Varanasi residents flaunt ‘Har Dil Mein Modi’ T-shirts, heap praise on Centre’s progressive schemes
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency is gearing up for polling in the last phase on June 1, however the election fervour has already gripped the city residents. The city looked immersed in the political hue of saffron, as hundreds of people were sporting and flaunting T-shirts, with ‘Har Dil Mein Modi’ […]
Regional parties will come to power at Centre: BRS chief
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao said on Monday that regional parties will come to power at the Centre. The former Telangana chief minister was talking to media persons after casting his vote in his native Chintamadaka village in Siddipet district. When asked if he would join hands with […]
Polling picks up pace in Telangana with 40.38 pc turnout
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) Polling gathered pace in the Lok Sabha elections in Telangana as 40.38 per cent turnout was recorded till 1 p.m. on Monday. The polling process, which began at 7 a.m., was underway peacefully for all 17 constituencies amid tight security. After recording 24.31 per cent polling in the first four hours, […]
India expects to secure long-term deal to operate Iran’s Chabahar port
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) India is expected to secure a long-term arrangement for the management of Iran’s Chabahar sea port which would clear the way for strengthening economic ties between the two countries, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said on Monday. Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is travelling to Tehran to hold crucial talks for […]
Milind Deora recalls first meet with PM Modi, says ‘latter’s bonding transcends political boundaries’
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Milind Deora, the Shiv Sena leader of the Eknath Shinde camp on Monday shared a video to recall his first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also to elaborate on how the latter’s exemplary conduct in politics sets a benchmark for everyone. Milind Deora, son of tall Congress leader […]
40.26 pc polling in Andhra Pradesh in six hours
Amaravati, May 13 (IANS) Amid sporadic incidents of violence, Andhra Pradesh registered 40.26 per cent polling till 1 p.m. on Monday, for simultaneous elections to the 175-member state Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha seats. Among Parliamentary constituencies, Bapatla (SC) and Chittoor (SC) constituencies recorded the highest polling of 44.65 per cent, while the lowest was […]
Profile: Confident of securing people’s mandate in battleground Hamirpur: Anurag Thakur
Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh), May 13 (IANS) Exuding confidence, four-time MP Anurag Thakur believes that he will secure the people’s mandate in his battleground Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh easily and in the country too, owing to overwhelming public support and love for him and the BJP. Since his maiden electoral victory in the May 2008 parliamentary […]
‘Town hall’ organised in Varanasi to discuss transformational legal reforms under PM Modi
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A group of eminent citizens of Varanasi conducted a ‘Town hall’ during the weekend to discuss the transformational legal reforms under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A general view prevailed in the Town hall that a slew of legal reforms were brought under the Modi-led NDA, which paved […]
