath-led Congress government to prove their majority in the state.
West Bengal: BJP slams Mamata-Naidu meet
May 20, 2019, at 09:39 pm
Kolkata, May 20 (UNI): BJP's West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh today criticised the meeting between chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Chandrababu Naidu saying their frustration was visible after exit poll predictions and claimed rise of saffron brigade in more than 23 seats out of total 42 in the state.
After rubbishing exit polls, Chandrababu Naidu meets Mamata in Kolkata
May 20, 2019, at 07:07 pm
Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS): Amid several exit polls' predictions giving a clean sweep to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu met his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on Monday to discuss post-poll strategy.
Mayawati not to hold meetings with anyone: BSP
May 20, 2019, at 01:42 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (UNI): Ending the suspense over Mayawati's meeting with opposition leaders in the national capital, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Monday said that its chief will not be holding any meetings with anyone.
After exit polls predicting BJP's win, Chandrababu Naidu to meet Mamata today
May 20, 2019, at 01:27 pm
Kolkata, May 20 (IBNS): After several exit polls have predicted a landslide victory by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu will meet her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here on Monday.
NDA will not be able to repeat its 2014 performance: Babulal Marandi
May 19, 2019, at 10:06 pm
Ranchi, May 19 (UNI): Former Jharkhand chief minister and JVM (P) supremo Babulal Marandi today claimed that NDA will fail to repeat its 2014 performance and will remain way behind the majority mark even though most exit polls indicate otherwise.
Narendra Modi set for second term as Prime Minister of India, predict majority of exit polls
May 19, 2019, at 08:47 pm
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): The BJP's highly emotive campaign focussed on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and nationalism appears to have convinced voters and won the NDA a second consecutive term at the Centre, if the exit polls results beamed by various news channels after the end of the last round of elections are any indications.
Exit Polls: TMC to win 24 seats in Bengal, BJP 14
May 19, 2019, at 07:31 pm
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress will get 24 seats in West Bengal while the BJP will end up with 14, an exit poll by The Nielson company said, even as TMC chief Mamata Banerjee called the exit polls all gossip and a gameplan to manipulate EVMS.
Mamata Banerjee casts vote late, CPM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya stays home due to poor health
May 19, 2019, at 07:04 pm
Kolkata, May 19 (UNI): West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee cast her vote late on Sunday while her predecessor and CPI(M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharya for the first time in decades could not come to vote due to poor health.
SP complains about harassment of leaders by BJP in Gorakhpur, Chandauli
May 19, 2019, at 06:44 pm
Lucknow, May 19 (UNI): The Samajwadi Party complained to the Election Commission of that its workers and leaders in Gorakhpur had been harassed during the polling on Sunday
PM's Kedaranth visit: TMC complaints to ECI citing code violation
May 19, 2019, at 01:02 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand to offer prayer, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has complained to the Election Commission against the "widely televised' trip stating it was a complete breach of Model Code of Conduct.
TMC's 'jihadi' brigade threatening my workers: BJP candidate Chandra Kumar Bose
May 19, 2019, at 11:55 am
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): Amid allegations of booth rigging from several parts of West Bengal in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Chandra Kumar Bose has claimed that his party workers are being threatened by TMC's 'jihadi' brigade.
Presiding officer in Gorakhpur die due to heart attack
May 19, 2019, at 10:40 am
Gorakhpur, May 19 (UNI): A presiding officer, in-charge of booth number 213 in Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh died following a massive heart attack on Sunday before the polling began.
Around nine pct turnout recorded till 9 AM in Bengal
May 19, 2019, at 10:33 am
Kolkata, May 19 (UNI): An estimated nine percent of 1,49, 63,143 electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours till 9 AM on Sunday morning to decide the fate of 111 candidates in nine Parliamentary constituencies of Bengal.
Nitish Kumar objects to long-stretched election process
May 19, 2019, at 10:15 am
Patna, May 19 (UNI): JD (U) president and chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday questioned the wisdom of conducting elections in so many phases and said the elections should also not be held when the summer was at its peak.
Don't make controversial comments, we are on verge to form next govt: Kumaraswamy urges Congress-JDS
May 18, 2019, at 09:04 pm
Bengaluru, May 18 (IBNS): Just five days prior to the Lok Sabha poll results, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has urged people of his own party Janata Dal Secular and the Congress to refrain from making controversial statements as the opposition parties, according to him, are set to form a new government.
Will Varanasi create history like Rae Bareli in 1977, Mayawati tweets hitting out at Modi
May 18, 2019, at 03:00 pm
Lucknow, May 18(UNI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Saturday urged the people to follow the ideology of peace and harmony of Lord Buddha which the country strongly needs.
Election Commissioner Lavasa stays away from meetings of poll body on MCC issues
May 18, 2019, at 02:02 pm
New Delhi, May 18 (UNI): Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa has stayed away from meetings of the poll panel on deciding violations of the Model Code of Conduct as he claimed that his "minority decisions were not recorded", sources said.
Chandrababu Naidu to meet Mayawati, Akhilesh to discuss post-poll scenario today
May 18, 2019, at 01:10 pm
Lucknow, May 18(UNI): Telugu Desam Party chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu will rush to Lucknow on Saturday to meet Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over a possible tie-up and the emergence of Third front in the post-poll scenario.
May 17, 2019, at 11:09 pm
New Delhi, May 17 (UNI): Barely a week before the Lok Sabha poll results are declared, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu has stepped up his efforts to stitch together an alliance against Narendra Modi-led BJP to form the next government.
Attack on Muslim cleric who slammed Trinamool candidate Nusrat Jahan for temple run
May 17, 2019, at 10:06 pm
Kolkata, May 17 (IBNS): Muslim cleric Maulana Sharif Pirzada Mohammed Khobayeb Amin, who had slammed Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal's Basirhat, Nusrat Jahan, for doing a temple run, was allegedly attacked by the party, media report said.
Showing up is half the battle: Rahul Gandhi takes dig at Narendra Modi's press conference
May 17, 2019, at 08:20 pm
New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a dig at Narendra Modi's press conference, where the Prime Minister didn't answer journalists' questions, saying "showing up is half the battle".
BJP disciplines Pragya Singh Thakur, Anant Kumar Hegde & Naleenkumar Kateel for Godse comments
May 17, 2019, at 01:59 pm
New Delhi, May 17 (IBNS): The BJP has sought explanations from its leaders Pragya Singh Thakur, Anant Kumar Hegde and Naleenkumar Kateel for their controversial statements concerning Nathuram Godse within 10 days.
BJP sitting MP Naleenkumar Kateel adds to Nathuram Godse row
May 17, 2019, at 12:49 pm
Udupi, May 17 (UNI): Sitting BJP Mangaluru Lok Sabha member Naleenkumar Kateel had said while Nathuram Godse killed one person, former Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi was responsible for the death of over 17,000 people.