Visakhapatnam, 28/4: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said that soon after NDA, constituting TDP, BJP and Janasena, forms the government in Andhra Pradesh, financial aid of Rs 1 lakh will be extended to Muslim pilgrims who visit Mecca. The opposition leader gave this promise at Nellore in the eponymous district during an interaction…
New Delhi, 28/4: The Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely resigned from his post on Sunday, news agency ANI reported. In a letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Lovely said that the local unit of the party was against AAP but went with the central leadership’s decision to go into an alliance with them.
Kolhapur, 27/4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday targeted the Congress-led I.N.D.I.A. alliance, saying it is mulling to have five prime ministers in five years if voted to power. Addressing a rally at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Modi said the opposition bloc cannot even reach a three-digit figure or ‘at the doorstep of forming a…
Bhubaneswar, 27/4: In a major political development, BJP released the list of candidates for eight more Assembly Constituencies of Odisha. BJP has fielded Prasanta Kumar Jagadev for the Khordha Assembly seat, Arindam Roy has been named party candidate for the Salipur seat. 1. Khordha: Prasanta Kumar Jagadev 2. Salipur: Arindam Roy 3. Telkoi: Fakir Mohan…
New Delhi, 25/5: Around 15.88 crore voters in 88 seats will be eligible to cast their votes in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday to seal the electoral fate of 1,202 candidates, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Speaker Om Birla, in 13 states and union territories Of the 1,202 candidates in…
New Delhi, 25/4: The Election Commission of India on Wednesday said that 98 per cent of the polling stations in the three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal that are going to polls in the second phase are ‘critical’, because of which, central forces will be deployed. Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj Lok Sabha constituencies in…
Mumbai, 24/4: Regulators have started inspecting the facilities of spice makers MDH and Everest for compliance checks with quality standards after sales of some of their products were halted in Hong Kong and Singapore for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer causing pesticides.
New Delhi, 23/4: Delhi Police had briefly detained an eatery owner following a complaint that he had sold biryani on disposable plates purportedly having a picture of Lord Ram on them in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, officials said on Tuesday. During investigations, it was found that the shopkeeper had bought 1000 plates from a factory and…
New Delhi, 23/4: Indian manufacturer Everest Food Products said on Tuesday its spices were safe for consumption after Singapore authorities asked an importer to recall a product for inspection, following a sales ban in Hong Kong, which warned of a cancer risk. Everest’s spice mixes are exported to countries across Asia, Africa, Europe and the…
New Delhi,23/4: All eyes are on the Election Commission over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “hate speech” at a campaign rally with the Congress on Monday demanding that candidates who create division among people be disqualified as candidates. Parties like CPI(M) and CPI(ML)L too joined in seeking action, including a ban from campaigning, against him, even…
