NEW DELHI: On the eve of Lok Sabha elections counting day, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday wrote a letter to civil servants and officers urging them to discharge their duties “in the spirit of the Constitution, without any coercion, threat, pressure or intimidation either from the ruling party/coalition or from the opposition party/coalition”.Contending that…
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: 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: In a bitter-sweet prediction for the Congress, an exit poll carried out by the VMR-Manorama News has suggested a massive erosion in Rahul Gandhi‘s vote share in the recently-concluded election in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.The exit poll has predicted a clean sweep by the United Democratic Front (UDF), which has an alliance with…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega south push may help BJP make significant gains in the region, with the exit polls predicting saffron party may win its first Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. The pollsters also see considerable increase in BJP’s voteshare in most of these states. Here is what poll of exit polls…
KOLKATA: An angry mob entered a polling station at booth numbers 40 and 41 in Kultali, South 24 Parganas of West Bengal, and threw an EVM machine into a pond on Saturday morning during the Lok Sabha elections, news agency PTI reported.The incident occurred after some polling agents were denied permission to be present inside…
NEW DELHI: The Congress has decided not to participate in Lok Sabha election exit poll debates on the television channels which are scheduled for Saturday. Announcing the decision Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday said the party does not wish to “indulge in speculation and slugfest for TRP”.Taking to X, Khera announced party’s decision and…
Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, surged in trade on Friday. While BSE Sensex moved up over 300 points, Nifty50 was above 22,550. At 9:18 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 74,234.07, up 348 points or 0.47%. Nifty50 was at 22,587.65, up 99 points or 0.44%.The equity markets continued…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s whirlwind Lok Sabha election campaign, which included a total of 206 public outreach programmes – some laced with a lot of acrimony and aggression, ended on Thursday with a rally in Punjab’s Hoshiyarpur. The Prime Minister also gave a total of 80 media interviews, averaging more than one daily…
NEW DELHI: Upping the ante against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the leader of using divisive language during the Lok Sabha Elections campaign. Kharge alleged that PM Modi mentioned ‘mandir-masjid‘ and other divisive topics 421 times during his election campaign, despite the Election Commission’s guidelines prohibiting appeals for votes…
