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A youth in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr constituency chopped off his own index finger that was marked with the indelible ink after he realised that he had voted for the 'wrong' party. The man identified as Pawan Kumar decided to take the drastic step after realising that he had voted for the BJP candidate instead of the SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate. In a video that has gone viral, Kumar is heard

New Delhi, Apr 19: Backing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's theory that Congress might be plotting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Thursday said it would be "better that Imran Khan keeps off Indian elections”. Speaking to ANI, Madhav said: "Who will be the prime minister of India will be decided by the people of India. We are wise enough; we don't

Ghazipur, Apr 19: Union Minister Manoj Sinha has launched an open threat to opposers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers, stating that a finger pointed towards his party workers will cease to exist after four hours. Addressing party workers here on Thursday, Sinha said, "BJP activists are ready to destroy corruption and money earned by criminal activities. And I want to assure you that if any

New Delhi, Apr 19: Congress national spokesperson and convenor of party's media cell Priyanka Chaturvedi, who was miffed at the reinstatement of some party workers who had misbehaved with her, resigned from the party and joined the Shiv Sena on Friday. She joined the Shiv Sena in the presence of the party president Uddhav Thackeray, sources said. Earlier, after quitting all posts in the party

Ahmedabad, Apr 19: Congress leader Hardik Patel was slapped by an unidentified man while addressing a poll rally on Friday in a village in Gujarat's Surendranagar district. The incident was captured on cameras of news channels covering the rally in the district, around 130 km from here. As soon as Hardik Patel started his speech at Baldana village under Wadhwan taluka, a man suddenly came on the

Apr 19: Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts case and the BJP candidate against Congress's Digvijaya Singh in Bhopal, said that former Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Hemant Karkare lost his life because she had cursed him. "I called Hemant Karkare and asked him to let me go if there is no evidence (against me). He (Karkare) said that he will bring evidence but will

Bhuj, Apr 19: Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed on Thursday that there is an undercurrent in favour of the Congress and Narendra Modi who has "failed" as prime minister will lose the 2019 general elections. Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress's 'Nyay' scheme has given a big jolt to Prime Minister Modi. "There is an undercurrent in favour of the Congress party. I am touring all over the

New Delhi: Backing Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's theory that Congress might be plotting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Thursday said it would be "better that Imran Khan keeps off Indian elections". Speaking to ANI, Madhav said, "Who will be the prime minister of India will be decided by the people of India. We are wise enough; we don't need

New Delhi, Apr 19: Congress national spokesperson and convenor of party's media cell Priyanka Chaturvedi resigned from the party, sources said. After quitting all the posts in the party, Chaturvedi sent her resignation to the party's top brass. She has also changed her introduction in her Twitter account where she had made a clear mention earlier about the posts she held in the party. She was

Ahmedabad, Apr 19: No Pakistani soldier or civilian died in the air strike on a terror camp at Balakot in Pakistan in February, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. Addressing women BJP workers here, she said the Indian military was given a “free hand” in the operation but was clearly told that no Pakistani civilian should be killed and also there should be “not even a scratch