BEHRAMPORE: When Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury started winning Behrampore Lok Sabha in 1999, Yusuf Pathan was a 17-year-old. Pathan, the former India cricketer who was part of two World Cup winning squads made his cricket debut two years later. And yet, to borrow a metaphor from cricket, the election in Behrampore in Murshidabad is poised to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who cast his vote from Ahmedabad constituency on Tuesday, encouraged citizens to participate in the third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections by voting in record numbers. PM Modi said that their active involvement would enhance the vibrancy of the electoral process. The PM shared this message on…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi chief electoral officer’s office confirmed the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Lok Sabha elections campaign song after the party made necessary modifications, as confirmed by officials on Friday. AAP MLA Dilip Pandey, the songwriter and vocalist verified that the song has been approved.In a post in Hindi on X, Pandey said, “Truth…
RAE BARELI: Weeks of ‘will-he-won’t-he’ culminated Friday in Congress naming Rahul Gandhi as the candidate in the family bastion of Rae Bareli on the final day for nominations, setting the stage for the Gandhis and an entourage of loyalists to air-dash to the UP constituency just in time for the Wayanad MP to file his…
LUCKNOW: Sitapur police on Sunday filed an FIR against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National Coordinator and Mayawati’s nephew, Akash Anand, Lok Sabha party candidate Mahendra Yadav from Sitapur, and others including Shyam Awasthi, Akshay Kalra, and Vikas Rajvanshi, along with 35 unidentified individuals, for hate speech.The incident occurred during a rally organized by the BSP…
BENGALURU: A 91-year-old woman passed away minutes after casting her vote in Karnataka‘s Hunsur on Friday. Hunsur comes under Mysore Lok Sabha constituency.Despite her advanced age, Puttamma exercised her democratic right. In the Mysore parliamentary constituency of Karnataka, voter turnout reached 25.09% by 11am during the second phase of the Lok Sabha . Source link
MEERUT: From the narrow alleys of Mairashtra (the ancient name of Meerut) to the vibrant streets of the modern-day city, Arun Govil, instantly recognisable as ‘Lord Ram’ thanks to the hugely popular TV version of Ramayan in the ’80s, hops out of a luxury car and steps onto a decorated truck, at times walking through…
April 2024 bank holidays: Banks in several states across India will be closed on April 17, Wednesday, in observance of Ram Navami, a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of Lord Rama. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s holiday list, banks in states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, and others will be closed…
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LUCKNOW: BJP‘s Sultanpur Lok Sabha candidate and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday said she was neither surprised nor upset when the party didn’t nominate her son and three-time MP from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi, from the constituency.“BJP is a cadre-based party, and everyone adheres to the decisions made,” she said.BJP has nominated UP public…
