Less than 24 hours before the sixth phase of polls, West Bengal police seized Rs 24 lakh cash from the car of a BJP functionary in West Midnapore on Friday. Prasanta Bera, who had contested 2021 assembly polls from Daspur in West Midnapore, was detained after he failed to provide any valid document for carrying…
PATNA: After predicting a clear win for the BJP-led NDA in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday blamed the BJP for “Bihar’s backwardness and showing no interest in transforming its fate”.Talking to media persons in Madhepura on Thursday, Kishor took potshots at the BJP for “handing” Bihar to JD(U) leader…
KOLKATA: Terming Calcutta HC‘s order invalidating all OBC categorisations in Bengal since 2010 “BJP‘s verdict”, CM Mamata Banerjee declared on Wednesday, “We will not accept it. OBC reservation is continuing, and it will continue.”Mamata, who was speaking at a campaign rally in Khardah on the outskirts of Kolkata, indicated that her govt would appeal in…
Despite a lower back injury, defence minister Rajnath Singh is keeping a gruelling schedule, criss-crossing the country to campaign for BJP candidates. During his brief stopover a day before his constituency Lucknow was to vote, he spoke to TOI on a diverse set of issues. Excerpts from the interview:BJP’s slogan is ‘400 paar’ for NDA,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the people of the country were his successors as he did not have any other successor. “Modi is a person who does not have any personal “virasat” (legacy). For me, you are my legacy, you are my successors. I don’t have any other successor. So, I…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a show cause notice to former Union minister Jayant Sinha for his conspicuous absence in campaigning following the declaration of Manish Jaiswal as the candidate from the Hazaribag Lok Sabha seat. The notice alleges that Sinha’s inaction has tarnished the party’s image.Sinha, the sitting MP of…
LUCKNOW: A viral video showing the 17-year-old son of a gram pradhan purportedly voting eight times at a polling station in UP’s Farrukhabad constituency on May 13 led the authorities to file an FIR and detain him Sunday, initiate disciplinary proceedings against officials managing the booth, and recommend a repoll.SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, Wayanad MP…
NEW DELHI: Signalling that Congress and AAP will be putting up a united front to strongly counter BJP, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday at a public meeting here said that on May 25 when Delhi goes to polls he will be voting for AAP and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be voting for Congress. This assertion…
LUCKNOW: Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that there was a time when Uttar Pradesh was known for “producing country-made pistols (kattas)” but, after PM Narendra Modi built a defence corridor in Bundelkhand, “cannonballs are made”.Addressing an election rally in Lalitpur, Shah said, “If Pakistan makes any mistake”, shells made in Bundelkhand will…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended on Saturday amid the sweltering heat and high-pitch political rhetorics and promises by contestants in the fray.In the fifth phase, polling will take place in 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories, including the high-stake Rae Bareli and Amethi seats…
