August 15, 2018 08:29 AM IST
Modi drew a comparison between the situation in 2013 and how things stand today and said if the pace of the UPA government's last year was maintained, it would have taken decades, centuries and generations to build as many toilets, distribute as many LPG connections among the poor and lay down as much optical fibre as his government has done.
August 15, 2018 07:47 AM IST
"These isolated incidents (lynching) should not be linked with our party. We believe in tolerance and we respect all religions. If you do research, you will see RSS also does not support lynchings," Gadkari said.
August 15, 2018 07:46 AM IST
The BJP and the Congress released the over two-minute videos, accusing each other and explaining the deal by using an analogy of locks in a society/building that were to be changed with new ones.
August 14, 2018 10:59 PM IST
BS Yeddyurappa, ex-CM of Karnataka, also visited numerous temples after becoming CM in 2008.
August 14, 2018 10:17 PM IST
In his Twitter barb, Gandhi also tagged an old video of Modi attacking the then UPA government over the falling rupee. Modi was then the Gujarat chief minister and the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 parliamentary election.
August 14, 2018 10:05 PM IST
Some of the suggestions already received on the website include the ones on cases of rape, open defecation, reservation system and education.
August 14, 2018 10:04 PM IST
These cities and states became a part of independent India later than August 15, 1947. Hence, 2018 does not mark there 72nd Independence Day.
August 14, 2018 09:55 PM IST
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Ashok Chavan said the falling rupee was an Independence Day "gift" to the people of India from the BJP- led NDA government.
August 14, 2018 09:38 PM IST
Patel will discharge the additional duties until the regular arrangements for the office of governor of Chhattisgarh are made, he said.
August 14, 2018 09:32 PM IST
On its part, the BJP asserted that it was in favour of holding simultaneous polls as per the law and with consensus, but rejected reports that it had plans to hold assembly polls in 11 states.
August 14, 2018 09:31 PM IST
The contention on behalf of the Congress leader was made before a bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla by senior advocate P Chidambaram.
August 14, 2018 09:24 PM IST
India has established itself as a relatively stable market for global investors, posting a GDP growth of 8.48 percent in 2009, barely a year after the subprime mortgage crisis in the US
August 14, 2018 09:20 PM IST
The TMC should come clean on whose vote they have won elections, whether they have received votes of Indians or infiltrators.
August 14, 2018 08:55 PM IST
On his first visit to Telangana after becoming the party president, Gandhi had alleged yesterday that the "style" of Modi and Rao were the same as they only make tall and empty promises.
August 14, 2018 08:54 PM IST
The rupee crashed below the 70-mark in early trade to touch an all-time low of 70.10 against US dollar, a day after bloodletting in global markets due to worries over Turkish economic crisis and a sharp plunge in the lira.
August 14, 2018 08:36 PM IST
He accused booth level officials making these lists of not being aware of the protocol to be followed while undertaking this exercise.
August 14, 2018 08:30 PM IST
However he would not be able to win any election in Karnataka "as he lacks the ability to deliver," state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa told reporters here.
August 14, 2018 08:20 PM IST
VVPAT is a device which dispenses a slip with the symbol of the party for which a person has voted for. The slip appears on a small window for seven seconds and then drops in a box. But the voter cannot take it home.
August 14, 2018 08:11 PM IST
The Congress leaders also alleged that as many as 70 lakh voters had been added in voters' list from 2013 to 2018.
August 14, 2018 08:07 PM IST
Rawat claimed that the probe agencies have been given a free-hand and they have launched unbiased investigation into scams in scholarship, teacher recruitment, food, and the State Infrastructure and Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (Sidcul).
August 14, 2018 07:57 PM IST
They (the BJP) may conduct the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls together. Or, they will hold the elections together with those in the US and Russia.
August 14, 2018 06:33 PM IST
The BJP will win more seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections than in 2014 the opposition parties and the 'mahagatbandhan' will be wiped out.
August 14, 2018 06:05 PM IST
"Rahul spoke about GST, demonetisation. He shared his opinion. He spoke about job creation and wealth distribution. It was a positive interaction," he said. "It is basically an event by the Young President's Organisation. Normally somebody (leader) comes and talks to us. We always call prospective leaders for an interaction," he added.
August 14, 2018 05:52 PM IST
The party had drawn a blank in the six LS seats in the metropolis in the 2014 general polls after having cornered a lion's share of five seats in the 2009 elections.
August 14, 2018 05:00 PM IST
Holding simultaneous polls for all state assemblies and the Lok Sabha would not be possible in the next general elections.
