Day: May 24, 2019

US-Japan vision for Indo-Pacific serves as foundation for global partnership: White House

Washington : The vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific that the United States and Japan share serves as the foundation for a global partnership that strengthens security, prosperity and order around the world, the White House has said. In fact, the US-Japan alliance serves as the cornerstone of […]

Sonia Gandhi wins from Raebareli

Lucknow :  Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has won from Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, defeating her nearest rival, BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh. Gandhi has won by a margin of 1,67,178 votes, the Election Commission’s website said. While Gandhi got 5,34,918 votes, Singh secured 3,67,740 votes. The SP and the […]

Varun Gandhi wins from Pilibhit seat

Lucknow :  BJP leader Varun Gandhi Thursday won the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat defeating Hemraj Verma of the SP by a margin of over 2.50 lakh votes. The seat was held by Varun Gandhis’s mother and Union minister Maneka Gandhi. This time she is contesting from Sultanpur seat, where […]

Rahul Gandhi’s decisions led to divisions within Opposition: CPI

New Delhi : Decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi led to divisions within the opposition, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said Thursday and asserted that the policies of the Congress scion opened the doors for Narendra Modi’s victory. Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of […]

Sukhbir, Harsimrat only winners in SAD

Chandigarh : The opposition SAD, which was looking to resurrect itself in Punjab following the backlash over the desecration of religious texts, could only bag two of the 10 Lok Sabha seats it contested. As part of its seat-sharing agreement with the BJP, the Shiromani Akali Dal fielded candidates […]

Will approach party high command against Sidhu: Amarinder Singh

Chandigarh : Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Thursday said he would approach the Congress high command over his cabinet colleague Navjot Singh Sidhu’s remarks on the sacrilege issue during electioneering. A day before polling, Sidhu had raised questions on the probe into the desecration of religious texts in 2015. Maintaining […]

Modi thanks Trump for his wishes

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday thanked US President Donald Trump for his wishes on the NDA returning to power, saying the victory represents the aspirations of a nation of 1.3 billion people. “I too am looking forward to working closely with you for closer bilateral ties, […]

BJP wins all 4 seats in Himachal, scores record margins

Shimla :  The ruling BJP Thursday swept the Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh winning all four seats with record margins of about four lakh votes in each constituency, securing 69 per cent of the vote share. The winning candidates included sitting MPs Anurag Thakur (Hamirpur) and Ram Swaroop […]

BJP-AJSU alliance wins 11 out of 14 seats in Jharkhand

Ranchi : The BJP-AJSU alliance in Jharkhand won 11 of the 14 seats in the state, while the opposition JMM and the Congress secured one seat each, with the result of the Khunti (ST) Lok Sabha constituency yet to be announced. Former chief minister and BJP candidate Arjun Munda […]

BJP wins absolute majority: EC

New Delhi : The BJP has won an absolute majority of 272 seats and is leading in another 31 constituencies, according to the Election Commission. Of the results declared for 458 seats past midnight, the BJP was on course to cross the 300-seat mark in the 543-member Lok Sabha. […]

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