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Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters were detained by Delhi Police on late Monday night. Section 163 of the BNS has been imposed at the Delhi borders, Delhi Police announced. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday criticised the Delhi Police’s detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and his supporters at the Singhu…

This has been done keeping in mind centuries-old festival of Bishnoi community in Haryana, the poll body said. The counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana assembly polls will now be held on October 8 instead of October 4, the poll body added. The Election Commission on Saturday announced the rescheduling of the Haryana Assembly…

https://www.timesnownews.com/sports/cricket/rashid-khans-stunning-reply-to-sachin-tendulkar-goes-viral-as-afghanistan-reach-maiden-t20-world-cup-semis-article-111271112 After election for Lok Sabha Speaker post concluded, Om Birla won the polls for the post. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha commenced on Monday, June 24, with the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to address a joint session of…

UGC-NET exam cancelled: The Congress dubbed the government as “paper leak government” and asked whether the education minister would take responsibility now. UGC-NET June 2024 exam cancelled news: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Opposition leaders hit out at the Centre after the ministry of education cancelled UGC-NET on Wednesday evening saying the “integrity…

A day after taking oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a message of continuity by retaining his top ministers on Monday as he allocated portfolios for his third term in office. The four major ministries within the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) retained their incumbents, with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and…

Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi will meet his probable Cabinet ministers and MPs over a cuppa ahead of the oath-taking ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan at 7:15 pm. Most new joinees of the Modi 3.0 Cabinet, including Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari, have already started getting calls. All MPs, who will take the oath of office along with Narendra…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before a special court in Bengaluru today in connection with a defamation case filed by the Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the publication of allegedly derogatory advertising in mainstream newspapers before the 2023 State Assembly elections.   Rahul Gandhi was seen at the Delhi airport early morning, leaving…

With hectic parleys on to form the next government at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders Tejashwi Yadav will be leaving for Delhi on the same flight on Wednesday. According to reports, the two Bihar leaders, one and ally of the BJP, and the…

A third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears certain with the National Democratic Alliance hovering around the 292 mark as votes for the Lok Sabha polls were counted on Tuesday. But the day belongs to the resurgent opposition, which performed way over the modest expectations raised by exit polls. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was dented…

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results: The campaign has been long-drawn and the mood of the voters especially difficult to read in this election. New Delhi: Counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls, which will decide if PM Narendra Modi makes a comeback or a resurgent Opposition steals the show, has begun. Three hours on, NDA is past…

The NDA’s tally was 352 in 2019 and the BJP had won 303 seats on its own During the entire election season, the BJP stood by its target of 400 Lok Sabha seats for the NDA and its slogan of ‘ab ki baar 400 paar’ in the face of relentless mocking by the opposition. If three exit…

Much of the focus in this phase will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s seat of Varanasi in UP, which he is hoping to win for a third straight time. The seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election has started. Fifty-seven seats across seven states – 13 in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, nine in…

The voting started at 7 am and will continue until 6 pm, with those in line by the closing time still allowed to vote. Voting for the sixth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections began on Saturday morning across 58 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) amid tight security and arrangements.…

Highlighting special initiatives to enhance the voting experience, he said they have set up 70 pink polling stations across Delhi, one in each assembly constituency, which will be entirely operated by women polling staff, according to a statement. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Electoral Officer P Krishnamurthy said on Thursday that over one lakh polling personnel have been…

We don’t know what finally persuaded Sunak to go now – but it’s significant that he previously cited a Sky News projection of a House of Commons that pointed towards a hung parliament. The prime minister has surprised many, including within his own party, with his decision to hold a general election on 4 July. There are…

Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 began at 7am and will end at 6pm. Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 5: Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, covering 49 seats across six states and two union territories (UTs), is being held on Monday, May 20. The voters of…