Stock market today: Indian equity benchmark indices, BSE Sensex and Nifty50, dipped in opening trade on Thursday. While BSE Sensex dropped over 200 points, Nifty50 was near 22,650. At 9:22 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 74,398.62, down 104 points or 0.14%. Nifty50 was at 22,675.70, down 29 points or 0.13%.The Indian equity markets experienced…
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Ravi Kishan on Tuesday called Congress leader Shashi Tharoor “angrez aadmi” for suggesting that the BJP would struggle to exceed 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.Responding to Tharoor’s allegations, BJP MP from Gorakhpur said, “Shashi Tharoor is ‘angrez aadmi’. We go to Manali and Shimla on vacations; they come to…
NEW DELHI: The Anantnag-Rajouri parliamentary constituency has set a new record, with a voter turnout of 51.35 per cent as of 5 pm, the highest in the past 35 years, according to the Election Commission of India. This achievement follows the record-breaking voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla, making all three parliamentary constituencies in the…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi shared a selfie showing their inked fingers after casting their votes in the New Delhi constituency during the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. They arrived at the polling station at Nirman Bhawan around 9:30 am. After casting his vote in Delhi,…
PATNA: Voting began for eight Lok Sabha seats in Bihar amid tight security on Saturday morning, an official from the office of the state’s chief electoral officer (CEO) said.The polling began at 7 am in Valmikinagar, Pashchim Champaran, Purvi Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Maharajganj and Vaishali constituencies. It would continue till 6 pm, he said.Over…
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…
NEW DELHI: As the Supreme Court refused to direct the Election Commission of India (EC) to release voter turnout of each polling station on its website during Lok Sabha elections, it also said the poll body’s idea to launch voter turnout app was an “aa bail mujhe maar” (Come bull, hit me) move. The Hindi…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning ended Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two UTs, including all seven seats in Delhi, amid severe heatwave conditions sweeping across northern India.Delhi is likely to experience record-high temperatures of up to 46 degrees celsius during Saturday’s polling, according to forecasts.In addition…
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,…
A leading campaigner for the opposition front, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge told TOI’s Subodh Ghildiyal that INDIA bloc is performing well in the 2024 parliamentary elections, with price rise, unemployment and threat to the Constitution and attack on democracy emerging as the top issues resonating with voters. BJP will not be able to return to…
