Weeks before Lok Sabha polls, LPG price cut by Rs 100
NEW DELHI: Weeks before general elections or Lok Sabah Polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a Rs 100 per cylinder cut in cooking gas LPG price to ease financial burden on households. Non-subsidised cooking gas price will be cut to Rs 803 per 14.2-kg cylinder in the national capital with effect from midnight […]
‘Your father’s life ended as bhrastachari no 1’: Narendra Modi attacks Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Samajwadi Party of going soft on the Congress, implying a rift in the SP-BSP opposition alliance against the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and took a jibe at former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Accusing the Congress and its president of attempting to tarnish his image over […]
72 Lok Sabha seats in 9 states go to polls in 4th phase on Monday
NEW DELHI: Polling will be held on Monday for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election in 72 parliamentary constituencies spread across nine states The stakes are high for the ruling BJP and its allies as it had swept 56 of these seats in 2014, leaving just two for the Congress and the rest for […]
RBI’s revised guidelines for resolution of stressed assets likely before May 23
NEW DELHI/ NEW DELHI: The Model Code of Conduct for the Lok Sabha polls is unlikely to have any bearing on issuance of a revised framework for resolution of stressed assets by the Reserve Bank and the guidelines are expected to be announced before May 23, sources said. Against the backdrop of the Supreme Court […]
BJP releases manifesto; promises to build Ram temple, announces slew of welfare schemes
NEW DELHI: Eyeing another stint in power, the BJP on Monday made a string of promises, including expeditious construction of a Ram temple, a firm hand in dealing with terrorism and doubling farmers income in the next three years. The party also promised to make India the third largest economy globally by 2030 and scrap […]
Seven-phase Lok Sabha polls to begin April 11, counting on May 23
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha elections will begin on April 11 and polling would be held over seven phases through May 19, followed by counting of all votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday. Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal, Odisha and Sikkim will also be held simultaneously, the Election Commission (EC) said. […]
Lok Sabha Polls will be held on time
NEW DELHI: The general elections in the country will be held on time, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said on Friday, amid tensions between India and Pakistan. The CEC is in the Uttar Pradesh capital for the past two days to review poll preparations in the state. “The election in the country will be […]
Coming Lok Sabha polls could be world’s most expensive: US think tank
NEW DELHI: The upcoming general elections in India will be the most expensive in Indian history and perhaps one of the most expensive ever held in any democratic country, a US-based expert has said. The Election Commission of India is soon expected to announce its schedule for the polls to be held to elect 543 […]
Maharashtra to give 10 per cent quota to EWS in jobs, education
MUMBAI: Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Maharashtra government has decided to grant 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education to those who are economically weak in the state. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis tweeted a graphic that said families, whose collective annual income is less than Rs 8 lakh — through sources such […]