NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court sent notice to Delhi government and police, seeking their response over why the order banning the use of firecrackers during Diwali wasn’t implemented. It has also directed the state and the police as to suggest measures for better implementation of the ban order in the coming years.“There cannot be a…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday slammed the Election Commission for its “generic” response to the party’s complaint over alleged irregularities in the recently concluded Haryana assembly elections, particularly criticising the poll panel’s “tone and tenor, and the language used”. “The Election Commission’s reply is nothing more than generic set of bullet points on how…
VARANASI: The country continues to bless BJP-led NDA as it works without discrimination and with good intentions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday in Varanasi on his second visit after retaining his LS constituency this summer and less than a fortnight after the governing combine’s Haryana hattrick.Modi targeted Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) for their…
NEW DELHI: After its shock defeat in Haryana, Congress is faced with the unenviable project of picking its new team of functioanries in the state which will signal that the party has learnt its lessons.Sources said Congress has realised the need to throw the net wide to increase its social appeal, amid repeated evidence that…
NEW DELHI: Tuesday’s poll outcome was a significant loss for AAP in Haryana, as it not only failed to open its account in the state but also ended up with a vote share of less than 2%. This was despite national convener Arvind Kejriwal, who hails from Siwani in Bhiwani district, leading over a dozen…
NEW DELHI: AAP sprang a surprise winning the Doda assembly seat in J&K but failed to open its account in Haryana despite contesting 88 seats, a major setback in Arvind Kejriwal’s home state. AAP bargained hard in seat-sharing talks with Congress in Haryana but its candidates lost deposit in 87 seats months before Delhi assembly…
NEW DELHI: BJP‘s resounding victory for the third consecutive time in Haryana is a triumph of the unshakable faith of farmers, the poor, backward classes, soldiers, and youth in the double-engine govt led by PM Modi, home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday.Shah said Congress indulged in negative and divisive politics, which Haryana decisively rejected….
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Congress and its “cronies”, accusing them of joining an international conspiracy to defame and destabilise the country and create social divisions, while following the “politics of falsehoods”.“For some time now, conspiracies are being hatched to weaken India’s democracy and social fabric.International conspiracies are…
NEW DELHI: Congress party on Tuesday registered a complain to the Election Commission over the alleged delay in updating the Haryana assembly elections results on the official website Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh shot a letter to the polling panel and alleging “inordinate and unacceptable delay in updating trends in the Haryana assembly elections.”“Over the…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal took a jibe at the BJP on Sunday during the ‘Janta Ki Adalat’ held at Chhatrasal Stadium in Delhi. He challenged Prime Minister Modi to “give free electricity in 22 NDA-ruled states before the Delhi polls,” adding, “I will campaign for BJP…
