Day: May 25, 2019

Ideology of Mahatma Gandhi’s killer has won: Digvijay

Bhopal :  After losing to the BJP’s Pragya Singh Thakur in Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, Congress veteran Digvijay Singh said Friday that ideology of the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi has triumphed in the country. Thakur, a Malegaon blast accused, had created a stir during the campaign when she called […]

India bans Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terror outfit

New Delhi : The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which was blamed for the terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka in 2016 in which 22 people including 17 foreigners were killed, has been declared as a banned terrorist organisation by the government, the Home Ministry said Friday. In a notification, […]

Congress can never die, country needs it: Ashok Gehlot

New Delhi ; The Congress can never die and the country needs it, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asserted on Friday and said the party will again reach out to people to ascertain the reasons for its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls. The senior Congress leader said the […]

Victory shows people have embraced Modi’s vision: Pragya

Bhopal : After trouncing Congress rival Digvijay Singh in the Lok Sabha election, BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur Friday celebrated her victory with party leaders at the saffronparty’s state headquarters here. Attributing her victory to the hard work of BJP workers, Thakur said, “The overwhelming victory shows that people […]

’12 pc MPs in new Lok Sabha below age of 40′

New Delhi : Nearly 12 per cent of members in the newly elected Lok Sabha is below the age of 40, according to a think tank. The 16th Lok Sabha had eight per cent of MPs below the age of 40, according to PRS Legislative Research. “The 17th Lok […]

Gang of highway robbers busted, 6 held

Gurgaon :  A gang of highway robbers was busted with the arrest of six persons, said police Friday. They used to loot trucks, holding their drivers and cleaners captive in the Aravalli forests, police added. A Madhya Pradesh transporter, Dinesh Singh Bhadoria, had complained to the police that his […]

UP voters rejected clan and caste politics: Yogi

Lucknow : Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday said the Uttar Pradesh voters rejected the clan, caste and dynasty-driven politics in the state in the Lok Sabha elections. He said the BJP fought the polls on issues of development, governance and nationalism. Speaking to reporters here after BJP’s big victory […]

SRK congratulates PM Modi for his win in LS elections

Mumbai :  Superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Bharatiya Janata Party’s super-sized Lok Sabha victory. Congratulating the PM, SRK tweeted, “We – as proud Indians – have chosen an establishment with great clarity and now we need to get behind it and […]

NDA polls 53.25 per cent votes as Modi wave swamps Bihar

Patna :  A monumental vote share of 53.25 per cent propelled the NDA, comprising the BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JD(U) and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswans LJP towards a stupendous victory in Bihar, where it ended up winning all but one of the 40 seats. This is the […]

Paswan mocks Cong for failing to get LOP position

Patna :  Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday mocked the Congress for eyeing the prime minister’s post, but ending up with a tally which falls short to even help it get the chair of leader of the opposition. Paswan further said he had […]

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