Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Prateik Jain of Bangalore was announced the winner of the first edition of Provogue MensXP Mr. India 2014 here Thursday. He will now represent India at Mr. World 2014 pageant held in Torbay, Britain June 15. The first runner-up title went to Puneet Beniwal from Delhi and Chennai’s Bharat Raj was declared […]
Varanasi, May 9 (IANS) Thousands of BJP activists Thursday protested in Varanasi and New Delhi against the poll panel’s initial curbs on rallies by its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi even as he got a warm welcome on his visit here with crowds thronging the routes he travelled. Other political parties however accused the BJP of […]
Varanasi/New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The BJP Wednesday declared war on the Election Commission after it denied permission to its prime ministerial aspirant Narendra Modi to hold a rally Thursday in Varanasi where he is contesting his second Lok Sabha seat though allowing the other events. The Bharatiya Janata Party announced that Modi would visit Varanasi […]
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) India would hand over $1 million financial assistance to Afghanistan for relief and rehabilitation in Badakshan province that was hit by a massive landslide last week burying over 2,000 people. The Indian embassy would hand over the financial assistance to the Afghan ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) Thursday in Kabul, a […]
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) It is likely to be a cloudy Thursday in Delhi and the maximum temperature will hover around 36 degrees Celsius, said the Met Office. “The sky will be clear in the morning but will turn cloudy noon onwards,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The minimum temperature was 25.2 […]
Varanasi, May 8 (IANS) BJP workers Thursday took to roads in Varanasi and protested the Election Commission’s decision to deny its prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi permission to hold rallies in the city. The party announced that all scheduled programmes of Modi for the day have been cancelled except for one rally. Modi is expected to […]
Jaipur, May 8 (IANS) Away from the hustle and bustle of the busy streets of the Pink City, this majestic property welcomes you with a warmth and hospitality that perhaps the Mughals and Rajputs would have experienced in days of yore. A convenient drive of a little over 250 km from the capital, Fairmont Jaipur, the […]
Dehradun, May 7 (IANS) Balloting in Uttarakhand for all its five Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 74 candidates are in the fray. In Hardwar, the Congress has fielded Renuka Rawat, wife of Chief Minister Harish Rawat, against former chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Harish Rawat had […]
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh will lead an Indian delegation to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from May 7-9 to hold talks with Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister Nizomiddin Zohidov on bilateral, regional and international issues. Besides the meeting in the ministry of foreign affairs, Singh will also call on Tajik dignitaries. The foreign secretary’s visit […]
Shimla, May 7 (IANS) Balloting in Himachal Pradesh for its four Lok Sabha seats and by-poll for one assembly seat began Wednesday at 7 a.m., officials said. As many as 38 candidates are in the fray for the parliamentary seats and four are in contention in the assembly by-poll for Sujanpur seat. Over 4.8 million electors […]