Manipur exit polls: BJP set to make a grand entry
The northeastern state of Manipur went for voting on 4 March, 2017. Overall, 84% people had exercised their franchise in the unprecedented voting in the state.Voting was held for 38 constituencies in the 60-member house. The Congress, BJP, Irom Sharmila’s PRJA party and other regional parties were the main contenders in the elections.
Punjab exit polls: Congress ahead of AAP
Punjab for the first time witnessed triangular contests for the first time. Major parties – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Congress and the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (SAD-BJP) alliance – are anxious waiting for the counting of votes cast for 117 assembly seats on 11 March, 2017.The fate of the next government in […]
Goa exit polls: BJP, Congress neck and neck
Goa went to polls for assembly elections 2017 on February 4. There was 83 per cent voting, which equalled the polling percentage of 2012.The Congress, the BJP and the AAP ran the most high-octane campaigns, along with regional parties like Goa Forward and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, which contested in alliance with Shiv Sena and […]
UP exit polls 2017: BJP set to be single largest party
Uttar Pradesh went for assembly elections 2017 polling across its seven phases for 403 assembly seats. With an overall voting percentage of 61 per cent, the voting has been slightly higher than the 59.5 per cent registered in the 2012 assembly elections.The crucial state elections witnessed a fight between Bharatiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, […]
Big moment for women’s ice hockey in India, team registers first international win
The Indian women’s ice hockey team registered its first victory ever in an international match on Thursday by beating Philippines at the Challenge Cup of Asia fixture held in Bangkok. The score after fulltime read 4-3 in favour of India and there was very little to choose between the teams. After the first period remained goalless, it […]
This Women’s Day, the Delhi government reduced tax on sanitary napkins
The AAP government in Delhi has reduced the tax on sanitary napkins from 12.5 % to 5%. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia made the announcement in the budget for 2017-18 on Wednesday, which was also the International Women’s Day. Sanitary napkins costing Rs 20 have been made tax free, whereas the VAT […]
104 differently-abled couples get married in mass wedding ceremony in Ujjain, set record
PTI Hundred and four differently-abled couples got married at a mass ceremony organised in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, thereby creating a world record, PTI reported. “This was for the first time in the world when 104 physically-challenged couples tied the knot at one place. This record got entry into the Golden Book of World Records,” […]
At Modi’s event to honour women Panchayat leaders, Sarpanch dragged away by cops
A young woman from Uttar Pradesh was gagged and whisked away by police when she raised slogans near the podium where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing a gathering of women panchayat members on International Women’s Day in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. Hours earlier, two gangrape victims and an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) activist were taken […]
Uphaar fire tragedy: Supreme Court rejects Gopal Ansal's plea against jail term
Uphaar theatre owner Gopal Ansal (centre)New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Uphaar theatre owner Gopal Ansal’s plea not to send him to jail to serve the remaining sentence for the 1997 fire tragedy, but extended his date of surrender by 10 days.A bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice A.K. Goel […]
By-poll in Amma's constituency on April 12
[India], Mar. 9 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced that the by-poll to RK Nagar assembly constituency will be held on April 12.The filing of nominations for the same will begin from March 16.The Election Commission announced that the last date for receiving nominations will be on March 23, following which the […]
