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New Delhi, May 4: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal was slapped by a man during a roadshow in Delhi's Moti Nagar area on Saturday. Arvind Kejriwal was slapped when he was holding the roadshow in Delhi for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Arvind Kejriwal was slapped when he was waving at the people who had gathered during his roadshow in Delhi. A man, wearing a

Amethi, May 4: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of sending bribes of Rs 20,000 to village headmen of Amethi parliamentary constituency. Addressing a public gathering Priyanka levied these strong acquisitions against her political rivals and said: "Wrong kind of campaign is happening here as money is being distributed. I am sending our election

New Delhi, May 4: Congress president Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP-led government on Saturday of compromising in dealing with the challenge of terrorism and cited the release Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar during the NDA rule. Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, he said, if voted to power, his party will adopt a more stern approach in combatting terrorism than what

New Delhi, May 4: As West Bengal braces for Cyclone Fani's landfall, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the governor of the state, Keshari Nath Tripathi, on Saturday about the ground situation. During his conversation with Tripathi, the prime minister reiterated the Centre's readiness to provide all help needed to cope with the extremely severe cyclonic storm. "Also conveyed my solidarity with

New Delhi, May 3: Charging the Congress with using the funds from corruption and scams in Madhya Pradesh to 'fund the party', the BJP on Friday said Madhya Pradesh has become the new ATM for the Congress party. Addressing a press conference at party headquarters here, BJP MP G V L Narasimha Rao said, 'Wherever they have formed government in the states, they are using the money of people, meant for

May 3: Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar said he does not like either Prime Minister Narendra Modi or BJP chief Amit Shah and maintained Congress president Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to become the next PM. Referring to a remark of the BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur, Akhtar said he will suggest Modi to use her "curse" to get rid of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed

Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi, May 3: India has evacuated more than ten lakh people living along its east coast ahead of an extremely severe cyclone that is due to make landfall on Friday afternoon, government officials said. Cyclonic storm Fani, which has been churning up the Bay of Bengal, is currently about 150 km (93 miles) northeast of the Hindu temple town of Puri in the eastern state of Odisha

New Delhi: India may witness the highest ever voter turnout since Independence in the ongoing elections, if there is a marginal increase in voting during the remaining three phases, a research report by country's largest bank SBI said Thursday. About 900 million are expected to cast their votes in the ongoing seven-phase general elections to be completed on May 19. The country will vote in the

Bengaluru, May 2: South Western Railway (SWR) has announced cancellation of seven trains due to extremely cyclonic storm 'Fani'. According to a SWR release here on Thursday the trains cancelled include Train No 22818 Mysuru–Howrah Express commencing journey from Mysuru on May 6, Train No. 22884 Yesvantpur–Puri Express on May 4, Train No 12863 Howrah–Yesvantpur Express from Howrah on May 3, Train

New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission to decide by May 6 nine complaints of the Congress party alleging MCC violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. The poll panel told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that it has already decided on two out of the 11 complaints which were filed by the Congress party against Modi and