New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Congress headquarter here wore a deserted look Friday as the Lok Sabha election vote-count across the country showed a massive mandate against the party. Most of the top leaders were unavailable in the All India Congress Committee office, barring a couple of spokespersons – Sanjay Jha and Rajeev Shukla. Shukla […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set for a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, the party’s supporters in filmdom like Asha Bhosle and Madhur Bhandarkar wished Narendra Modi and looked forward to seeing him take oath as the country’s new prime minister. The celebs took to Twitter to share […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The BJP Friday won the Baghpat Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and was leading in 274 constituencies, the Election Commission said. Information from the poll panel showed BJP candidates on the winning track in 274 of the 534 seats where trends were available from the vote count, indicating it could […]
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Majority companies in the 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) rallied as the 16th Lok Sabha election vote count showed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in lead to form the next government. Around 11.50 a.m., the Sensex was ruling at 24,760.92 points […]
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was scheduled to make the first of two appearances at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival Friday, will not be able to walk the red carpet due to an air traffic controllers’ strike in France. Aishwarya represents global cosmetics brand L’Oréal Paris at the annual gala. […]
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Comedian Kiku Sharda, whose popularity has gone several notches higher thanks to his drag act as Palak in “Comedy Nights With Kapil”, would now be appearing on the dance reality show “Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa” as his on-screen character Palak. He says he has no problems being known as Palak everywhere. Kiku would […]
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead in 15 of the 24 seats latest trends for which were available in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. The Communist Party of India-Marxist, which spearheads the opposition Left Front, was way behind with its candidates ahead in only four seats. The Bharatiya Janata […]
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Initial trends in Karnataka showed the BJP leading in at least 17 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. “Of the 26 seats for which trends are available, the BJP is ahead in 17, Congress in seven and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in two,” a poll official told IANS. In Bangalore […]
Shimla, May 16 (IANS) The opposition BJP in Himachal Pradesh Friday led in all four Lok Sabha seats in the first six rounds of vote count. Congress leader and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife and sitting MP Pratibha Singh trailed BJP’s Ram Swaroop in Mandi. BJP’s two-time chief minister Shanta Kumar led by over 55,000 votes […]
Hull, May 16 (IANS) The Indian challenge in the Allam British Open squash championship ended here Thursday as Joshna Chinappa lost 1-3 to Joelle King of New Zealand in the quarter-finals. King seemed to be in control when she jumped to a 2-0 lead, but in the third game, the Kiwi seemed to relax a bit, […]