Lucknow, April 10 (IANS) Brisk voting took place Thursday in Uttar Pradesh’s 10 Lok Sabha constituencies. Voting is going on peacefully in all the 10 constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh, an election commission (EC) official told IANS. The polling which began at 7 a.m. will go on till 6 p.m., Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of UP, […]
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), April 9 (IANS) Attacking Narendra Modi over the “snoopgate” controversy, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday questioned the BJP prime ministerial candidate’s committment to women empowerment. “The leader from Gujarat” is involved in “phone tapping of girls”, he said at a rally in Kanker, adding those forces who have been attacking women in the […]
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Election Commission Wednesday sought details of Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohd Azam Khan’s speech, while the BJP said his comment that only Muslim soldiers are to be credited for Kargil victory is an “insult to the Indian Army”. The minister Tuesday allegedly said the Kargil peaks were not conquered by Hindu […]
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) Haryana votes Thursday for all 10 Lok Sabha seats from the state in a single phase in what is seen as a test for the ruling Congress and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Nearly 1.61 crore electors, including over 73.8 lakh women, are eligible to vote. They will choose their representatives from […]
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets ended Wednesday’s trade 383.75 points or 1.72 percent up, after it touched another record high of 22,740.04 points. The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) started rising sharply around 3 p.m. and hit a new intra-day record high of 22,740.04 points, which […]
Hyderabad, April 9 (IANS) Hundreds of candidates filed their nomination for assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Telangana Wednesday, the last day of filing the papers. With most of the parties deciding their candidates late Tuesday, the candidates rushed against time to file the nominations. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, president of Telangana […]
Chennai, April 9 (IANS) Hablis Hotels, after stabilising the operations of its first business class four-star property here, has drawn up plans for one more hotel in the city and is looking at management contracts, a top company official said. “We will be soon acquiring a property to build a business-class hotel on the Old Mahabalipuram […]
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) If the average Muslim mind in the capital is any indication, the Congress is in trouble in this Lok Sabha election. Several Muslims IANS spoke to feel that the Congress will not be an en masse beneficiary of the Muslim vote unlike in the December assembly polls that nevertheless ended 15 […]
Elections in India are fascinating as they throw up interesting possibilities. As the nation votes to elect a new set of representatives in parliament, three of the country’s top women political leaders — J Jayalalithaa, Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati– have expressed the desire to become prime minister. Visible in the media more for their imperious […]
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) State-run explorer Oil India Limited (OIL) Wednesday announced it has become the first Indian company to make a foreign currency bond issuance worth $1 billion in its debut US dollar bond sale programme. “Oil India has made an inaugural $1 billion dual-tranche US Dollar (USD) unsecured bond issue in the international […]