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Telangana farmers will file nominations against PM Modi from Varanasi in Lok Sabha polls

Apr 29, 2019, at 11:32 am

Hyderabad, Apr 29 (UNI): A group of about 50 turmeric farmers from Nizamabad district on Monday will file their nominations from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections to highlight their long pending demand of setting up a separate welfare board that would look into their issues and resolve them.

TMC men influencing voters by standing near EVM, alleges BJP's Babul Supriyo

Apr 29, 2019, at 11:02 am

Asansol, Apr 29 (IBNS): Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Asansol candidate from West Bengal has alleged that the Trinamool Congress men are influencing voters by standing near the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in Jamuria as the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls is underway on Monday.

Fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls: Average voter turnout of 12% recorded in Jharkhand in first two hours

Apr 29, 2019, at 10:28 am

Ranchi, Apr 29 (UNI): An average voter turnout of 12 per cent has been recorded till 9 am on the three Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand -- Chatra, Lohardaga(ST) and Palamu (SC)-- where voting is currently underway.

Kashmir: Polling begins in Kulgam district of Anantnag PC

Apr 29, 2019, at 10:10 am

Anantnag, Apr 29 (UNI) Polling began on a very dull note in Kulgam district in the second of three phase polling in Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in south Kashmir under unprecedented security arrangements following strike called by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday.

Kashmir: Karvan-e-Aman bus operates to allow 3 PoK residents to return home

Apr 29, 2019, at 10:08 am

Srinagar, Apr 29 (UNI) Karvan-e-Aman bus operated on Monday after remaining being suspended for eight weeks to allow 3 residents of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) to return to their homes, official sources said.

Lok Sabha polls: BJP MP Babul Supriyo's car vandalised, violence reported from Asansol in Bengal

Apr 29, 2019, at 09:59 am

Asansol, Apr 29 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo's car has been vandalised in Asansol area of West Bengal on a day when several constituencies in the state are voting in the Lok Sabha polls.

Lok Sabha Polls: Sunny Deol to file his nomination papers for Gurdaspur seat today

Apr 29, 2019, at 09:17 am

New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS): Actor Sunny Deol, who joined Bharatiya Janata Party recently, is all set to file his nomination papers from Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency on Monday.

Lok Sabha polls: Narendra Modi makes special appeal to young voters to exercise their franchise

Apr 29, 2019, at 08:47 am

New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged young voters to exercise their franchise as voting in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls is currently going on.

Polling begins for India's fourth phase of LS elections across nine states

Apr 29, 2019, at 08:01 am

New Delhi, Apr 29 (UNI) Voting began at 0700 hrs on Monday for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 71 parliamentary constituencies spread across nine states of India.

NSCN (IM) violating ceasefire in Manipur, says Assam Rifles

Apr 28, 2019, at 11:08 pm

Guwahati, April 28 : The Assam Rifles has accused the Naga outfit group NSCN (IM) has violated the ceasefire agreement in Manipur.

Modi government will throw out intruders: Shah

Apr 28, 2019, at 10:18 pm

Lucknow, Apr 28 (UNI): Hitting out at opposition leaders, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah on Sunday said that Modi government will throw out intruders despite many political parties are shedding crocodile tears on the name of human rights.

West Bengal: EC places Trinamool's Birbhum strongman Anubrata Mondal under surveillance

Apr 28, 2019, at 08:38 pm

Kolkata, Apr 28 (IBNS): Election Commission has ordered that Trinamool's Birbhum boss Anubrata Mondal be kept under surveillance morning after receiving complaints from vote officials that he was threatening them, local media reports said.

Narendra Modi as terrible as Muhammad bin Tughlaq: Mamata

Apr 28, 2019, at 08:34 pm

Nimtouri, Apr 28 (UNI) Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is as "terrible as Muhammad bin Tughlaq", West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Sunday asked the people to vote him out of power.

Trinamool complains to EC against BJP for using 'American' campaigner The Great Khali

Apr 28, 2019, at 08:31 pm

Kolkata, Apr 28 (IBNS): The Trinamool Congress has complained to the Election Commission about the BJP using American citizen and wrestler Dalip Singh Rana to campaign for the party, reports said.

Supporting divisive forces is sedition, not freedom of speech, Shah tells Rahul

Apr 28, 2019, at 07:36 pm

Chhapra, Apr 28 (UNI): BJP president Amit Shah today put Congress in dock for allegedly supporting to those who raised anti-national slogans in campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), saying such behaviour was not freedom of speech but an act of sedition, which could not be tolerated.

Fourth phase polling on Monday; Kanhaiya Kumar, Urmila Matondkar in fray

Apr 28, 2019, at 07:32 pm

New Delhi, Apr 28 (UNI): The polling in 71 constituencies spread across nine states will take place on Monday in fourth phase of the ongoing seven-phase Lok Sabha elections.

Hemant Soren received life threats from alleged Maoists, says JMM

Apr 28, 2019, at 06:12 pm

Ranchi, Apr 28 (UNI) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha today alleged that their acting president and leader of opposition Hemant Soren has received threats from the maoists who have asked him not to remain in the state till the Lok Sabha polls are over.

West Bengal: Five persons die as people returning home on vehicle from crematorium hit truck in Nadia

Apr 28, 2019, at 06:01 pm

Krishnanager, Apr 28 (UNI) Five people were killed, three of them from a same family, and 15 others wounded, many of them critically when their vehicle, in which they were returning home from a crematorium, hit a parked sand laden truck at the rear on the Krishnanagar-Nawadwip state highway in West Bengal's Nadia district early Sunday.

Two women killed after unidentified vehicle hits them

Apr 28, 2019, at 05:55 pm

Karimnagar, Apr 28 (UNI) Two women were killed on the spot when an unidentified vehicle dashed against them while they were walking on the National Highway at Kothagattu village of Shankarapatnam Mandal in this district early on Sunday.

Ex-BJP MLA Jeetendra Daga joins Congress

Apr 28, 2019, at 05:48 pm

Bhopal, Apr 28 (UNI) Erstwhile Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Jeetendra Daga entered Congress ranks in the Madhya Pradesh capital on Sunday in the presence of the Congress’ Bhopal parliamentary constituency candidate and ex-chief minister Digvijaya Singh, former central minister Suresh Pachouri, state ministers PC Sharma and Arif Aqueel.

Gold worth Rs 1.76 crores seized by customs officials at Chennai airport

Apr 28, 2019, at 05:45 pm

Chennai, Apr 28 (UNI) Officers of the Customs posted at Anna International Airport Chennai, due to constant vigil, have seized 5.33 Kg gold worth Rs 1.76 crores in different cases On Saturday.

Bharatiya Janata Party names bypoll candidates for Goa, Karnataka

Apr 28, 2019, at 05:42 pm

New Delhi, Apr 28 (UNI) The BJP on Sunday released a list of three candidates for by-elections to Goa and Karnataka.

Karnataka: Two elephants die in Mysuru district and Bandipur National Park

Apr 28, 2019, at 05:12 pm

Mysuru/Chmarajanagara, Apr 28(UNI) Close on the heels of death of famous Mysuru Dasara elephant 'Drona' a couple of days back, two more elephants found dead in Mysuru district and Bandipur National Park forest ranges.

ISIS links: NIA raids three places in Kerala

Apr 28, 2019, at 04:56 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 28 (IBNS):  The National Investigation Agency (NIA)  on Sunday conducted raids in three places in Kerala in connection with the ISIS links, media reports said.

UAE: Girl born to Hindu father and Muslim mother gets birth certificate from the government

Apr 28, 2019, at 04:03 pm

Dubai, Apr 28 (IBNS):  Setting aside the country's marriage rules for expatriates during the Year of Tolerance, the UAE government has issued birth certificate to a nine-month-old child who was born to a Hindu father and a Muslim mother, media reports said on Sunday.

Vijay Goel cycles to support PM Narendra Modi

Apr 28, 2019, at 03:48 pm

New Delhi, Apr 28 (UNI) Union Minister Vijay Goel on Sunday cycled to mobilise the youth in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Narendra Modi touched by Sunny Deol's 'humility and deep passion'

Apr 28, 2019, at 03:44 pm

New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he felt touched by Sunny Deol's 'humility and deep passion for a better India' as the Bollywood actor met him on Sunday.

Srinagar: 2 terrorists involved in Chanapora attack arrested in Budgam

Apr 28, 2019, at 03:31 pm

Srinagar, Apr 28 (UNI/IBNS) Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have arrested two terrorists, who allegedly carried out attack on Chanapora Police Post in Srinagar, from central Kashmir district of Budgam, official said on Sunday.  

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra flays Modi accusing him of 'raking up' caste and nationalism

Apr 28, 2019, at 02:39 pm

Amethi, Apr 28 (UNI) Congress General Secretary (Uttar Pradesh east) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday questioned the so-called nationalist plank of the BJP and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is raking up his caste during this parliamentary elections.

Vice President urges youth to adhere to traditions of tolerance, protect pluralistic culture

Apr 28, 2019, at 01:03 pm

New Delhi, Apr 28 (IBNS): Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday said that the youth of the nation must shoulder the greater social responsibility of exercising judgement in looking at social issues.