Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday praised the Election Commission as an institution but seemed to make an oblique reference to individuals in the commission when he said "only a poor workman blames his tools". The Election Commission has been accused of bias by the Congress and other opposition parties throughout the campaign for the national election that ended on Sunday.
The National Democratic Alliance on Monday taunted senior RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav over his failure to cast his vote in Patna on Sunday though other members of his family like mother Rabri Devi, sister Misa Bharti, who is contesting from Pataliputra and brother Tej Pratap Yadav exercised their franchise.
Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday May 20, 2019, Mirzapur
Afzal Ansari, the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party joint candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur, has sat on protest outside the strongroom where the electronic voting machines are kept.
With the exit polls predicting a debacle for the Left Front in the Lok Sabha election, the leaders of various Left parties are set to play a waiting game as regards joining the UPA or being part of a non-Congress federal front.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, caught in a controversy over his claim that his personal security officers could kill him, today claimed it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who wanted him dead.
Six members of a family from Maharashtra's Beed district have been swept away in flash floods in the Gulf nation of Oman where they had gone on a visit, Mumbai Police said Monday.
Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Monday May 20, 2019, New Delhi
NaMo TV - a BJP-backed television channel meant for publicising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rallies and political messages - was pulled off air two days before the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections, news agency PTI quoted party sources as saying today.
Sharad Pawar, the Nationalist Congress Party chief, is the latest to join the political leaders whose reaction to the exit polls predictions is utter disbelief.
Representatives of 21 opposition parties will meet the Election Commission tomorrow afternoon to flag their concerns about Electronic Voting Machines and the VVPAT (Voter Verified Paper Trail Machines).
Edited by Aditya Sharma | Monday May 20, 2019, New Delhi
After stirring a debate with his provocative remarks on the future of the Congress party, Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav on Monday doubled down on his assertion that the grand old party is "an obstacle to the idea of India".
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear on Tuesday the centre's plea challenging the Delhi High Court order staying its notification to allow the 2016 black money law to operate with retrospective effect from July, 2015 to book and probe offenders.
Edited by Stela Dey | Monday May 20, 2019, New Delhi
Shredded over a meme on actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, actor Vivek Oberoi has now said he has not done anything wrong. Earlier today, the actor got a women's commission notice for the meme that was deemed offensive by many including celebrities on Twitter.
