Election

Bangalore: Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde stoked Friday a controversy by calling Congress president Rahul Gandhi a ‘moron’ for his tweet that ‘Modilies’ is a new word in the English dictionary. In a tweet, the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said, “This moron...

Chennai: Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who is at the centre of a raging row over his Hindu extremist remarks, Friday said ‘every religion has its own terrorists’ and that no one can claim to be sanctimonious. The Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief also said that he...

Ludhiana: Abhay Kumar Jha, 36, jumps over a puddle of filthy water as he moves around the Dhandari Khurd area inhabited mostly by migrant workers who power the industries of this city. Around 20 metres from his dwelling, he stops near a large heap of...

New Delhi: Over 2,000 agile commandos on ground, 120 young supervisory officers, thousands of bullet rounds, first-aid kits and volumes of intelligence data sheets. This is what it takes for the central forces to ensure a watertight VIP security cover every day to politicians campaigning...

New Delhi: The BJP condemned Thursday its Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Pragya Singh Thakur’s praise for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as ‘patriot’ and asked her to tender a public apology. “We completely disagree with her statement with regard to Mahatma Gandhi. We strongly...

New Delhi: Only 48 per cent of the candidates contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls have declared graduation and above educational qualifications, according to the National Election Watch and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 7,928 of the...

Mandirbazar (West Bengal): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Thursday that Bengal does not need money from the BJP as it has enough resources to rebuild the ‘Vidyasagar’ statue which was vandalised at a Kolkata college following Amit Shah’s roadshow, Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during...

Jaipur: Congress president Rahul Gandhi met Thursday the Dalit woman who was allegedly gangraped in front of her husband in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, party sources said. Rahul was accompanied by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Deputy CM Sachin Pilot and Congress national general secretary Avinash Pandey,...

Lucknow: Rallying behind Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, Bahujan Samaj Pary (BSP) supremo Mayawati charged Thursday that the West Bengal Chief Minister is being targeted as part of a conspiracy to divert attention from failures of the Modi government. “It is now clear that...

New Delhi/Mumbai: WhatsApp clones and software tools that cost as little as $14-15 (Rs 1,000 approximately) are helping Indian digital marketers and political activists bypass anti-spam restrictions set up by the world’s most popular messaging app, according to this agency. The activities highlight the challenges...