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…
NEW DELHI: Google on Monday marked the ongoing exercise of India’s democratic franchise with a special Doodle celebrating the fifth phase of voting in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. The Doodle featured an uplifted index finger marked with ink, a widely recognized symbol of voting in India, replacing Google’s iconic logo on its homepage.Upon clicking…
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, former vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari, former deputy prime minister LK Advani and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi have all exercised their right to vote through the home voting facility.“Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and former Union minister Dr Murli Manohar Joshi successfully cast…
NEW DELHI: A day after Trinamool Congress chief and Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she would provide “outside support” to the INDIA bloc if it wins Lok Sabha elections, Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said he does not trust her and that she can even go with BJP if it wins. Chowdhary also accused Mamata…
Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, rose in early trade on Thursday. While BSE Sensex was up over 390 points, Nifty50 was above 22,300. At 9:25 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at 73,377.62, up 391 points or 0.54%. Nifty50 was at 22,316.90, up 116 points or 0.52%.The Indian equity…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday expressed his displeasure with the Western media‘s coverage of the Indian elections, accusing them of portraying the process in a negative light. Speaking at an interaction after the launch of the Bangla edition of his book ‘Why Bharat Matters’ in Kolkata on Tuesday, Jaishankar said that…
