Embarrassed Congress distances itself from Sam Pitroda’s remarks, calls it ‘unacceptable’
New Delhi, May 8 - Hours after Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remark on the 'colour of citizens' stirred a major controversy and left the party red-faced, the latter got into a damage control mode and issued a clarification.
Congress fought elections on caste, religion lines: Goa CM
Panaji, May 8 - Alleging that Congress has always done politics on the lines of caste and religion, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that BJP will win both the Lok Sabha seats in the state by a huge margin.
Furious over Pitroda’s ‘racist’ comment, PM Modi says it is now clear why Cong opposed Prez Murmu’s candidature
Warangal (Telangana), May 8 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress party and its senior leader Sam Pitroda over the latter's alleged racist remarks, warning that he would not tolerate "such insult on the basis of skin colour" and that
BSP Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha candidate Rakesh Soman joins AAP
Chandigarh, May 8 - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha candidate, Rakesh Soman, has quit the party and joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday.
Delhi HC imposes fine on petitioner seeking permission, facilities for CM Kejriwal to govern from jail
New Delhi, May 8 - Turning it down as not maintainable, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday imposed a Rs one lakh fine on a petitioner, who sought permission and facilities for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to govern from judicial custody.
CBI, ED get 4 days to file reply on Manish Sisodia’s bail pleas
New Delhi, May 8 - Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted four days to the ED and CBI to file a reply to pleas filed by former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia seeking bail after a trial court denied him regular bail in
TN govt’s career guidance programme for 12th pass students commences
Chennai, May 8 - The Tamil Nadu government's 'College Dream' programme aimed at providing career guidance to students, who have passed the Class 12 board examination, commenced on Wednesday in various districts across the state, an official said.
FM Sitharaman takes Rahul Gandhi to task over HAL
New Delhi, May 8 - Union Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman on Wednesday took senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to task over what she called his "malicious attack" on public sector giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Corruption, appeasement politics link Cong & BRS, says PM Modi
Karimnagar (Telangana), May 8 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday termed Congress and BRS as the two sides of the same coin, saying corruption, appeasement politics and zero governance model link the two parties.
FM Sitharaman cites data on surge in PSUs’ profits, net worth to slam Cong amid poll heat
New Delhi, May 8 - Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday reeled out statistics to drive home her point that the country’s Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have shown a marked improvement in their economic performance in the last 10 years compared to the
Four arrested for trafficking Indians to Russia-Ukraine war zone
New Delhi May 8 - Four men, including a translator, were arrested on the charges of trafficking Indian nationals to Russia under the guise of better employment and then sending them to the Russia-Ukraine war zone, a CBI official said on Wednesday.
Repolling underway at a booth in Rajasthan’s Barmer LS seat
Jaipur, May 8 - Repolling was underway at a booth in Rajasthan's Barmer Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday on the instructions of the Election Commission due to a breach of confidentiality reported during polling on April 26, said officials here.
EC provisional figures peg third phase turnout at 64.4 per cent as polling ends in 20 states/UTs
New Delhi, May 8 - The voter turnout in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, covering 93 constituencies in 11 states/UTs, was approximately 64.40 per cent as of 11.45 p.m., with the highest voting reported from Assam (4 seats)
Fearing ED-CBI, Shinde wanted to join BJP in 2022, claims Sanjay Raut
Thane (Maharashtra), May 8 - The Shiv Sena (UBT) has claimed that Shiv Sena leader and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was "scared of going to jail" and wanted to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in June 2022, but the undivided party
Viksit Bharat Ambassador: Saina Nehwal and Rajkummar Rao add vigour to initiative at DU event
New Delhi, May 8 - The Viksit Bharat Ambassador event marked a welcome change from University auditoriums and townhalls to a mini-marathon at DU’s North Campus on Wednesday and saw the participation of celebrity guests from different fields, besides hundreds of teachers and
Viksit Bharat Ambassador: DU students and teachers participate in Run event, laud the initiative
New Delhi, May 8 - A one-of-its-kind Viksit Bharat Ambassador event was organised in Delhi University’s North Campus on Wednesday morning, laced with the message that ‘a developed nation calls for fit citizens’ too. The unique programme titled ‘Run For Viksit Bharat’ saw
Several Air India Express flights cancelled from four Kerala airports
Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 - About a dozen Air India Express flights from the four international airports in Kerala were cancelled leaving passengers aggrieved.
PM Modi to file nomination from Varanasi on May 14, hold mega roadshow on May 13
Varanasi, May 8 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will file his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on May 14.
LS polls: PM Modi to campaign in Telangana, Andhra today
New Delhi, May 8 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will offer prayers at Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple in Telagana's Karimnagar on Wednesday before kick-starting the Lok Sabha poll campaign in the state.
Land registration for ‘Uttarakhand Bhawan’ in Ayodhya done, construction to start soon: CM Dhami
Dehradun, May 8 - Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced that the registration of the land allotted to the state government for the construction of 'Uttarakhand Bhawan' in Ayodhya has been done and the construction work will be started soon.