India

Doda, Apr 11: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi made his first frontal attack on the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for suppressing his marital status in the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission over the last many years. Addressing an election campaign, Mr. Gandhi pooh-poohed BJP's “rhetoric of dignity and empowerment of women”. He asserted that there were huge gaps

New Delhi, Apr 14: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea questioning the clean chit given to Narendra Modi by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in its probe in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots. A bench comprising justices H.L. Dattu and S.A. Bobde also declined the plea for reconstituting the SIT involving retired judges of the apex court, including a person from the

Washington, Apr 11: A controversial Congressional resolution, which among other things asks the American administration to maintain its policy of not issuing visa to BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, now has more than 50 co-sponsors. Rush Holt from New Jersey and Barbara Lee from California are the two lawmakers to have signed onto the resolution (H Res 417), thus taking the number of

Aizawl, Apr 11: Voting for the lone Lok Sabha constituency and an Assembly bypoll in Mizoram began on Friday, for which additional eight companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed. The bypoll is being held to the Hrangturzo Assembly constituency. The Mizoram Lok Sabha seat is witnessing a three-cornered contest between the ruling Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and the United Democratic

Siliguri, Apr 10: Taking West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee head on, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday accused her of playing vote bank politics and said no real 'poribartan' (change) has taken place in the state during TMC rule. "When the government changed in Bengal, I thought there would be development. But nothing has happened. They are only indulging in vote

Raipur, Apr 10: Of the 1,797 booths in Bastar, 1,407 booths have been marked as ‘critical’ and all steps have been taken to ensure free and fair polling there. Naxals opened fire on security forces near ten polling booths in Chhattisgarh’s Maoist-hit Bastar Parliamentary seat, where around 30 per cent of the electorate cast their votes till noon. Besides, a huge haul of explosives, including 15

Ranchi, Apr 10: An estimated 14 per cent voters exercised their franchise till 10 a.m. in four Lok Sabha seats of Jharkhand where Maoists exploded a series of landmines before polling began. Barring an incident of a voter attacking a polling official with a knife in Lohardaga, polling in Palamau (SC), Chatra, Koderma and Lohardaga (ST) seats is going on peacefully, police said. Hours before

New Delhi, Apr 10: Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and her husband Robert Vadra voted here Thursday in the Lok Sabha election. Priyanka was casually dressed in a brown kurta, with a white salwar, while Vadra wore pink trousers with a black blazer, which instantly started trending on twitter. Someone tweeted: "Robert Vadra goes to vote in pink pants! Where is the

Ranchi, April 10: A constable allegedly shot dead three policeman in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said Thursday. Vikas Tiwari, a constable with the India Reserve Battalion (IRB), had a heated argument with his colleagues on some issues Wednesday night. He picked his automatic rifle and shot three policemen dead - assistant sub-inspector Ratan Kumar Kushwaha, head constable Shambhu Kumar and

Patna, Apr 10: Polling for six Lok Sabha seats in Bihar today started under the shadow of violence as Maoists killed two CRPF jawans and injured seven others when they were on their way to polling stations of Jamui constituency in Munger district. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Khargpur, Ranjan Kumar said that the security personnel belonging to 131 CRPF battalion were travelling in two jeeps to