Union Minister Muraleedharan asks CPI(M) to explain CM Vijayan’s private foreign trip
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 (IANS) Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on Tuesday asked the Kerala unit of the CPI(M) to explain the three-country 19-day private visit of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family. “He (CM Vijayan) is duty-bound to explain whether his private visit is sponsored or from his pocket. If […]
Congress chief Kharge casts his vote in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi
Kalaburagi (Karnataka), May 7 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge cast his vote at the polling booth set up at Kannada Higher Primary School in Bramhapura locality in Kalaburagi district. Kharge arrived at the polling booth with his wife Radhabai Kharge and exercised his franchise. Allamaprabhu Patil, the Congress MLA from Kalaburagi South, and others accompanied […]
Day after mass resignations Dr Abdullah directs rebel Kargil NC unit to vote for Cong
Srinagar, May 7 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and NC President, Dr Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday directed the rebels of the Kargil unit of his party, who resigned en masse, to vote for the Congress in Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency. The NC said in a post on its X handle on Tuesday, “NC President Dr Farooq […]
Ajit Pawar, Sunetra Pawar, Praniti Shinde among early voters in Maha
Pune/Solapur (Maharashtra), May 7 (IANS) Voting started for 11 constituencies in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with prominent personalities like Chhatrapati Shrimant Shahu Maharaj, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Ajit Pawar and Congress’ Solapur candidate Praniti Shinde among the early voters in Baramati seat, here on […]
Voting underway in four LS seats in Assam
Guwahati, May 7 (IANS) Voting was happening peacefully in four Lok Sabha seats in Assam — Guwahati, Barpeta, Dhubri and Kokrajhar. Out of the 47 candidates vying for the four Lok Sabha seats, 15 are ‘crorepatis with AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal, who is contesting from the Dhubri seat, being the richest of them. As to […]
LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in MP, Maharashtra today
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for NDA’s Lok Sabha poll candidates in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on Tuesday. The Prime Minister will address public meetings in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone at 10:30 a.m. and Dhar at 12:15 p.m. From there, he will proceed to Maharashtra to hold a public meeting […]
HM Amit Shah casts vote, urges people to ‘accept voting as duty’
Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister and BJP candidate from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, Amit Shah cast his vote on Tuesday and appealed to voters to “accept voting as a duty towards contributing to nation-building”. He was accompanied by his son, Jay Shah, who is the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket […]
Woman ties rakhi to PM Modi as huge crowd gathers outside polling booth in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) Enthusiastic crowds greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he cast his vote at Nishan Vidhyala in Ahmedabad’s Ranip on Tuesday. The atmosphere at the polling booth was charged with anticipation and enthusiasm. Residents, echoing the sentiments of millions across the state, greeted the Prime Minister with chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’. […]
Congress biggest opponent of reservation to backward caste community: HM Amit Shah
Patna, May 7 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said the Congress is the “biggest opponent” of reservation for the backward caste community. “Today, if there is any opponent of the backward community, it is Congress; and Lalu Prasad Yadav is sitting in the lap of that party. The Kaka Kalelkar Commission was the […]
Vokkaliga community will turn against Congress for arresting H.D. Revanna: K’taka LoP
Bengaluru, May 7 (IANS) Karnataka’s Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka has claimed that the Vokkaliga community will turn against the Congress following the arrest of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s son H.D. Revanna. Speaking to media persons on Monday, BJP leader Ashoka claimed that the way the Lingayat community “turned hostile towards the […]
