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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Boxer-turned-politician, Congress leader Vijender Singh has joined BJP on Wednesday ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. The 38-year-old boxer from Haryana’s Bhiwani district, who won a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was the first Indian boxer to achieve this. He also secured bronze at …

[ad_1] DEHRADUN/RUDRAPUR: PM Modi on Tuesday hit out at Rahul Gandhi for his ‘India will burn if BJP wins’ comment and asked people to punish Congress by ensuring it was routed in the polls.“Shahzada (prince) of Congress’s ‘shahi’ (royal) family has announced that if the country chooses BJP for a …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the BJP over its recent political ad in which it states that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “stopped a war” and “evacuated stranded Indians”. The BJP ad shows a woman, playing the role of a student, meeting her parents outside an …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Lord Ram belongs to everyone and the BJP cannot have a monopoly over him or religion no matter how hard it tries, says senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot, asserting that the INDIA bloc will fight the Lok Sabha polls on people’s issues rather than emotive ones. The …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Bharat Ratna on BJP stalwart, former deputy prime minister L K Advani at his residence on Sunday.President Murmu visited Advani’s residence to honor him. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu were also present …

[ad_1] GUWAHATI: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu was among 10 BJP candidates declared elected unopposed following closure of nomination withdrawal period on Saturday for assembly elections in the state.Scheduled alongside Lok Sabha polls on April 19, elections to the 60-member assembly have witnessed a unique turn of events with …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Announcing that it has been slapped with a fresh income tax demand of Rs 1,823 crore, Congress said Modi govt is subjecting it to ‘tax terrorism‘ for minor violations of small amounts and filing formalities to cripple it financially during the Lok Sabha elections, while it has …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Congress Party on Friday announced the receipt of new income tax demands totaling Rs 1,823.08 crore, criticizing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for engaging in “tax terrorism” with the aim of financially undermining the opposition in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.At a press conference …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday she had decided against contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu or Andhra Pradesh as she lacked funds to fight polls and may not meet the ‘winnability criteria’ in the two states.“The party did ask me but after thinking …

[ad_1] RAIPUR: Forces gunned down six Maoist insurgents, including two women, in Chhattisgarh‘s Bijapur Wednesday morning, reported. Deputy CM Vijay Sharma, who also holds the home portfolio, said the operation was launched following the murder of three villagers by suspected Maoists on Holi. They were hacked and stabbed to death …