NEW DELHI: In a few hours from now, the results of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 will be announced. If exit polls turn out to be true, the BJP-led NDA will easily cross the majority mark securing around 350-400 seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who led a high-charge election campaign, is likely to get a…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday refused to grant additional time to Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to back his claims that attempts were made to influence 150 district magistrates and collectors ahead of the June 4 vote count for Lok Sabha elections. Ramesh was asked by the poll panel to submit factual details by…
NEW DELHI: Lakshadweep is back with a bang. A day after Maldives barred the entry of Israeli passport holders, the Israel embassy in India has promoted “some beautiful and amazing Indian beaches where Israeli tourists are warmly welcomed and treated with utmost hospitality.” These include Lakshadweep — which was in the new earlier this year…
NEW DELHI: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday reacted to recent social media memes that referred to election commissioners as ‘Laapataa Gentlemen’, Kumar and reassured the public, stating, “We were always here, never went missing.” He humorously added, “Now memes can say the ‘Laapataa Gentlemen’ are back,” indicating that the election commissioners have been…
NEW DELHI: India is extending humanitarian assistance to Cuba in the form of a consignment of approx 90 tonne of nine Made in India Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) which left Mundra port on Sunday.These APIs will be used by the Cuban drug manufacturers to produce essential antibiotics in the dosage form of tablets, capsules, syrups…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Sunday sent chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till June 5. The development came moments after Kejriwal surrendered at Tihar jail after his Supreme Court-ordered interim bail came to an end.The court noted that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recently moved an application seeking judicial vustody of Arvind Kejriwal.The…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a packed schedule on Sunday, which includes presiding over seven meetings covering various topics. One of the key sessions will involve an extensive review of the new government’s 100-day agenda, set to be formed following the Lok Sabha election results.PTI sources within the government indicated that PM Modi…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday alleged mass rigging at the counting centres as it claimed that candidates’ agents were not being allowed at the tables of AROs (Assistant Returning Officer) drawing an immediate rebuttal from the Election Commission of India.Congress leader Ajay Maken, in a post on X, alleged that candidates’ counting agents were…
NEW DELHI: The curtains came down on the mammoth general election exercise on Saturday, with the seventh and last phase of polling — covering 57 parliamentary constituencies across eight states and 42 assembly seats in Odisha — recording nearly 62% turnout until 11.50pm in the face of soaring temperatures in many parts of the polling…
BAREILLY: Four farmers were killed and two critically injured when a speeding pickup van, allegedly driven by a drunk driver, lost control and ploughed through the group as they sat under a tree seeking respite from the scorching heat in Paigha Bhikampur village in Bisauli area of Budaun district on Saturday afternoon.The deceased — Ram…
