NEW DELHI: Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, was attacked on Sunday when a man stomped on the bonnet of his vehicle’s cabinet and shattered the front windshield. The incident occurred in the Langate area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, on the final day of electioneering. Rashid, who was inside the…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the middle class that “beat thalis and lit mobile phone torches with gusto during Covid-19 on one order of PM Modi” are set to desert BJP and support opposition because the recent Budget has “stabbed them in the back and chest” by removing indexation and…
NEW DELHI: The United States on Friday refused to comment on the results of the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections, stating that electoral matters are for the Indian people to decide. Addressing a press briefing, US state department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, emphasized that the US celebrates the election that took place in India, describing it as…
NEW DELHI: RJD leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, whose viral image with his political rival Nitish Kumar triggered wild speculations ahead of government formation, refused to divulge what transpired between them on their flight from Patna to Delhi. Reacting to his viral picture Tejashwi Yadav said that both of them greeted…
NEW DELHI: TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday clarified his party’s stance regarding the formation of the upcoming Union government in India. In a press briefing, he expressed his firm support for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is at its lowest point in the last 15 years.Chandrababu Naidu said, “You always want…
NEW DELHI: Early trends in the 2024 Lok Sabha election results threw up a major surprise with the NDA leading on just around 300 seats and the INDIA opposition bloc making major gains and leading on 230 seats.Here are 10 key takeaways from the results so far:This time NDA sarkarAs per the trends on the…
NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA which had made “abki baar 400-paar” its poll pitch for the Lok Sabha elections is hovering around the 300-mark with the the INDIA bloc putting up a very strong show in the key states of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. In Uttar Pradesh, the INDIA bloc and the NDA are…
All eyes are on the results of the Lok Sabha elections set for Tuesday, featuring numerous high-profile electoral battles. The voting for the 543-member Lok Sabha (with Surat and Indore seats uncontested) was conducted over seven phases from April 19 to June 1.The election phases were held on April 19 (Phase 1), April 26 (Phase…
VARANASI: PM Modi on Monday evening kicked off the campaign for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha election by holding a 5-km-long roadshow in his parliamentary constituency here, on the eve of filing his nomination on Tuesday for a third term.Modi’s roadshow took the same route on which he had held a grand…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accepted an invitation to a public debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was requested by two former judges and a senior journalist through a letter sent to both the leaders. Former Judges Madan B Lokur, Ajit P Shah, and senior journalist N Ram wrote a letter…
