Lok Sabha polls highlights: Opposition guided by selfish interests, says PM

Modi said every drop of blood in his veins, 'every breath of mine, every second of my time' was for India and its 130 crore people

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PM Modi lays foundation stone for various projects in Kanchipuram

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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone for the resitement of BPCL Depot Raichur to Kalaburagi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the beneficiaries of PMJAY- Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Yojana, in Kalaburagi.

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi meets ambassadors of USA and China in Delhi.

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Karnataka chief minister is remote-controlled, says Narendra Modi

PM Modi in Kalaburagi: Remote controlled Karnataka CM hasn't sent the list of eligible farmers of the state to Centre. Farmers across the country have got the 1st instalment. But I could not send the money to Karnataka farmers as Bengaluru govt includes the enemies of farmers.

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Girls hostel of Bangalore University to help several students from the Northeast: Modi

I am particularly delighted that a girls hostel of Bangalore University is being dedicated to the nation. This will cater to the needs of several students from the Northeast who study in Bengaluru: Narendra Modi

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Ayushman Bharat is transforming lives of the poor, says PM Modi

Today, I got the opportunity to meet the beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat in Karnataka. It's truly transforming the lives of the poor: Narendra Modi

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In 2009, it was decided by then govt to build the medical college and its work was moving with snail's pace. With our efforts, it's now up and running: PM Modi

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Our government completed project stalled by Congress, says PM Modi

The projects that were stalled for years by the Congress in Karnataka have been completed by our govt : PM Modi

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Narendra Modi addresses public meeting at Kalaburagi, Karnataka.

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Congress takes dig at BJP's hacked website and offers help

The BJP's hacked website became the tetchy centre of more than one political skirmish on Wednesday with the Congress taking a swipe at the ruling party, asking if it needed help getting back up, and the AAP quickly using the tweet to troll the opposition party.

 

As the BJP's website, which was hacked on Tuesday, remained down a day later, political tensions over it played out on social media.

 

"We'll be back soon," said a message on the site, www.bjp.org.

 

The Congress took a dig at the BJP, saying, "We realise you've been down for a long time now. If you need help getting back up, we're happy to help." 

 

The tweet from the party's official account was accompanied by an emoticon of a "hug".

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While IAF chief B S Dhanoa said in a press conference that the force does not count bodies, BJP president Amit Shah claimed at a political rally that over 250 terrorists were killed.

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On Tuesday, Haryana minister Anil Vij had tweeted a similar comment. "The next time there is a strike on Pakistan-based terrorists, then one of mahagathbandhan leaders should be made to stand there so that they can count the bodies," he said.

 

The opposition has been asking the government to reveal the official death count in the strike which was conducted days after the February 14 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel died.

 

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On Tuesday, Haryana minister Anil Vij had tweeted a similar comment. "The next time there is a strike on Pakistan-based terrorists, then one of mahagathbandhan leaders should be made to stand there so that they can count the bodies," he said.

 

The opposition has been asking the government to reveal the official death count in the strike which was conducted days after the February 14 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel died.

 

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"There were a lot of mosquitoes at 3:30 am at night. So, I used Hit (mosquito repellent) on them. Now, should I sit and count how many mosquitoes I killed or sleep in comfort," Singh tweeted on Wednesday in an apparent reference to Congress demands from the government on proof of casualty figures in the air-strikes.

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Should I count how many mosquitoes I killed: V K Singh on Balakot casualty debate

Union minister V K Singh on Wednesday used a mosquito metaphor to address the debate on casualty figures in the Balakot air strikes, asking if he was expected to sit and count how many he killed at night or "sleep in comfort".

 

The tweet from the minister of state for external affairs came a day after he slammed the Congress for demanding the data and said it was not a "game of marbles" where an exact score can be kept.

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Union Cabinet meeting scheduled to be held at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg tomorrow.

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JD(S) has clinched 10 out of 28 seats to contest from in LS polls: Deve Gowda on Congress-JD(S) seat-sharing plan

JDS leader and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda after his meeting with Rahul Gandhi over seat-sharing in Karnataka for LS polls: There are 28 seats in all. I have clinched 10 seats. Final decision will be taken after Rahul Gandhi discusses it with KC Venugopal and Danish Ali.

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TDP accuses TRS of misusing power to get Andhra Pradesh voters' data to help Opposition

The Telugu Desam Party on Tuesday accused Telangana's ruling TRS of misusing power to help TDP's rival YSR Congress, after a Hyderabad-based firm was embroiled in a row over alleged data theft of Andhra Pradesh voters.

 

TDP national spokesperson Kambhampati Rammohan Rao said the 70 lakh people, said to be hit by the data leak, are party cadres.

 

In a statement, Rao said misinformation over the episode has created confusion among people and "caused damage" to the party. He urged Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and YSR Congress to not spread "misguided information" on the issue.

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Former Congress MLA Umesh Jadhav (in the center wearing a yellow badge) who submitted his resignation to Speaker of the Karnataka assembly on March 4, seen at the venue of the prime minister's event in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. Former CM & BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa also present.

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Most parties in favour of simultaneous LS, Assembly polls, says CEC

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said on Tuesday that almost every political party in Jammu and Kashmir and the administration are on same page in favouring simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly polls.

 

Addressing a media conference here at the end of the full Election Commission's two-day visit to the state, he said, "Almost all the political parties we met have favoured simultaneous Lok Sabha and state Assembly elections. The state administration has also favoured holding them simultaneously.

 

"During their presentations to us, no official sounded alarmist about the holding of the polls together."

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Digvijaya Singh dares PM Modi to file case against him

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to file a case against him over allegations from BJP leaders that he was an anti-national and a Pakistan supporter.

 

In a series of tweets, Singh, who stirred a controversy on Tuesday by referring to the Pulwama terror attack as an "accident", questioned why calling the attacks a "durghatana" prompted Modi and three Union ministers to term him anti-national.

 

"The tweet over which you and your ministers called me a Pakistan supporter and an anti-national was posted from Delhi where police are under the Union government. If you are brave, file a case against me," he tweeted.