Politics

Polling begins for 57 Lok Sabha seats in seventh and final phase of election

Congress candidates include former Union Ministers Manish Tewari from Chandigarh and Anand Sharma from Himachal's Kangra, former Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh from Mandi, and former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi from Jalandhar.

Jun 1, 2024

All set for final phase of Lok Sabha election with 57 constituencies to go for poll today

World's largest polling marathon drawing to a close. In the fifth and sixth phases, female voters outnumber males in exercising their right to franchise.

Jun 1, 2024

Musk slams Trump's conviction, warns of chilling precedent

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Friday slammed the American legal system, saying if former President Donald Trump can be criminally convicted over "a trivial matter

May 31, 2024

Kejriwal's interim bail ends June 1; Delhi CM to surrender amid health concerns [details]

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced his surrender on June 2, 2024, as his interim bail granted by the Supreme Court for the ongoing general elections comes to an end on June 1.

May 31, 2024

'Anti-Sanatan mindset': BJP slams INDIA bloc for questioning PM Modi's meditation

BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday slammed the INDIA bloc for being "anti-Sanatan" and questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meditation at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.

May 31, 2024

Donald Trump becomes first former US President convicted of crime amid election campaign

US laws, however, do not prevent him from running for President or getting elected.

May 31, 2024

Lok Sabha poll: Last phase of campaigning ends, all eyes on tomorrow's voting [Full list of constituencies]

On June 1, polling is scheduled to take place in 57 parliamentary constituencies spanning seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to decide the fates of 904 candidates in the fray.

May 31, 2024

Sexual videos case: Prajwal Revanna arrested at airport on arrival, brought to SIT office in Bengaluru

Prajwal Revanna was arrested from the Bengaluru International Airport soon after his arrival from Munich, Germany, in the wee hours of Friday.

May 31, 2024

Ex-PM Manmohan Singh attacks BJP & PM Modi in his appeal to Punjab voters

Former Prime Minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh has attacked the BJP, saying that in the past 10 years, its government has left no stone unturned in "castigating Punjab, Punjabis and Punjabiyat".

May 30, 2024

CM Kejriwal seeks regular bail in excise policy case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed a regular bail plea before a court here in connection with a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

May 30, 2024

Sex videos case: Ahead of his return, Prajwal Revanna moves anticipatory bail plea

The grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, had earlier announced that he would return to India on May 31.

May 30, 2024

Karnataka HC invalidates Lok Sabha membership of Prajwal Revanna from Hassan constituency

Karnataka HC invalidates the Lok Sabha membership of Prajwal Revanna from the Hassan constituency. SIT, FSL sleuths search Revanna's residence.

May 30, 2024

Cong distances itself from Aiyar's 'alleged attack' quip, affirms 1962 Chinese incursion was 'real'

Congress distances itself from Aiyar's 'alleged attack' quip, affirms 1962 Chinese incursion was 'real'

May 29, 2024

Carrying forward PM Modi's vision, over 7,000 historical diaspora documents digitized in Oman

In an alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to strengthen diaspora connections and preserve shared heritage, the National Archives of India (NAI) said on Tuesday that it has, in collaboration with the Indian Embassy in Muscat, concluded its first-ever overseas digitization project for the historical documents of the Indian diaspora in Oman.

May 28, 2024

SIT to decide on arrest of JD(S) MP Prajwal upon arrival: K'taka home minister Parameshwara

Karnataka Home Minister, Dr G Parameshwara stated on Tuesday that the decision to arrest JD(S) MP and prime accused in the sex video case, Prajwal Revanna, at the airport upon his arrival in India, will be taken by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

May 28, 2024