Lok Sabha Elections 2019

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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Vidyasagar bust dominates last day of Modi, Mamata campaign

Published on May 17, 2019 07:27 am IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continued to lock horns over the vandalisation of a bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.(PTI)

Citing violence, BJP demands spl observers in key states for vote count

A day after campaigning in West Bengal was cut short by 19 hours following violence during a roadshow by BJP president Amit Shah in Kolkata on Tuesday, the BJP submitted before the ECI,(Reuters FILE)

Updated on May 17, 2019 10:28 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019- ‘Congress not averse to PM from a regional party’: Ghulam Nabi Azad

The Congress is not averse to supporting any regional party leader for the Prime Minister’s post even if it emerges as the single largest party, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Thursday.(PTI)

Published on May 17, 2019 07:24 am IST

‘Exceeding brief, interference’: Why top Bengal officials were shifted by EC

The Election Commission’s decision to transfer West Bengal CID’s additional director general Rajiv Kumar and relieve the state’s home secretary Atri Bhattacharya of his duties in the wake of clashes between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party workers was based on a two-page report by its observers on location.(REUTERS)

Updated on May 17, 2019 11:44 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: In 2019 polls, women look to bridge historic turnout gap

Even as polling in the 2019 general elections enters its last phase on May 19, voting trends in the first four phases suggest Indian women have caught up with men in terms of turnout.(Bloomberg)

Updated on May 17, 2019 12:29 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Himachal CM Jairam Thakur banks on the Modi factor

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur says he has set himself the task of winning all the four Lok Sabha seats in the state, and describes the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “party’s biggest weapon” ahead of polling on Sunday(Sanjeev Sharma/HT)

Updated on May 17, 2019 08:28 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP eyes record, not just victory, as bigwigs gather in Varanasi

Top ministers of the Union cabinet are camping in the holy city of Varanasi where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a candidate.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 17, 2019 08:06 am IST

Reality and celebrity battle it out in Gurdaspur, Amritsar

BJP's candidate from Gurdaspur Sunny Deol with BJP’s Amritsar candidate and union minister Hardeep Singh Puri during an election roadshow in Amritsar on Thursday.(PTI)

Updated on May 17, 2019 07:51 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Amid ‘friendly’ jibes, Siddaramaiah says Revanna can be CM

The on-and-off tussle between Karnataka coalition partners Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) took a personal turn on Thursday, after former chief minister Siddaramaiah suggested that there were many people in the alliance who were capable of becoming CM, including incumbent HD Kumaraswamy’s brother, HD Revanna.(Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 17, 2019 08:28 am IST

Ex-MLA to move EC over entry into polling stations

Bhushan Batra will make a representation to the Election Commission seeking action against Rohtak administration officials for allegedly being hand in glove with Haryana minister Manish Grover, in facilitating his entry in polling booths in an unauthorised manner on May 12(PTI)

Updated on May 17, 2019 08:28 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Pragya calls Godse ‘patriot’, retracts after BJP steps in

Singh, the BJP candidate from Bhopal, while speaking to the media after a roadshow in Agar-Malwa near Bhopal on Thursday, said, “Nathuram Godse was a ‘deshbhakt’, is a deshbhakt and will remain a deshbhakt.(HT photo)

Updated on Aug 16, 2019 01:36 pm IST

Varsities running short of teachers

The government then issued an ordinance on March 7 to lay down that the college or university would be taken as the unit while determining quota.(Hindustan Times)

Updated on May 17, 2019 12:17 am IST

Outrage as BJP’s Pragya calls Mahatma killer Godse a patriot

Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, BJP candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency.(ANI photo)

Updated on May 16, 2019 11:42 pm IST

What’s in a word? Oxford Dictionaries dragged into India poll

“There’s a new word in the English Dictionary. Attached is a snapshot of the entry :),” the scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty wrote in a post forwarded almost 10,000 times.(ANI)

Published on May 16, 2019 07:58 pm IST

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls result, PM Modi to offer prayers at Kedarnath, Badrinath

Modi will begin his two-day visit by offering prayers at the altar of Kedarnath temple on May 18.(PTI photo)

Updated on May 16, 2019 10:04 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019- ‘Priyanka Gandhi’s political entry energized Congress’: KC Venugopal

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal says a Rajya Sabha route for him is now a decision for the party to take.(Amal KS/HT PHOTO)

Published on May 16, 2019 07:04 pm IST

Out on campaign, Mamata reminds Bengal’s youth about UP’s anti-Romeo squads

Mamata Banerjee raised the topic to lash out at her principal opponent BJP.(Arijit Sen/HT Photo)

Updated on May 17, 2019 07:34 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘Disturbing’, says Chandrababu Naidu on EC cutting short Bengal campaign

AP CM N. Chandrababu Naidu has termed as ‘disturbing’ the Election Commission’s action cutting short the election campaign in WB.(HT File Photo)

Updated on May 16, 2019 05:39 pm IST

Nyay will refuel engine of economy emptied by Modi: Rahul Gandhi

Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking “fuel out of the engine of the country’s economy,” Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said if voted to power, his party will refuel it through the proposed ‘Nyay’ scheme.

Updated on May 16, 2019 05:27 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Mamata Banerjee thanks opposition leaders for support against EC decision

Accusing the EC of acting on the instructions of the BJP, Banerjee said the move was “unethical and unconstitutional”.(Hindustan Times/File Photo)

Published on May 16, 2019 03:53 pm IST

‘Nathuram Godse was a patriot,’ says BJP’s Pragya Thakur; sparks outrage

BJP’s Bhopal candidate created controversy on Thursday by saying that Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse “was a patriot.”

Updated on May 13, 2020 08:31 pm IST

Ghazipur Election Results 2019: All eyes on old rivals Manoj Sinha and Afzal Ansari

Manoj Sinha and Afzal Ansari

Updated on May 23, 2019 11:23 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Cong preparing to shift blame from Rahul for poll defeat, says Modi

Modi said, “Due to vote bank, the Congress is maintaining silence even on the issue of national security.”(AP/File photo)

Updated on May 16, 2019 02:47 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Seven crorepatis, 5 nominees with criminal cases in final phase of polls

The final phase will see seven crorepati candidates, which is the lowest among all phases in Jharkhand.(HT Photo/Representative Image)

Updated on May 16, 2019 02:34 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Caste crucial for both RJD and BJP in Pataliputra

While BJP is banking on its nationalism rhetoric, RJD’S major poll pitches are party supremo Lalu Prasad’s incarceration.(Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times/File photo)

Updated on May 16, 2019 02:20 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019- ‘What about 200-year-old heritage?’: Mamata Banerjee on PM Modi’s offer to build new statue

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Election Commission of being partial and said it was behaving like “BJP’s brother”.(ANI)

Updated on May 16, 2019 06:27 pm IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Apolitical candidates who took political plunge for change

UP is now witnessing professionals and apolitical people taking the plunge in electoral politics.

Updated on May 16, 2019 03:57 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019- ‘Let’s see if my chopper can land’: PM jabs Mamata before Bengal campaign

Lok Sabha elections 2019- ‘Let’s see if my chopper can land’: PM jabs Mamata before Bengal campaign(ANI/Twitter)

Updated on May 13, 2020 08:28 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: With his kin by her side, Mayawati campaigns for ‘absconding’ BSP candidate

Addressing a joint rally with Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav in support of Rai in Mau.(ANI Photo)

Updated on May 16, 2019 04:02 pm IST

Lok Sabha electionsn 2019: What kind of democracy is this asks Priyanka Gandhi

It is the BJP government in the state when such incidents are taking place while the entire administration is sitting idle,” she said(ANI/File Photo)

Updated on May 16, 2019 04:06 pm IST

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