Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Indian stocks were virtually on fire, leading a key index to gain as much as 1,019.27 points, or 4.26 percent, as Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party took a big early lead in India’s national election vote count. Around 10.40 a.m., the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange was ruling just […]
Patna May 16 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician and sitting BJP MP Satrughan Sinha took lead Friday in Bihar’s Patna Saheb Lok Sabha constituency over Congress’ Kunal Singh, officials said. Sinha, popularly known as ‘Bihari Babu’, is seeking re-election. He is a former union minister and one of the star campaigners of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Filmmaker and Janata […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) BJP president Rajnath Singh Friday congratulated prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over the party’s performance in the Lok Sabha polls and said the trends indicate “a landslide” for the party. In a message on Twitter, Rajnath Singh described the BJP’s performance as “superb”. The Bharatiya Janata Party president said he spoke […]
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Indian stocks were virtually on fire leading a key index to breach 25,000 points mark, as Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party took a big early lead in India’s national election vote count. Around 10.50 a.m., the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange was ruling at a never before high of […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The BJP was Friday set for a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, its candidates taking early leads in 265 of the 498 seats in two hours of vote count across the country. The Congress, India’s oldest political party which had ruled India for a decade since 2004 at the head […]
Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) Writer-director and now author, Rensil D’Silva says his book “Kohinoor Express” has an “epic scope” and he may consider making either a film or a mini-TV series inspired by it. Work on his new film “Ungli” is also on his mind. In an interview, the director of the Anil Kapoor-starrer Indian TV […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi Friday said the party accepted the mandate of the people and its defeat in the general elections. “We accept the mandate of the people and welcome it and accept our defeat,” Chaturvedi told reporters here. Chaturvedi, a Rajya Sabha member, said the party will introspect and see […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Dancing on drumbeats, chanting slogans, bursting firecrackers and distributing laddus, hundreds of BJP workers gathered at the party headquarters here Friday morning to celebrate the predicted landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Armed with portrait photos of the party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and wearing the party’s saffron caps, […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Mumbai might be known as the city where dreams are given life but, according to a recent survey conducted with foreign women, Delhi men are more romantic than their Mumbai counterparts. Conducted by deodorant brand AXE, the survey’s results are based on the opinion of foreign women. When asked to rate […]
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The BJP Friday took early leads in all the seven Lok Sabha seats of the national capital, with the AAP at the second position and Congress trailing at a poor third. According to officials, two-time winning candidate and union minister Kapil Sibal was trailing at the third position from the Chandni […]