NEW DELHI: Yet another member of the Nehru-Gandhi family has entered Parliament. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made a resounding debut in electoral politics by winning the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with an impressive 64.99% vote share. Priyanka polled 6,22,338 votes and won the seat with a huge margin of 4.1 lakh votes – eclipsing the 3.6…
LUCKNOW: Chandan Verma, 26, accused of murdering a Dalit teacher and his family in Amethi, was shot in an encounter with the police in the early hours of Saturday. The encounter occurred while he was being taken to recover the pistol used in the crime, the police said.Additional SP, Amethi, Harendra Kumar, stated that Chandan…
LUCKNOW: The gruesome murder of a Dalit schoolteacher, his wife and two daughters in Amethi on Thursday was carried out by a youth who was in love with Poonam Bharti, the wife of the teacher, police claimed on Friday.Identifying one Chandan Verma as the prime suspect, police said he was in love with Poonam, and…
LUCKNOW: The suspect who shot and killed a govt school teacher, his wife and the couple’s two daughters in their house in UP‘s Amethi on Thursday evening has been identified as an allegedly jealous lover whose WhatsApp status before the crime read, “Today five people will die.”Investigators said suspect Chandan Verma, who was on the…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday spoke to the father of a teacher brutally murdered along with his wife and two daughters in Uttar Pradesh. Amethi MP Kishori Lal Sharma, facilitated the call and said that he has been in contact with the grieving family since the tragic incident.“I…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP from Amethi Kishori Lal Sharma on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for using the name of Lord Ram for political benefits. Sharma alleged that the slogan of ‘400 paar’ worked against the BJP.“The slogan of ‘400 Paar’ worked against them. This government stands on crutches. Lord Ram has punished…
AMETHI: Sonia Gandhi’s man Friday Kishori Lal Sharma, who is well-versed with Amethi and Rae Bareli, where he has been working for the party for over four decades, will take on BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi Lok Sabha seat. Sharma filed his nomination paper after the party announced his name on Friday morning.Thanking the party…
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…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party has chosen Kishori Lal Sharma as their candidate for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, putting an end to the speculation that had been circulating for weeks regarding their candidates for both Amethi and Rae Bareli seats.Sharma will face off against BJP’s Smriti Irani, who emerged victorious against…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Tuesday evening announced actor-turned politician Raj Babbar as its candidate for the Gurgaon constituency in the Lok Sabha elections. Raj Babbar, a seasoned Congress leader, has previously served as a Member of Parliament from Firozabad and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.The grand old party has unveiled four candidates in its…
