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Anti-BJP voters' names removed: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday alleged that names of BJP's opponents across India were removed from the voters' list.
Her vote deleted, Apollo Vice Chairperson fumes
Shobhana Kamineni, Vice Chairperson of Apollo Hospitals, on Thursday said she felt cheated after she found her name deleted from the voter list at the Masab Tank polling booth here.
North Korea refuses to bow down to sanctions, to give 'telling blow'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has refused to bow down to sanctions, saying those imposing sanctions should be dealt a "telling blow" and Pyongyang cannot be brought to its knees, reported Yonhap News Agency.The leader also underscored the need for "self-reliant" economic development."North Korea to deal a telling blow to the hostile forces who go with bloodshot eyes miscalculating that sanctions can bring (North Korea) to its knees", says Kim Jong Un, during a plenary session of the Central Committee of the ruling party here on Wednesday."Self-reliance and self-supporting national economy are the bedrock of the existence of our own style of socialism, the motive power of its advance and development and the eternal lifeline essential to the destiny of our revolution," he added.The North Korean leader mentioned "self-reliance" 27 times during the plenary session.This comes a day after Japan decided to extend its sanctions on North Korea for two more years, in a bid to pressurise ...
BJP seeking votes in the name of nationalism: Minister
Union Minister Mahesh Sharma on Thursday clarified that the BJP was seeking votes in the Lok Sabha elections in the name of nationalism and not in the name of the Army.
MDA will win this election, says Meghalaya CM
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Thursday voiced confidence that candidates of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) will win both the Shillong and Tura Lok Sabha seats.
Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat, ex-CM Harish Rawat cast votes
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and former Chief Minister and Lok Sabha candidate from Nainital, Harish Rawat, have cast their votes in the first phase of general elections in Dehradun and Nainital, respectively.CM Rawat has appealed to the people of the state to exercise their voting rights. He expressed his belief that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win all of the five parliamentary constituencies in the state."The people of Uttarakhand have decided to once again repeat the 2014 results. All five Lok Sabha seats will go to the BJP," Rawat said after casting his vote in the state capital on Thursday.Harish Rawat, a five-time MP, is contesting the polls from Nainital Lok Sabha constituency on a Congress ticket against BJP state president Ajay Bhatt. The seat is currently represented by Bhagat Singh Koshyari of the BJP.After exercising his franchise in his constituency, he said, "People of Uttarakhand will vote for a change."Voting is underway in the ...
Nearly 25% polling in J&K till 11 a.m., stoning in Baramulla
Nearly 25 per cent voting was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir's two Lok Sabha constituencies of Jammu and Baramulla till 11 a.m. in the first phase of election marred by an incident of stone pelting that injured a woman.
30 pc turnout till 11 am in Tripura
Thirty per cent voter turn out was recorded in the first four hours of polling in West Tripura Lok Sabha seat even as the opposition CPI(M) and the Congress alleged of rigging and intimidation of voters. "Till 11 am voting percentage was 30 per cent," Returning Officer of West Tripura seat Sandeep Mahatme said. The other Lok Sabha seat-Tripura East-will witness polling on April 18 in the second phase. Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, Leader of the opposition Manik Sarkar, sitting MP and CPI-M candidate for the constituency Shankar Prasad Datta, Congress candidate Subal Bhowmick and BJP candidate Pratima Bhowmick have exercised their franchise in the morning. Congress candidate Subal Bhowmick accused the supporters of the ruling BJP of indulging in rigging, intimidating voters and resisting electors from entering the booths. "In Mohanpur, Bishalgarh, Boxanagar, Dhanpur and many other constituencies, booths were captured by workers of the ruling BJP. I have lodged .
Moon to meet Trump on stalled N. Korea dialogue
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is in the US for talks with his American counterpart Donald Trump that will focus on ways to bring North Korea back to the dialogue table over denuclearization.
Opposition scared, indulging in scaremongering: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led opposition, asserting that the "mahamilavati gang" is scared that if he comes to power again, their "shops" of corruption and dynasty politics will shut down. Addressing an election rally here, Modi also said the opposition wants to strip the armed forces of their special powers, while the NDA government strives to give full liberty to jawans to deal with terrorists and Naxals. "The mahamilavati gang is actually afraid of something else though it may have other pretensions while scaremongering. They fear that if Modi comes to power again, their shops of corruption, dynasty politics and venal defence deals will shut down," he said. The prime minister said his government has been making efforts to bolster the quota system introduced by Baba Saheb Ambedkar. "They are saying that if Modi comes to power again, elections would be done away with. All constitutional bodies will be under ...
UK business says Brexit extension averts crisis
One of Britain's leading business lobby groups says the Brexit extension granted to the country at a summit in Brussels overnight means an "imminent economic crisis" has been averted. However, the Confederation of British Industry is warning that a fresh start is needed to avoid more acute uncertainty in the run up to the new Oct. 31 Brexit deadline. CBI director-general, Carolyn Fairbairn, said businesses will be adjusting their plans to cope with a potential 'no-deal' Brexit later in the year but won't be cancelling them. She says Britain's leaders must make productive use of the time afforded by the extension announced by the EU following hours of discussions. "Sincere cross-party collaboration must happen now to end this crisis," she said. Cross-party talks between the government and the opposition Labour Party have not produced a breakthrough in the Brexit impasse.
23.78 per cent voter turnout in U'khand by 11 am
Polling in Uttarakhand's five Lok Sabha seats saw 23.78 per cent voter turnout by 11 am with people queuing up since early morning to exercise their franchise, an official said. The fate of 52 candidates will be decided by over 78 lakh voters of the state, where all the five seats -- Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Almora and Nainital -- are being held by the BJP. The saffron party is locked in straight contests with the Congress on all seats. Polling began at 7 am and 23.78 per cent voter turnout was recorded by 11 am, Chief Electoral Officer Saujanya said. High-profile candidates in the fray are ex-chief minister Harish Rawat who takes on state BJP chief Ajay Bhatt in Nainital, ex-CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank who faces Congress's Ambrish Kumar in Haridwar, BJP national secretary Tirath Singh Rawat is up against B C Khanduri's son Manish in Pauri and sitting MPs Ajay Tamta (Lok Sabha) and Pradeep Tamta (Rajya Sabha) in Almora.
Moon Jae-in reaches US to meet Donald Trump
South Korean President Moon Jae-in reached the United States on Wednesday (local time) to hold talks with President Donald Trump to discuss Washington and Pyongyang stalled diplomatic talks."The upcoming (South Korea-U.S.) summit comes on a joint view that consultation between the two countries is important to quickly revive the momentum for dialogue following the Hanoi summit," Yonhap News agency quoted Kim Hyun-chong, a deputy director of South Korea's National Security Office (NSO) at Cheong Wa Dae, as saying.This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since last month's summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi ended abruptly. The talks between the US and North Korea have been stalled ever since. Trump has also asked his South Korean counterpart to help facilitate future dialogues with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Notably, Moon has so far held three talks with secluded North Korea leader.The South Korean President had an emergency telephonic ..
Bihar: RJD-NDA supporters clash at polling booth in Nawada
Clashes broke out allegedly between Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) supporters on Monday at booth number 270 in Nawada while polling was underway.The NDA supporters alleged that the RJD supporters had forced their way into the polling booth and were forcing women to vote for their candidate. NDA supporters intervened to stop them which led to the clash.As soon as the Presiding Officer arrived, RJD supporters reportedly resorted to physical violence and started pelting stones which resulted in NDA supporters getting injured.Speaking to reporters, NDA supporter Sujit Kumar claimed, "Members of the Lalten (Lamp, RJD's party symbol) party had entered the polling booth and were forcing women to vote for their candidate. We tried to stop them but to no avail. We summoned the Presiding Officer to the booth. As soon as he arrived, they (RJD supporters) resorted to physical violence and stone pelting."When some RJD supporters were asked by reporters for their .
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari casts vote in Nagpur
Union Minister and BJP candidate Nitin Gadkari, who is seeking re-election from Nagpur Lok Sabha seat, cast his ballot here on Thursday.Gadkari and his wife exercised their franchise in booth number 220 in the city.He was named as the BJP candidate from Nagpur in the first list of nominees released by the party on March 21. Nana Patole, who quit BJP to join Congress last year, is also fighting from the seat.BJP and Shiv Sena had last month formed an alliance to contest 25 and 23 Lok Sabha seats respectively in Maharashtra. The state has 48 parliamentary constituencies.While the phase of polling is being held in Maharashtra today, the other voting dates are April 18, 23 and 29.
Chhattisgarh: ITBP, Police joint party come under Naxal ambush, no casualties reported
The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Chhattisgarh Police joint party on Thursday came under a Naxal ambush here in the early morning hours while on their way to a polling booth. No casualties have been reported so far."Naxals triggered an IED following which they fired on the 60 member party that was moving on foot to Dadwang for polling. ITBP jawans successfully broke the ambush and Naxals were pushed back after a brief encounter. No casualties were reported," officials said.The ambush came at a time when the voting process was underway at the Bastar parliamentary constituency in the state."The incident occurred at around 04:30 am when the security forces were moving to Dadwang for polling. The forces were moving on foot from Farasgaon to Dadwang, 30 kilometres from Narayanpur," the officials added.Bastar recorded a voter turnout of 10.2 per cent till 9 a.m.On Tuesday, Naxals triggered an IED blast in Dantewada, which killed sitting BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi, his driver and three ..
Sikkim witnesses 15% polling in first 3 hours
Around 15 per cent votes were cast in the first three hours of polling in Sikkim on Thursday in simultaneous eletions for a new 32-member state Legislative Assembly and to pick its only Lok Sabha member.
13 pc polling in Jammu LS seat till 9 am
The Jammu Lok Sabha constituency recorded 13 percent polling till 9 am on Thursday, election officials said. Voting began peacefully in the Jammu Lok Sabha constituency at 7 am, with voters in Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch turning up to exercise their franchise early morning, they said. Samba registered 16.52 per cent polling, followed by 14.12 per cent in Jammu district, 11.88 per cent in Rajouri district and 12.98 per cent in Poonch district, they said. In Rajouri and Poonch border districts, people along the LoC too have come out in large numbers. Former minister Shabir Ahmed Khan in Rajouri alleged that some EVMs are defective and said that complaints have been made. Kashmiri Pandits have exercised their right of franchise at various polling station set up in Muthi, Jagti and Udhampur and over 10 per cent polling by Kashmir migrants has taken places Baramulla LS constituency, an official said. The Jammu parliamentary seat has the highest number of 24 candidates in the state. ...
Senior citizens, first time voters show enthusiasm in Lok Sabha elections
Senior citizens and first time voters showed a lot of enthusiasm and came out to vote in large numbers on Thursday as voting began for 91 Lok Sabha constituencies, spread across 18 states and two Union Territories amidst tight security.In Gondia district of Maharashtra, 75-year-old Vijay Puroshutam Joshi was among the many early voters.On being asked what issues concern him, he told ANI, "Ram Mandir, country's progress, unemployment, and national security.""For national security and country's progress, people should come out and cast their votes for whichever party they want. The nation comes first, rest everything comes later," he said.The 92-year-old voter, Dr. D.N. Sanghani, adhering to the moral duty of casting vote, in spite of his old age infirmities, told ANI that he is voting at this age also and everyone should come out and exercise their franchise. He had come at polling booth in Gondia with his son and daughter-in-law."I am coming to vote at this age also. So everyone else .
Imran Khan has no right to interfere in India's electoral process: Owaisi
Condemning the statement of Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan, that he sees a better chance of peace talks with India if Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP wins the general elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said we have free and fair elections unlike in Pakistan where the electoral process is controlled by their Army and intelligence agency, ISI."I condemn the statement of Imran Khan. He has no right to interfere in the electoral process of a great country like India. He comes from a country where the electoral process is controlled by their Army and ISI. We have free and fair elections. It is completely wrong on part of Imran Khan to say that he wants Narendra Modi as Prime Minister of India so that Kashmir issue can be solved. I would like to remind him that Kashmir is not anybody's private property," Owaisi told reporters after casting his vote here.The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader alleged that Modi has tried to portray himself as a victim of ...