In Central Hall of Parliament, Modi vows to win minorities’ trust

During his 75-minute speech addressing the newly elected NDA members of Parliament, Narendra Modi advised the MPs to exercise restraint while speaking in public and emphasized that his government would push towards winning the trust of the minority communities. Read More
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World leaders congratulate Modi over landslide election win

With the trend indicating that the NDA led by the BJP heading towards a landslide victory on the 2019 Lok Sabha election, international leaders have already started to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for retaining power with an even greater mandate than 2014. Read More
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TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee sends defamation notice to Modi

Trinamool Congress leader and Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee sent a defamation notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making “wildly fabricated allegations” against him at a rally in West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour. Read More
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CEC: Reports of Lavasa’s ‘recusal’ from MCC matters ‘unsavoury’

Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora reacted to media reports as “unsavoury and avoidable controversy”, which said that EC Ashok Lavasa recused himself from meetings on violations of the model code of conduct as his dissenting opinion were not recorded. Read More
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Finally, Modi attends news conference, but avoids posers

In a surprise move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, attended a news conference and called the 17th Lok Sabha election “spectacular” and claimed that Bhartiya Janata Party will come back to power with a full majority on its own. Read More
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‘Fear psychosis’: EC chops Bengal campaign for Phase 7 by a day

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers fought pitched battles during Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, the Election Commission has decided to cut short the electioneering for nine Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal, by a day. Read More
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Amid Bengal violence, Trinamool cites ‘evidence’ against BJP

A day after BJP and Trinamool Congress workers engaged in violent clashes during Amit Shah’s road show in Kolkata, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's party has claimed to have “irrefutable evidence” that BJP is responsible for the violence in rally. Read More
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Alwar rape: Maya attacks Modi’s comments, drags in PM’s wife

BSP chief Mayawati assailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on Alwar gang rape. She alleged that women workers of the BJP were scared of their husbands meeting Narendra Modi fearing they might also “abandon their wives like the prime minister”. Read More
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SC reserves verdict on pleas challenging its Dec 14 judgment

The Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the petitions challenging its December 14 judgment dismissing all the petitions demanding investigation into Rafale jet deal. Read More
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BJP evokes 1984 riots, tweets Rajiv speech ahead of Delhi poll

Just two days before the voting in Delhi for the Lok Sabha election, the Bharatiya Janata Party tweeted a video of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots including a clip of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi saying, on the riots, “When a tree falls, the earth shakes.” Read More
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