Congress leader Priynaka Gandhi Vadras husband Robert Vadra, who had earlier expressed his desire to contest from the Amethi parliamentary seat, has said that the entire country wishes for him to get into active politics. Robert Vadra also claimed that Smriti Irani, the sitting MP from Amethi has not fulfilled her promises.

Delhi CM Kejriwals wife Sunita Kejriwal will now lead the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)s campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and other states. Sunita Kejriwal will hold a mega roadshow in the national capital today in support of AAPs East Delhi candidate Kuldeep Kumar. Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Friday announced []

Polling in the second phase of General Elections 2024 which commenced at 7 AM today simultaneously across 88 PCs recorded an approximate voter turnout of 60.96% as of 7 PM. Voters from across 13 States/UTs participated enthusiastically to cast their vote at their polling station braving the hot weather conditions. From newlyweds to senior citizens, []

The Supreme Court of India today rejected the pleas seeking 100 percent cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records. The verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. Though the cases were reserved for orders on April 18, they were listed again []

Polling for the 2nd phase is being held for 20 seats in Kerala, 14 seats in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, three each in Bengal and Chhattisgarh and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura. An average []

Theres a total 1,210 candidates in the fray today. The BSP has fielded the most candidates in this phase at 74, followed by the BJP at 69 and the Congress at 68. Voting is on in 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories amid a furious row between the Congress and the BJP over []

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy. PM extended his greetings to PM Meloni and the people of Italy on the occasion of 79th anniversary of Liberation Day. He thanked PM Meloni for the invite to the G7 Summit Outreach Sessions to be held in June []

Manish Kashyap, a prominent YouTube personality from Bihar, officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today in the presence of BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari and Anil Baluni, around 11 AM. Manish Kashyap, a renowned YouTuber from Bihar, arrived in Delhi along with BJP leader Manoj Tiwari. Previously, Kashyap had announced his intention to contest the []

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued separate notices seeking responses by 11am on Monday to complaints of violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Mallikaarjun Kharge and Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi, underlining campaign speeches of star campaigner need to be judged at []

Actor Randeep Hooda has been bestowed with Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in recognition of his contributions to Indian cinema and his recent film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. During a ceremony held at Mumbais Dinanath Mangeshkar Natyagrih on Wednesday, Hooda expressed his gratitude, saying that he felt honoured to receive the award from a family closely associated []

The 10th Round of India-Japan Consultations on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Export Control was held at Tokyo on yesterday. The two sides exchanged views on developments in the areas of disarmament and non-proliferation relating to nuclear, chemical and biological domains, outer spacesecurity, non-proliferation issues, conventional weapons and export control. The Indian delegation was led by Ms. []

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today accused the Congress and Communist parties of taking support from anti-national forces like the PFI and the SDPI. Addressing a public meeting at Alappuzha this afternoon, the BJP leader alleged that both parties encouraged terrorism in Kerala, for the sake of minority vote bank. He said under BJP rule, []

Stressing that the security of Indians based or settled overseas, especially in conflict zones, was paramount for the government, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Modis guarantee doesnt stop at the countrys borders. Addressing a forum for nationalist thinkers in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the External Affairs Minister said, Modis guarantee doesnt stop at the borders []

Human society is making the mistake of forgetting the importance of forests. Forests are life givers. The reality is that forests have preserved life on earth, said the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu while addressing the officer trainees of Indian Forest Service (2022 batch) at their convocation ceremony at the Indira Gandhi National Forest []

A Delhi Court on Tuesday extended judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till May 7 in the Delhi Liquor Policy case. The Delhi Chief Minister has a plea pending in the Supreme Court, in which he has challenged his arrest March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate on money laundering charges. The court heard []

DG IMD informed Election Commission that there is no major concern with regard to heat wave for phase 2 of the General Elections scheduled on 26th of this month. The weather forecast is normal for the 13 States/UTs going for polls in Phase 2. In view of reports of above normal temperatures and heat waves []

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu presented Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Awards for the year 2024 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday in the presence of Vice President of India, Prime Minister, Union Minister for Home Affairs and other dignitaries. President Murmu confered Padma Vibhushan on former []

With two days left for campaigning to end for the second phase of General Elections, leaders of political parties are making all out efforts to woo the voters by holding back to back rallies and road shows in favour of their candidates. In this phase, polling will take place across 89 Lok Sabha constituencies in []

In view of the forecast of above normal maximum temperatures and heat waves in certain parts of the country, the Election Commission is holding a meeting with different stakeholders. The meeting is to discuss measures to mitigate the risk due to heat waves. The officers from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), National Disaster Management Authority and []

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, on April 22, 2024, visited Siachen, the worlds highest battlefield, to carry out a first-hand assessment of the security situation. He also interacted with the soldiers deployed in the extreme weather & tough terrain conditions. The Raksha Mantri was accompanied by Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande; General Officer []

The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections for the Financial Year (FY) 2023-24 show that Net collections are at Rs. 19.58 lakh crore, compared to Rs. 16.64 lakh crore in the preceding Financial Year i.e. FY 2022-23, representing an increase of 17.70%. The Budget Estimates (BE) for Direct Tax revenue in the Union Budget for []

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), the nations largest pure-play green financing NBFC, has achieved an all-time high annual Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 1252.23 crores, marking an impressive growth of 44.83% over the previous fiscal year 2022-23. The company has successfully reduced its Net Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) to 0.99% in FY 2023-24, []

The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has released the UP Board class 12th result today April 20, 2024. The UP board class 12th result has been released during a press conference, following which the result link is now activated on the official website at upresults.nic.in. The intermediate examinations were conducted from February 22 to March []

Elon Musks India visit, scheduled for April 21 and 22, has been postponed, the Tesla CEO posted on social media platform X. Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the visit to India be delayed, but I do very much look forward to visiting later this year, Musk said in a post on X on []

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence, stating that he has received exceptional feedback, indicating a substantial surge in support for the BJP-led NDA across India. Taking to X, PM Modi wrote, First phase, great response! Thank you to all those who have voted today. Getting EXCELLENT feedback from todays voting. Its clear that people across []

Polling for the first phase of the General Elections 2024 recorded high voter turnout despite the heat wave. Polling remains largely peaceful with voters from various walks participating enthusiastically in a dazzling display of civic responsibility and pride. In phase 1 of General Elections 2024, polling has been completed for 10 States/UTs to elect 18th []

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Friday filed his nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. He was accompanied by Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel. The veteran BJP leader has represented Gandhinagar as an MLA and then as an MP for 30 years.

To ensure the convenience of passengers and manage the anticipated surge in travel demand during summers, Indian Railways is operating a record-breaking 9111 trips during summer season. This marks a substantial rise compared to the summer of 2023, where a total of 6369 trips were offered. This translates to an increase of 2742 trips, demonstrating []

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers as the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls started with polling being held in 102 constituencies. He especially called upon the young and first-time voters to vote in large numbers. The first phase of polls is being held on all seats of []

Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Friday morning across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories as the mega seven-phase electoral exercise commenced at 7:00 am. Voters will exercise their franchise until 6:00 pm. The last general elections in 2019 were also held in seven phases. []

In view of the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections tomorrow (April 19) on all five seats in Uttarakhand, the state government has declared a public holiday on Friday. In Uttarakhand, the BJP had won all the Lok Sabha seats in the elections in both the 2014 and 2019 elections. With 47 []

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight-test of Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile (ITCM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on April 18, 2024. During the test, all subsystems performed as per expectation. The missile performance was monitored by several Range Sensors like Radar, Electro Optical Tracking []

A storm hit the United Arab Emirates and Oman this week bringing record rainfall that flooded highways, inundated houses, grid-locked traffic and trapped people in their homes. Around 19 people were reported to have died in the deluge in Oman while another person was said to have died in floods in the UAE that closed []

Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an Autonomous body under the Department of science and Technology played a crucial role in the Surya Tilak Project at Ayodhya. Under the Surya Tilak project, sunlight was brought on the forehead of Sri Ram Lalla at 12 noon on the occasion of Sri Ram Navami in the Chaitra month. []