Assam: Polling in 3 constituencies tomorrow
Apr 11, 2014, at 05:55 pm
Guwahati, Apr 11 (IBNS): Total 37 candidates of three Lok Sabha constituencies are in fray in the fourth phase polls in Assam (Second) on April 12, where campaigning came to an end on Thursday afternoon.
Amit Shah couldn't even protect his hair: Azam Khan
Apr 11, 2014, at 04:21 pm
Lucknow, Apr 11 (IBNS) Reacting to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Uttar Pradesh in-charge Amit Shah's recent controversial remark, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan said how can Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's close aide claim to take revenge when he could not even save the hair on his head.
Sweden should compensate Roma: Zed
Apr 11, 2014, at 03:29 pm
Nevada, Apr 11 (IBNS) Sweden should formally apologize for abuses incurred on its Roma populace over 100 years and compensate them adequately, distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed stated in Nevada (USA) on Friday.
LS poll: Voting underway in Mizoram
Apr 11, 2014, at 02:58 pm
Aizawl, Apr 11 (IBNS) Voting for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram began on Friday morning.
LS: 68% polling in Jammu-Poonch constituency
Apr 11, 2014, at 03:54 am
Jammu, Apr 10 (IBNS): Around 68 percent electorate cast their vote in the Lok Sabha election for Jammu-Poonch parliamentary constituency which concluded on Thursday evening.
LS: Mukhtar Ansari won't contest against Modi
Apr 11, 2014, at 02:58 am
Allahabad, Apr 10 (IBNS): Don-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari on Thursday announced that he will not contest the Lok Sabha polls against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejirwal from the Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, reports said.
LS: Good voter turnout in Delhi, UP, J&K
Apr 11, 2014, at 01:54 am
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS): As the third phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections across 11 states and three Union territories ended on Thursday evening, the national capital registered 64 percent voter turnout.
LS: India witnesses impressive turnout in third phase
Apr 11, 2014, at 12:46 am
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS): India in its third phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections across 11 states and three Union territories witnessed good turnout of voters with the state of Kerala registering 73.2 percent balloting on Thursday.
Mulayam shocks by defending Mumbai rape convicts
Apr 10, 2014, at 11:39 pm
Moradabad, Apr 10 (IBNS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday shocked everyone when in a poll rally here referring to the Mumbai Shakti Mills gangrape verdict of death sentence to rapists he said the boys made mistake but the punishment should not be hanging.
No Modi wave in India: Priyanka Gandhi
Apr 10, 2014, at 08:25 pm
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday said there is no Modi wave in the country.
I-T returns: Jayalalithaa, Sasikala skip court
Apr 10, 2014, at 07:59 pm
Chennai, Apr 10 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her close aide Sasikala Natarajan on Thursday skipped appearing before a Chennai court again in connection with an income tax case.
Modi targets Mamata in West Bengal rally
Apr 10, 2014, at 07:29 pm
Siliguri, Apr 10 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here went all out to slam West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and urged people to bring real change in the state while not sparing the Trinamool supremo over the Saradha ponzi meltdown.
Good turnout in India third phase polls till noon
Apr 10, 2014, at 07:14 pm
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) As India votes for the third phase across 11 states and three Union Territories (UTs) for the Lok Sabha elections along with an assembly poll in Odisha, the voter turnout is impressive till noon and beyond on Thursday.
WB: TMC workers assaults EC officials
Apr 10, 2014, at 07:03 pm
Malda, Apr 10 (IBNS) A group of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on Thursday allegedly assaulted some Election Commission (EC) officials in West Bengal's Malda district, said reports.
Narendra Modi accepts marital status in poll affidavit
Apr 10, 2014, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from Vadodara constituency for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has accepted that he is married.
Hindu invocation opens California’s Newman City Council
Apr 10, 2014, at 06:09 pm
Nevada, Apr 10 (IBNS) Newman City Council in California (USA), which celebrated 125th Anniversary in 2013, had its first historic Hindu invocation on April eight evening, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture.
Lok Sabha elections: Brisk polling in Jammu
Apr 10, 2014, at 05:53 pm
Jammu, Apr 10 (IBNS) Voting for the Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat started on a brisk note on Thursday as enthusiastic voters queued outside polling stations waiting for their turns.
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia, Kejriwal cast votes
Apr 10, 2014, at 05:49 pm
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kerjiwal are among the top politicians who cast their votes on Thursday in Delhi as India underwent its third phase of Lok Sabha polls.
Kirron Kher accompanies father who casts his vote
Apr 10, 2014, at 05:11 pm
Chandigarh, Apr 10 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Chandigarh and prominent Bollywood actress Kirron Kher on Thursday accompanied her 101-year-old father to a polling booth here where the senior citizen cast his vote.
Odisha goes to assembly polls with Lok Sabha
Apr 10, 2014, at 04:52 pm
Bhubaneswar, Apr 10 (IBNS) While India witnessed its third phase of parliamentary polls in eleven states, Odisha on Thursday is also voting to elect a new state assembly along with the Lok Sabha seats amid heavy security in the areas affected by Maoist violence.
Phase 3: Brisk polling across 11 states, 3 UTs
Apr 10, 2014, at 04:38 pm
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Brisk polling was reported in the initial hours as voting in 11 states and three Union Territories (UTs) in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Thursday morning.
Poll violence: Maoists kill CRPF jawans in Bihar
Apr 10, 2014, at 04:01 pm
Patna, Apr 10 (IBNS) Hours before polling in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections began in Jamui parliamentary constituency of Bihar, at least two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and three others were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) triggered by Maoists on Thursday, said reports.
LS polls: Voting begins in 11 states, 3 UTs
Apr 10, 2014, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Voting in 11 states and three Union Territories (UTs) in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Thursday morning.
Jammu to go for polls tomorrow, security beefed up
Apr 10, 2014, at 05:47 am
Jammu, April 9 (IBNS) A day before the Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to be held in Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary constituency, the director General of Police on Wednesday said that despite a considerable level of improvement in security situation, the security forces does not want to take any chances this time.
Two from India among 2014 Yale World Fellows
Apr 10, 2014, at 05:33 am
Kolkata, Apr 9 (IBNS): Nandita Das, award-winning actress and director, and Parmesh Shahani, head of the Godrej India Culture Lab, have been named 2014 Yale World Fellows.
Mars Orbiter Spacecraft crosses half-way mark
Apr 10, 2014, at 04:25 am
Chennai, Apr 9 (IBNS) India's Mars Orbiter Spacecraft crossed the half-way mark journey on Wednesday, officials said.
Air Chief Visits Air Force Station Chabua
Apr 10, 2014, at 04:17 am
New Delhi, Apr 9 (IBNS): The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and President AFWWA, Lily Raha on Wednesday visited to Air Force Station Chabua in Assam, which is the eastern most Air base of the Indian Air Force.
Jaaved Jaaferi files nomination papers
Apr 10, 2014, at 02:40 am
Lucknow, Apr 9 (IBNS): Bollywood actor Jaaved Jaaferi, who has been fielded by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to contest the Lok Sabha polls, on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from the Lucknow constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
Moderate to high turnout in second phase polls
Apr 10, 2014, at 01:00 am
Itanagar, Apr 9 (IBNS) The North-Eastern (NE) states of Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur witnessed moderate to heavy turnout on Wednesday with Nagaland recording as high as 84.43 percent voter turnout in the second phase of the general elections in India.
SC rejects Sahara appeal for putting Roy under house arrest
Apr 10, 2014, at 12:15 am
New Delhi, Apr 9 (IBNS) The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected Sahara Group's plea to put its chief Subrata Roy under house arrest or under any other form of restriction.