The overall voter turnout in the first phase of the Jharkhand election on Wednesday, for 43 seats, was 64.8%, higher than 63.7% for these 43 seats in 2019.Rural areas, mostly tribal belts in JMM’s stronghold of Kolhan division, saw brisk voting since the morning, while urban apathy led to low turnouts across constituencies overlapping Ranchi…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday presided over a meeting of chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from BJP-governed states at the party’s headquarters in Delhi. The meeting was attended by senior leaders such as Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and BJP national president JP Nadda.Among the chief ministers present were Rajasthan…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won the Varanasi seat for a third consecutive time as results for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were released by the Election Commission on Tuesday. PM Modi was up against Congress’s Ajay Rai. The PM won the seat with 6,12,970 votes (54.24%) while Rai got 4,60,457 votes (40.74%).While…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Thursday rejected the plea seeking disqualification of PM Narendra Modi‘s candidature from contesting 2024 Lok Sabha elections calling the allegations labelled against him “vague, unsubstantiated and reckless”.“Perusal of the petition reveals that the same is replete with vague, unsubstantiated and reckless allegations.Not only are the pleadings inchoate but…
NEW DELHI: The suspense around Congress’s picks for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats finally ended on Friday. And yes, one of the Gandhis is in the fray in politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, as a senior party leader A K Antony had stated almost a month back. But there are some twists…
AMETHI: The Congress party has not yet announced its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi constituency, posters featuring Robert Vadra, husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have appeared outside the party’s office on Wednesday in the Gauriganj area of Amethi. This recent development has sparked speculation about his potential…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is likely to issue a joint document as its common manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as it plans to further send out a message of unity and resolve to defeat the governing BJP in the coming contest.Sources said the opposition parties belonging to the INDIA bloc have completed consultations…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India and China need to quickly address the prolonged situation on the border so that they can put behind them the abnormality in bilateral relations, even as he highlighted India’s attraction as the “natural choice” for those seeking to diversify supply chains.“For India, the relationship with…
VARANASI: In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to shower his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, with a slew of development projects worth crores of rupees on Friday. This visit is expected to mark the official start of his campaign for the upcoming polls.During his whirlwind tour, the PM…
NEW DELHI: The opposition bloc INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance) is set to convene a crucial meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday. This gathering is pivotal as it focuses on firming up strategies for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Top on the agenda are discussions on seat sharing, crafting a joint campaign blueprint, and…
