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Let us do a deal -- May appeals lawmakers to agree on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday made bullish efforts to make opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn agree on a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, following poor results for both the parties in the local elections held on Thursday.The beleaguered Prime Minister dropped her strongest hint, saying she is close to reaching an agreement with Corbyn, and that the two sides should "put their differences aside" and get a Brexit plan over the line in the House of Commons, CNN has reported."To the leader of the opposition, I say this: Let's listen to what the voters said in the local elections and put our differences aside for a moment," May wrote. "Let's do a deal."May's party received a thrashing defeat in local polls this week while the Labour Party also suffered losses, which May said gave "a fresh urgency" to the ongoing cross-party talks."We cannot now shrug our shoulders and say it's all too difficult," May said. "We have to find a way to break the ...
Violence mars Bengal polls, 2 BJP candidates attacked
From two BJP candidates getting attacked and bombs being hurled indiscriminately to political workers smashing an EVM and reports of large scale intimidation coming in from different places -- violence yet again marred polling in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Monday.
Pramod Tiwari to send legal notice to PM over Rajiv remark
Former Congress MP Pramod Tiwari has condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modis remarks against former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and said he will serve a legal notice to him.
SC quashes PIL challenging partial closure of NH-44
The Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to partially close the National Highway for civilian traffic twice a week till May 31.Last month, restrictions were imposed on civilian movement on NH-44 connecting Jammu to Srinagar in order to ensure adequate security to the movement of security forces' convoys while at the same time minimising public inconvenience.However, restrictions on civilian movement between Srinagar and Baramulla was completely lifted on May 2. The restrictions remain in force on the Srinagar - Udhampur stretch."The restriction on civilian movement between Srinagar and Baramulla on NH-44 will be completely lifted with effect from May 2, 2019. There would be no prohibition on civilian traffic on this stretch on Sunday or Wednesday," said the J-K government in a statement."The restrictions would continue between Srinagar and Udhampur on NH-44 as earlier. However, these would be reviewed periodically and relaxation ...
Left leader sees Cong-backed United Front-type govt after LS
Veteran Communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy sees a coalition of parties supported by the Congress to form the government at the Centre-- similar to the United Front regime more than two decades ago. The General Secretary of the Communist Party of India feels neither the NDA nor the UPA may get majority to form the government. "It may be a hung Parliament this time", Reddy told PTI Monday. Asked if Left parties were in favour of joining hands with the non-Congress, non-BJP federal front of regional outfits proposed by Telangana Rashtra Samiti supremo and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, Reddy said they want to wait till the Lok Sabha election results come and then decide. "We are more inclined that there should be anti-BJP government. This front which KCR (Telangana CM) is proposing is trying to create an impression as if the regional parties get the majority. They will not get majority," he said. According to him, they have to either get the support of the BJP ..
Violence on polling day in Kashmir, West Bengal, voters turn out in good numbers
A grenade attack on a polling booth in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, violence in West Bengal and EVM glitches were reported during the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls Monday across seven states in which voters turned out in considerable numbers till the afternoon. Political heavyweights Rajnath Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani are in the fray in this phase in which polling is underway in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, seven seats each in West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh, five in Bihar and four in Jharkhand. In Jammu and Kashmir, polling began on a violent note with militants lobbing a grenade towards a polling station in Pulwama district, police said. A grenade was lobbed towards Rohmoo polling station in Pulwama but there were no reports of any casualties in the the blast, a police official said. Polling is being held in Pulwama and Shopian districts of Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency which also includes Anantnag and Kulgam districts. There are 18 .
Shah urges people to vote for Modi to secure country from
The country has moved from times when Pakistan-backed terrorists used to walk inside our territory,killing our soldiers and mutilating their bodies evoking lucklustre response from the government,BJP president Amit Shah said Monday and urged people to vote back Narendra Modi to secure the country from cross-border terrorism. Referring to surgical strikes first after Uri terrorists attack and then in the wake of Pulwama killing of 40 CRPF jawans, the BJP chief said while the countrymen rejoiced over valor of armed forces, Rahul Gandhi led Congress and his allies like Lalu Prasad's RJD had gone into mourning. Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi the man with a 56- inch-chest, BJP president Amit Shah said people should vote him back to power for just one reason that he has made the country secure against cross-border terrorism. Addressing a rally at Madhuban in East Champaran district which falls under Sheohar Lok Sabha segment, Shah said your local MP Rama Devi has done a .
Sidhu attacks central schemes, calls them failure
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government over what he called were their "failed policies".
20 poll personnel suspended for electoral malpractices in
A total of 20 polling personnel were suspended by the Election Commission on Monday in connection with electoral malpractices in Munger Lok Sabha constituency during the fourth phase of polling on April 29. The Election Commission will always take action against those who are found involved in electoral malpractices and tampering with the EVMs, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Bihar, H R Srinivasa, said. "Twenty polling personnel, including presiding officers, polling officers, magistrates and police personnel, were suspended for their involvement in electoral malpractices at two polling booths," Srinivasa said, adding, they had also assaulted a journalist covering the elections there on that day. The Election Commission had received complaints from the journalist and others in this regard after which it had ordered an inquiry into the alleged incident, Srinivasa said. Repolling is being held at both the booths on Monday, a statement issued by the Bihar CEO's office .
Put on record EC clean chit to Modi, Shah: SC to Congress
On a complaint alleging violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) during the ongoing elections, the Supreme Court on Monday asked Congress MP Sushmita Dev to produce the evidence on record regarding the Election Commission's (EC) order giving a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah.
AAP MLA Devinder Sehrawat joins BJP
Devinder Sehrawat, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Delhi's Bijawasan Assembly constituency, on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Union Minister Vijay Goel here.
Which 'nationalist PM' gets CM of national capital 'attacked': Kejriwal
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal Monday alleged that Narendra Modi's nationalism is "fake" and asked which "nationalist prime minister" gets the chief minister of the national capital "attacked". Kejriwal was referring to his Saturday's roadshow in New Delhi constituency during which he was slapped by a man. The AAP supremo has blamed the BJP for the attack. "Modi's nationalism is fake. Modiji's nationalism is cheating. Modiji has created a fake 'mayajaal' (illusion) of nationalism... Go beyond this 'mayajaal', you'll see the truth," he said at a press conference at the AAP headquarters here. Which "nationalist prime minister" gets the chief minister of the national capital "attacked", he asked. Kejriwal also alleged that "tax terrorism" in the country has destroyed businesses and urged traders to vote for his party. "Income Tax and ED notices are going to all traders across the country. Thousands and lakhs of notices are going. This is all done to extort money.
Narendra Modi has lost it, tech advances came during Rajiv era: Pitroda
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has crossed all levels of decency by insulting the late Rajiv Gandhi, said Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda on Monday. He added that the PM was "shaken up" by the negative prediction of results for the BJP in the first four phases of the Lok Sabha elections."The allegations made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against former PM Rajiv Gandhi convince me that Mr Modi has lost it. I want to remind people that all technological advances came during the Rajiv Gandhi era. I am convinced that he is all shaken up from the results of the first four phases of the elections," Pitroda said at a press conference here.He was joined by Congress leader and Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu at the press briefing.Pitroda stated that none of the promises made by the Modi government in 2014 were fulfilled in the past five years. The unfulfilled promises forced PM Modi to resort to hiring trolls and levying accusations against former leaders which does not ..
BJP alleges rigging in Barrackpore in WB, demands re-election
BJP alleged that rigging took place during polling for the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal on Monday and demanded re-election in the entire constituency.He said that BJP candidate from Barrackpore Arjun Singh was thrashed allegedly by Trinamool Congress "goons"."We demand re-election in the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency because the polls have been rigged there. The election is not taking place in a fair manner. Polling officials and voters are being threatened and central forces are not being allowed to discharge their duty," Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said at a press conference at the BJP headquarters here.He said, "West Bengal has witnessed large-scale violence in all the phases of the elections till now. In the last phase (on April 29), Union Minister Babul Supriyo was attacked and his car damaged. Today our Barrackpore candidate Arjun Singh has been thrashed by TMC goons."Javadekar also said that his party had sought the transfer of the Barrackpore ...
Laurentino Cortizo wins Panama's presidential elections
The Panama Electoral Tribunal on Monday announced that Laurentino Cortizo has won the country's presidential election.Laurentino Cortizo, the presidential candidate from the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party, has declared his victory, with a narrow gap of 1.93 per cent against Romulo Roux, another candidate."I am pleased. Victory. We won. Now we have to unite forces", said Cortizo.However, his rival Roux, from former President Ricardo Martinelli's right-wing Democratic Change party, has not yet accepted his defeat as only 95 per cent of the votes have been counted.Coutinho had 33 per cent of the votes and Roux 31 per cent. As the presidential election in Panama does not have run-off criteria, so the candidate with the maximum number of votes wins the election even he does not have 50 per cent of the vote.Outgoing President Juan Carlos Varela was barred by the constitution from contesting the sixth presidential election.
35.43% voting till 1 pm in 14 Lok Sabha seats of UP
Over 35 per cent voter turnout was recorded Monday till 1 pm in 14 Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh where Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi are in the fray. Among early voters in the state capital included Home Minister Singh, BSP supremo Mayawati, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma, BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra, DGP OP Singh and Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar. Election officials here said polling was going on smoothly, barring some complaints of EVM malfunctioning which were attended to immediately. Union minister and the BJP's Amethi candidate Irani alleged that the Congress president was "ensuring booth capturing" in the constituency. She said Rahul Gandhi are contesting against each other in the seat. "Alert @ECISVEEP Congress President @Rahul Gandhi ensuring booth capturing," Irani said on Twitter. She also tagged a video in which an elderly women is seen alleging that her hand
Sacked BSF jawan moves SC against EC decision to cancel his candidature
Sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission's decision to cancel his candidature from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting. Yadav, who was dismissed in 2017 after he posted a video online complaining about the food served to the troops, was fielded by the Samajwadi Party as its candidate from the Varanasi seat. Yadav, in his plea, termed the decision of the poll panel discriminatory and unreasonable and said it should be set aside. The SP had initially fielded Shalini Yadav as its candidate to contest against Modi and later nominated the sacked BSF jawan. The poll panel had dismissed Yadav's nomination Wednesday. He was served notices by the Varanasi returning officer over discrepancies in the two sets of nomination papers submitted by him. In the first set of papers on April 24, he had mentioned that he was dismissed from the Border Security Force. On April 29 he ...
No intimation about PM's meeting on Fani: Bengal
The West Bengal government got no intimation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to hold a meeting with Chief Secretary Malay Kumar De in the wake of the cyclone Fani, government sources said on Monday.
Amid sporadic disturbances, 33% voting in Bengal (2nd Lead) (11 a.m.)
Amid an attack on BJP candidate Arjun Singh and cases of intimidation, violence and glitches in electronic voting machines (EVMs), close to 33.47 per cent of the electorate voted in the first four hours of polling on Monday in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.
'Frustrated' Speedbreaker didi arresting those who are chanting 'Jai Shri Ram': PM Modi slams Mamata
Prime Minister Modi on Monday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of playing politics over cyclone Fani saying she refused to take his call for discussing the situation in the state."Before coming here, I went to Odisha to take stock of the destruction in areas affected by cyclone Fani. I am very well aware of the situation in West Bengal. Speedbreaker Didi has tried to play politics even on cyclone Fani. I tried to get in touch with Mamata Didi but her arrogance is such that she refused to talk to me, I tried again but she did not get in touch. She does not care for the people of West Bengal," he said addressing a public meeting here.Arriving from Odisha after making an aerial survey of the affected parts with Chief Minister Biju Patnaik, Modi also said that Banerjee refused to sit with him for a review meeting on the issue."Due to this attitude of the speedbreaker Didi, there is a brake on the development work in West Bengal. Speedbreaker Didi, who is filled with ...