“India gets ready for the celebration of democracy…A mammoth exercise in democracy which is world’s largest electoral movement of man and material,” the Election Commission of India (ECI) says. ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Election 2024 dates out : 10 key highlights of seven-phase voting What makes India’s Lok Sabha Elections the world’s largest ‘electoral movement’? In India, general elections will be held across 28 states and eight Union territories.…
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Last Updated: March 19, 2024, 00:01 IST MNS president Raj Thackeray speaks to the media, at party office in Thane. (PTI file photo) Thackeray is scheduled to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda tonight, fuelling speculations for a possible alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party for the elections With weeks to go for polling to begin for the Lok Sabha election, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena…
Read More »Eshwarappa has announced he will contest as an independent candidate from Shimoga (Shivamogga) in the coming Lok Sabha polls. (Image: PTI/File) Eshwarappa has alleged that Yediyurappa, who is a member of the Parliamentary Board, had promised Kantesh the ticket to contest from Havari but betrayed him Senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa, who has raised a banner of revolt over denial of ticket to his son to contest the…
Read More »Reported By: Ritul Bhagabati Last Updated: March 18, 2024, 22:01 IST Guwahati [Gauhati], India Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. (PTI file photo) Assam CM said that the BJP candidate from the Guwahati constituency would secure the highest number of votes, stating, “I’ll be there to look after” Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday cautioned voters against supporting Congress candidates in the upcoming general election, asserting that…
Read More »The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the schedule for the polls, which will be held in seven phases like last time Source link
Read More »Hours after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) shared the seat allotment deal between parties in Bihar on Monday, March 18, reports arrived that Lovely Mohan, wife of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan, joined the Janata Dal (United). On joining the JDU, Lovely Mohan said, “…We have come to strengthen the party. Our goal is to win all 40 seats,” according to an ANI report. As per the seat-sharing deal announced by…
Read More »Vladimir Putin consolidated his grip on Russia with another presidential election win on Monday, which will extend his term in office till 2030. The election, widely considered unfair and undemocratic, will have consequences for India and the world. Mint breaks this down. What exactly happened? On Monday, Putin extended his tenure as Russia’s president by winning the country’s election with over 87% of the votes, according to Russia’s election…
Read More »Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaks during a rally at the conclusion of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, in Mumbai, on Monday. (PTI photo) “Modi ji does not like my words. He tries to twist my statements and change the meaning, because he knows that I have spoken a deep truth,” Rahul said in a post on X Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of…
Read More »In a bid to upgrade India’s railway infrastructure and boost connectivity and speed, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to include a promise of multiple high-speed rail or bullet train corridors in the Lok Sabha 2024 manifesto. The party is considering including several HSR projects as a key promise for the next five years, reported Business Standard citing sources. Also Read: MK Stalin labels electoral bonds ‘BJP’s white-collar…
Read More »Last Updated: March 18, 2024, 15:27 IST Former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi. (X) The Congress leader was served a notice on Saturday directing him to appear at the ED office at 10.30 am on Monday Former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi on Monday skipped the ED summons in a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Jal Jeevan Mission. Joshi, the former public health engineering (PHE) department minister,…
Read More »Published By: Pragati Pal Last Updated: March 18, 2024, 13:36 IST Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh.(Image: PTI/File) Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh’s attack on the government came on a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address a public meeting in Shivamogga The Congress on Monday said Karnataka is reeling under an acute water crisis due to a severe drought situation in most parts…
Read More »The Lok Sabha Elections 2024, which will be held in seven phases beginning April 19, are set to be the longest. The last phase of voting will be held on June 1, and the votes will be counted on June 4. This will be the first time in three decades that polling to elect a new government at the centre will be held in June. This will also be…
Read More »Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday responded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘shakti’ remark, saying that every mother and daughter is a form of ‘shakti’ in India. The Prime Minister was addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in Telangana’s Jagtial. “The INDI (INDIA) alliance in their manifesto said that their fight is against ‘Shakti’. For me, every mother, daughter and sister is a form of ‘Shakti’. I worship them…
Read More »Reported By: Ritul Bhagabati Last Updated: March 18, 2024, 11:40 IST Guwahati [Gauhati], India Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma watching film ‘Article 370’ with other BJP leaders. (Image: News18) Sarma along with MP Pabitra Mergherita, Pallav Lochan Das, recently joined BJP MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purakayashtha and others watched the film at a multiplex in Guwahati Setting aside time from his political schedule, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma –…
Read More »Electoral bonds data 2nd list: In a remark directed at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and referencing the second list of data on electoral bonds released by the Election Commission, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin criticized the electoral bonds as “white-collar corruption” of the ruling BJP. Also Read: Electoral Bonds data 2nd list LIVE “This is fear. PM Modi has started defaming us as corrupt, but electoral…
Read More »Last Updated: March 18, 2024, 09:33 IST My donations were nominal on the principle of funding election campaigns with white money, Kiran said. (File Image) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday published electoral bonds data, received from the State Bank of India (SBI), on its official website in compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court The Chairperson of Biocon Limited, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday issued a…
Read More »Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 18 (ANI): On the day the partners in the Opposition bloc–INDIA–shared the stage in Mumbai’s Shivaji Park to mark the close of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed unhappiness over the venue chosen for the event. The Shiv Sena leader lamented that it was the same place from where his party founder, Balasaheb Thackeray, used to address his people.…
Read More »Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Day after delivering a strong speech in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district and pressing on NDA’s development agenda in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday is set to address a public meeting in Telangana’s Jagtial. With a packed schedule, the PM will then visit Karnataka’s Shivamogga and finally go on a mega road show in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, Rashtriya Janata…
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