Srinagar ;Life in Kashmir was disrupted Thursday due to a strike called by separatists to protest against polling for first phase of Lok Sabha elections in the Valley and NIA action against Hurriyat Conference leaders and their kin. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed due to […]
Kavaratti : Polling in Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency, where six candidates are in the fray, began Thursday morning. There are 49 polling booths in the Island territory comprising 27 islands, of which only 10 are inhabited. Around 850 security personnel have been deployed to ensure a smooth polling which […]
Patna : An estimated 13.73 per cent voting was recorded in the first three hours of polling that began amid tight security in four Lok Sabha seats in Bihar in the first leg of the seven-phased election. Few incidents of EVM malfunctioning were reported in some booths under Nawada […]
Dehradun : The five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand saw 13.34 per cent voter turnout till 9 am on Thursday, an official said. The fate of 52 candidates will be decided by over 78 lakh voters of the state, where all the five seats — Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Almora […]
Nagpur : Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who is the BJP candidate from Maharashtra’s Nagpur Lok Sabha seat, cast his vote here on Thursday. Gadkari arrived at the polling booth at Town Hall in Mahal area along with his family members, including wife and two sons, around 10 am. After […]
Panaji : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday attempted to turn the tables on Congress president Rahul Gandhi, citing the Bofors scam to blunt the edge of the latter’s attack on the Rafale deal. Addressing a poll rally here, Modi indicated that the Congress chief was “burdened” with “Bofors sins” […]
NEW DELHI – Prime Minister is rallying his nationalist base as the world’s biggest democracy begins a general election on Thursday, but it has become tighter than anticipated, thanks to dwindling incomes for farmers and scarce jobs. Polls predict Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) alliance will just […]
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said he thinks there may be a better chance of peace talks with India if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins the general election due to begin there on Thursday. Khan said that if the next […]
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it will hear a request for an investigation into a $8.7 billion fighter jet deal with France’s Dassault Aviation, in a setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. As India heads into a general election on Thursday, the court […]
PUBLISHED APRIL 10, 2019 India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, won a surprise majority at the last general election in 2014. As Modi seeks re-election in a poll that begins on April 11, how far has he been able to implement the pledges […]
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