Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Advocate Kalyan Banerjee, a Member of Parliament from the Trinamool Congress party, and lawyer Biswaroop Bhattacharya have filed PILs in the Calcutta High Court concerning the vote counting for the West Bengal Assembly elections.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Leaders from the Congress and other Opposition parties on Thursday expressed confidence in their electoral prospects, while simultaneously questioning the credibility of exit polls, asserting that the final outcome would only be clear when votes are counted on May 4.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has said that India's logistics cost will drop to 9 per cent at the current robust pace of road infrastructure development.
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders staged a protest in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly premises on Thursday, accusing the BJP of misleading the public on the issue of women’s reservation.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday criticised a fresh circular issued by the Haj Committee of India that asks pilgrims to pay an additional Rs 10,000 as differential airfare, citing the ongoing crisis in West Asia, and demanded that the directive be withdrawn with refunds issued to those affected.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The ISI is playing a long game and is plotting a big attack leading up to the elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled to be held next year. In the run up to the big plot, ISI backed elements are causing major distractions through their propaganda channels, officials have learnt.
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will on Thursday decide on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s demand to conduct repolling in 77 booths across four Assembly constituencies in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, which went to the polls in the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A 70‑year lease has been formalised to transfer land for a Basmati and Organic Training Centre‑cum‑Demo Farm at Tanda Bijaisi in Pilibhit district, Uttar Pradesh, to be developed over approximately seven acres, the government said on Thursday.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) As multiple exit polls projected notable gains for the BJP in West Bengal and Assam, leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday voiced confidence that “double-engine governments” would be formed in both states, while also expressing optimism about the party’s performance in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Thiruvananthapuram, April 30 (IANS) With exit polls hinting at the possible end of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left government, the question of who will lead a prospective United Democratic Front (UDF) administration has swiftly moved to the centre of Kerala’s political discourse.
