PUNE: Colonel Waibhav Kale (retd), who was killed in Gaza while on United Nations (UN) duty, was cremated with the state honour at the crematorium in Pune cantonment limit on Friday evening. Kale, 46, was killed, and another staffer from the UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) from Jordan was injured when their UN-marked…
A confident Amit Shah asserted that there’s a positive vote in favour of BJP. In an interview with Diwakar and Akhilesh Singh on the eve of the fourth phase of polls, the home minister dismissed the assessment that a drop in turnout and absence of a wave could be impediments. Edited excerpts:TOI: Polls are halfway…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his letter to NDA candidates. In his letter, Kharge suggested that the tone and content of the letter indicate desperation and worry, leading the Prime Minister to use language unbefitting of his office. The Congress president emphasized that voters are…
In an exclusive interview with Diwakar, Akhilesh Singh and Sidhartha, PM Narendra Modi took time off from his hyperkinetic electoral campaign to speak on a range of hot-button topics. Talking after the second round of polls, a confident PM said NDA was well on course to cross the 400+ target, with BJP reaching the 370…
NEW DELHI: All BJP and NDA candidates contesting the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19 got a pleasant surprise on Wednesday as they received a personalised letter written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi’s letter, written on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, starts with a praise of the individual candidate…
On almost all metrics regarding women’s empowerment, Kerala is way ahead of most states. Ironically — especially for a state that has implemented 50% women’s reservation in local bodies, and where women account for 51.6% of all voters — women’s representation in this year’s list of Lok Sabha candidates, both from UDF and LDF, is…
COIMBATORE/VELLORE/NAGPUR: DMK is “synonymous with corruption and scams”, PM Narendra Modi said on Wednesday while targeting Tamil Nadu’s governing party during two Lok Sabha election rallies for NDA candidates in Vellore and Nilgiris constituencies. Later in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, Modi questioned Congress‘s commitment to implementing “Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution” nationwide, referencing Article 370 in J&K that…
PATNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the opposition INDI Alliace has neither vision nor credibility. Taking a dig at their claim to fight unitedly with an aim to defeat Modi and the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha election beginning on April 19, the PM said, “Unke bich sirfutauwal machi hai (infighting), Even…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday committed a faux pas after making an erroneous prediction that the NDA would secure “more than 4,000 seats” in the Lok Sabha, a number far exceeding the actual strength of the lower house.Kumar, who leads the JD(U) and recently rejoined the BJP-led alliance, committed the gaffe…
NEW DELHI: During a campaign rally in Ghaziabad, defence minister Rajnath Singh took a sharp dig at the opposition, saying that their alliance match the strength of the NDA or BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Singh confidently proclaimed that the people’s support would render the opposition powerless in the polls.In a nod to…
