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New Delhi, May 24: He combined BJP's core Hindutva plank with a hardcore nationalism agenda and set up a huge ground-level organisational setup to execute it the BJP's 'Chanakya' Amit Shah blazed such a trail that the 'Modi Wave 2.0' surpassed its own original avatar with a much bigger saffron surge. Known as an astute strategist whose non-political interests range from playing chess and watching

New Delhi, May 24: Sealing its phenomenal electoral victory, the Narendra Modi-led BJP crossed the 300 mark and was leading in one seat as counting for votes for 542 Lok Sabha seats neared its end on Friday. The massive exercise began Thursday morning with early trends establishing the BJP's conclusive lead, making it evident that Modi's message, packaging muscular nationalism, security and Hindu

Srinagar, May 24: Zakir Musa, the so-called chief of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a group affiliated with al-Qaida, was believed to have been killed in an encounter with security forces on Thursday in a village in Tral of South Kashmir, officials said. They said two terrorists were killed in the encounter but there was no confirmation about their identities as the bodies were yet to be retrieved

Bhopal, May 23: BJP's Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Pragya Singh Thakur, who recently kicked up a row with some of her remarks and was observing silence for 63 hours as a mark of penance, Thursday broke the vow to express her elation over poll trends which showed her in an unassailable lead. Thakur expressed happiness over the Lok Sabha poll trends which showed her ahead of her nearest Congress

New Delhi, May 23: Decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi led to divisions within the opposition, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said on Thursday and asserted that the policies of the Congress scion opened the doors for Narendra Modi's victory. Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the BJP was set to return to power Thursday as it led in 292 seats while the

May 23: The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha Polls 2019 began at 8.00 AM today. Despite early hiccups, the BJP led NDA has performed exceedingly well in the polls. While the results haven't been announced in all the constituencies yet, the BJP looks all set to form the government yet again. Celebrations have begun around the country and members of the BJP have flooded the internet with their

New Delhi, Mar 23: The 2019 Lok Sabha elections witnessed a string of B-Town celebrities contesting from various seats across the country. While some of them managed to strike gold for their respective parties, others are trailing as per latest trends thereby getting a mixed response from voters in total. For the BJP, names like Sunny Deol (Gurdaspur), Babul Supriyo (Asansol), Manoj Tiwari (North

Kalpetta, May 23: Rahul Gandhi is heading for a record-breaking margin against his nearest rival CPIs P P Suneer in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday, as roads in front of counting centres in this hill town wore a deserted look. As counting progressed, Gandhi established a lead of over three lakh votes, probably the biggest margin in the Lok Sabha elections in the State. Local leaders

New Delhi, May 23: Senior BJP leader and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thanked the people on the BJP's "big victory" in the Lok Sabha polls. Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the BJP was set to return to power as it led in 295 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 50, according to

New Delhi, May 23: Narendra Modi will be India’s prime minister again after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looked set for a landslide win on Thursday in the world’s biggest general election. With all 542 seats reporting, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was ahead in 331 seats, a near-repeat of its remarkable 2014 win, and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was ahead in 106