Category: India News

PM should apologise over Pragya’s remark on Godse: Digvijaya

Ujjain, May 16:  Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah should apologise over Pragya Singh Thakur’s remark that Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse was a “patriot”. Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur, who is contesting the Bhopal Lok Sabha […]

Pragya calls Godse ‘patriot’, apologises later & retracts statement

Bhopal, May 16:  BJP’s Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate and Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur Thursday kicked up a row as she called Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse a “patriot”, but apologised for it hours later and withdrew the statement. The BJP distanced itself from her statement […]

BJP to scrap Art 370 if voted back to power: Shah

Shimla, May 12:  BJP President Amit Shah Sunday said  Article 370 that gives special powers to Kashmir will be scrapped if Narendra Modi is elected as prime minister again.  Addressing his first rally at Chogan Maidan in Chamba district, Shah said former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar […]

Indians vote in penultimate phase of seven-round general election

NEW DELHI – Voters in north India lined up early on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second-to-last round of a seven-phase general election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi facing a diverse group of opposition parties seeking to deny him a second term. More than 100 million […]

PM Modi used hatred in elections, we used love: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, May 12:  Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday cast his vote in Lok Sabha polls here and hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he “used hatred” during the elections but the grand old party “used love”. Asserting that this elections saw a “good fight” between […]

Man jumps to death from Mumbai airport building

Mumbai, May 11:A 31-year-old man allegedly committed suicide after jumping from the 6th floor of the Mumbai International Airport building on Saturday, police said. The family of the deceased Akshay Saraswat, hailing from Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh, has claimed he was mentally disturbed over the past two […]

Ready to back any party except BJP that supports full statehood for Delhi: Kejriwal

New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal said post-elections they would be ready to back any party, except the BJP, that supports full statehood for the national capital. The AAP national convenor, in an interview to PTI, said their only aim is to […]

Stage set for penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls

New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) The fate of several Union ministers including Radha Mohan Singh, Harshvardhan and Maneka Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia will be decided Sunday in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls to be held in […]

300 Himalayan yaks die of starvation in India’s northeast

GAUHATI, India — At least 300 rare Himalayan yaks have died of starvation in the high mountains in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, close to the border with China, authorities said Saturday. A team of local administrators and veterinarians visiting the heights of Muguthang and Yumthang in […]

14 killed in bus-jeep collision

Amaravati, May 11: Fourteen people travelling in a jeep were killed when a speeding private bus collided with the vehicle in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh Saturday, police said. Another six passengers in the ill-fated jeep sustained injuries and have been hospitalised, police said. The victims, all related […]

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