Chennai, April 24 (IANS) Shane Watson smashed a belligerent 96 as Chennai Super Kings zoomed back to the top of the table with a commanding six-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here on Tuesday. Watson, who took 53 balls[Read More…]
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Gusty winds damage canopy at Hyderabad stadium
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) Strong winds that wreaked havoc in Hyderabad on Monday night, blew away a major portion of the canopy at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium, hours after the BCCI shifted IPL final from Chennai to the city. A part of the canopy at the pavilion side was[Read More…]
BJP just opened accounts, we will deposit cash in them: Rahul
Jabalpur/Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh), April 23 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that grave injustice was done to India’s poor for the last five years, but his party’s government would do “Nyay” (justice), referring to the party’s minimum income scheme promise. “The Narendra Modi government had in the last five years[Read More…]
Trinamool moves EC against Central forces (Lead)
Arambag/Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Going on the offensive against the Central forces, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress on Tuesday moved the Election Commission, accusing the troopers of influencing the electorate to vote for the BJP during phase-3 of the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal. State Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee[Read More…]
Bamboo replaces plastic, giving Goa polls an eco-touch
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) Electioneering in Goa had a green touch to it this time round, with bamboo products replacing plastic items, as far as bulk of poll-related paraphernalia is concerned. According to Chief Electoral Officer Kunal, the focus this time round was to keep the electioneering as plastic-free as[Read More…]
No Modi wave like in 2014, BJP at loss: Raj Thackeray
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray on Tuesday claimed there is “no wave now like 2014” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party and its leaders are now bewildered what to do. “Modi has said nothing about the promises he made in 2014[Read More…]
Congress a vote cutter in Delhi: AAP
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday called the Congress a ‘vote cutter party’ saying voting for the grand national party in Delhi will mean voting the BJP. Speaking to the media along with all the seven candidates, AAP leader Gopal Rai said his party is[Read More…]
Rahul’s second seat, Wayanad, sees more turnout than 2014 (Lead)
Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 (IANS) Kerala’s Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, from where Congress President Rahul Gandhi is trying his electoral luck for the first time, saw a turnout of over 79 per cent on Tuesday. The turnout could increase further when the voting figures were finalised. In 2014, the polling percentage[Read More…]
AAP names 20 star campaigners for Haryana
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday released a list of 20 star campaigners for Haryana, with party Chief Arvind Kejriwal topping the list. Apart from Kejriwal, senior AAP leaders who will campaign in the state include Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Punjab state head[Read More…]
Udit Raj targets BJP over denial of ticket (2nd Lead)
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Denied a ticket, BJP Lok Sabha member Udit Raj on Tuesday attacked the party, saying candidates are being chosen on the basis of “some inscrutable internal standards” while ignoring the hard work of aspirants. A “hurt” Dalit leader, who had merged his Indian Justice Party[Read More…]
Holiday mood dampens Goa’s poll spirit; 74.04% voting (Roundup)
Panaji, April 23 (IANS) Holiday mood may have dampened the voting spirit in Goa, poll officials said, as the coastal state polled a relatively low 72.04 per cent (provisional) voting for the two Lok Sabha seats and 78.95 per cent voting for the three assembly bypolls which where held on[Read More…]
Central forces coverage in Bengal to be 98% in next phase
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Even as a Congress worker died outside a polling booth and reports of violence came in, West Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Aariz Aftab on Tuesday said the third-phase elections across five constituencies in the state were “peaceful”. He said the Election Commission plans to ramp[Read More…]
Low polling: Worry for BJD, may not be hope for BJP
Bhubaneswar, April 23 (IANS) With the overall voter turnout in the third phase of polling settling below 13 per cent in Odisha against the 2014 figures, political observers said it showed fatigue with the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in the state but did not mean the Bharatiya Janata Party[Read More…]
BJP bets on retaining its hold in Karnataka
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, April 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party is betting on retaining its hold in Karnataka in the 2019 general election despite facing the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) jointly in all the 28 Lok Sabha seats. “Odds favour BJP to win more Lok Sabha seats in[Read More…]
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TGBL to acquire Dhunseri’s branded tea business (Lead)
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Tata Global Beverages Ltd (TGBL) on Tuesday said it has entered into a non-binding term sheet to acquire the branded tea business of Dhunseri Tea & Industries Limited for an aggregate consideration of up to Rs 101 crore. The proposed acquisition will be subject to due[Read More…]
IAF blew terrorists into pieces on Modi’s order: Shah
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh), April 23 (IANS) Acting on the instruction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian Air Force (IAF) blew terrorists in Pakistan into pieces on “Terahvin” (13th day) of the Indian troopers dying in terror attack in Pulwama, said BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday. Addressing an election[Read More…]
AAP to release manifesto on Thursday
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party will release its 2019 Lok Sabha polls manifesto on Thursday, with full statehood to Delhi being its central theme. Addressing the media, AAP leader Gopal Rai said each of the party’s seven candidates in Delhi will also have a separate constituency[Read More…]
Lokpal office moves to The Ashok
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The country’s first Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, has managed to move into a temporary office, although, it is a five-star luxury hotel in Delhi. The chairperson, the eight-member team, and the support staff are in process of settling in the hotel premises.[Read More…]
Kerala turnout crosses 2014, all three fronts upbeat (Night Lead)
Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 (IANS) Technical glitches notwithstanding, more than 75 per cent of Kerala’s over 2 crore strong electorate had cast their votes in polling to the state’s 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in the third round on Tuesday. While voting in a few polling booths got delayed, the final figures[Read More…]
BJP risks 4 seats in UP in face of SP-BSP challenge
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Out of the 10 seats that went to the polls in Uttar Pradesh in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) runs the risk of losing four of its own seats and may not be able to wrest[Read More…]
NIA arrests Islamic State sympathizer from Delhi
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested Islamic State sympathizer Mohammad Faiz for allegedly conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in Delhi, National Capital Region (NCR) and Uttar Pradesh, the agency said. Faiz, a resident of Delhi’s Garhi Mendu, was found to be a main[Read More…]
66% voter turnout in third phase polls
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The third phase of Lok Sabha polls saw a voter turnout of 66 per cent compared to 69.03 per cent in 2014 with some states such as Odisha and Goa recording lower turnouts and a few others like Bihar witnessing a higher participation. Addressing a[Read More…]
Voters, polling staff blocked by BJP in Tripura: CPI-M, Congress
Agartala, April 23 (IANS) Opposition CPI-M and Congress on Tuesday alleged that thousands of voters were prevented from casting their votes and a large number of polling agents belonging to the two parties were not allowed to enter or sit inside the polling stations by the ruling BJP and its[Read More…]
Lok Sabha voting mostly concluded in south India
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) With voting completed for third phase of Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, all southern states have voted to elect their representatives – save one – to the lower house of Parliament. While Andhra Pradesh and Telangana voted in the first phase elections on April 11,[Read More…]