Fifteen thousand security personnel will be deployed in the naxal-affected Gadchiroli district for the first phase of polling tomorrow, a senior official said on Thursday. Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police Neelotpal told ANI that elaborated security arrangements that have been made in the district to avoid any untoward situation. Surveillance is […]
Elon Musk’s X says working with Pakistan government to “understand concerns”
According to Dawm, access to X has been disrupted since February 17, when former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chattha accused the chief election commissioner and chief justice of Pakistan of being involved in rigging the February 8 general elections. The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Interior Ministry […]
“Congress’ policy was to isolate Northeast…”: BJP chief JP Nadda
Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda on Thursday said that Congress had a policy to isolate the Northeast part of the country adding that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who connected the Northeast to the remaining part of India. Addressing an election rally in Assam’s Kokrajhar, JP Nadda said, […]
Maharashtra: NCP candidate Sunetra Pawan files nomination from Baramati seat in Pune
Nationalist Congress Party, Baramati candidate and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s wife, Sunetra Pawar filed her nomination on Thursday. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, NCP leader Praful Patel and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale were present with her at the Divisional Commissioner’s office. Earlier, Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate and sitting MP from Baramati seat, Supriya Sule, filed […]
Eight seats in Uttar Pradesh go to the polls in first phase on Friday
Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs to the Lok Sabha, will witness polling on eight seats in the first phase of the general elections, which is to be held on Friday. These constituencies are Pilibhit, Saharanpur, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Nagina, Moradabad, and Rampur. In the Pilibhit constituency, the BJP has fielded Jitin Prasada, replacing two-time […]
“BJP wants to impose one history, one language on people”: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday that the Bharatiya Janata Party wants to impose one history, one nation and one language on the people of India and this is what the Congress is protecting. Addressing a public meeting here today, Rahul asked how one can come to Kerala or Tamil Nadu and say that there is […]
Haryana: Nirmohi Akhara constructs grand ‘Ram Lalla’ Temple in Sonipat
Nirmohi Akhara, who struggled for 200 years for Ayodhya’s Ram Temple and was one of the main plaintiffs in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suits, has built a grand temple of ‘Ram Lalla’ in Khanda village of Sonipat district in Haryana. On the occasion of ‘Ram Navami’, the idol of ‘Ram Lalla’ was placed in the ‘garbha […]
Madhya Pradesh: Polling teams dispatched with EVMs to booths in Chhindwara
Polling teams on Thursday dispatched with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to the polling stations in Chhindwara for the first phase of Lok Sabha election 2024 to be held on April 19. The teams left from Government PG college for the 1940 polling stations in the district on Thursday morning. Chhindwara district collector Sheelendra Singh said,”There are a […]
ED attaches properties worth Rs 97.79 crore belonging to Raj Kundra
The Directorate of Enforcement has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 97.79 crore belonging to Raj Kundra under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, an official said. The attached properties include a residential flat in Juhu, a residential bungalow in Pune, and equity shares, as per the ED officials. “Directorate […]
Setback for Congress as party’s Uttar Pradesh co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari joins BJP
Uttar Pradesh Congress state co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha Constituency, Smriti Irani. BJP’s Amethi district president Ram Prasad Mishra was also present on the occasion. The joining comes even as the Congress […]
UP: Former SP leader Sanjeev Katiyar joins BJP
Former Samajwadi Party leader Sanjeev Katiyar joined the BJP in the presence of Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak on Thursday. Katiyar served the Samajwadi Party as its District Panchayat President. At the joining event, Brajesh Pathak, while welcoming Katiyar asked his support for BJP in Kannauj to secure victory in the Lok Sabha elections. “I welcome Sanjeev Katiyar in the BJP. He will […]
Lok Sabha polls: BJP fields Narayan Rane from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency
Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced that Union Minister Narayan Rane will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency in Maharashtra. Rane will face the Sena (UBT) leader and incumbent MP Vinayak Raut from this seat. Narayan Rane had repeatedly claimed before that the Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri constituency will have a BJP candidate […]
Sunita Kejriwal to participate in INDIA bloc’s rally on April 21 in Jharkhand
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, will participate in the INDIA bloc’s “Nyay Ulgulan Rally,” to be held on April 21 in Jharkhand’s Ranchi. According to the party sources, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and AAP MP Sanjay Singh will also participate in this rally of the INDIA bloc. Earlier, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) held a meeting regarding the […]
AAP names Dev Nagar councillor Mahesh Khichi for Delhi mayor polls
Dev Nagar councillor Mahesh Khichi and Aman Vihar councillor will be the Aam Aadmi Party’s candidates for the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts respectively, for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections, announced AAP on Thursday. The election for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) mayoral polls is scheduled to be […]
Delhi: Woman dies after jumping from PG building in Mukherjee Nagar
A woman preparing for competitive exams died allegedly by suicide after jumping from the balcony of a second floor of her PG accommodation in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Swati, a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. According to police, the deceased woman had also sent […]