PM schools Sam on Indianness
PITRODA SAYS SOUTH INDIANS LOOK LIKE AFRICANS, QUITS AFTER OUTRAGE In the midst of a high-voltage Lok Sabha poll campaign, Congress leader Sam Pitroda once again handed enough ammunition to the BJP with his analogy depicting India's diversity. Slamming his comments as "racist", Prime Minister Narendra Modi pounced on Pitroda's comment...
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Unholy Dip: Hindu numbers shrink by eight per cent
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Top LeT commander among 2 terrorists killed in Kashmir
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The Pioneer reports from Ground Zero | West Bengal
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Will Kejriwal Be Able To Campaign For AAP?
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Mercury Rises, Voting Falls
Amidst the hostile weather conditions, the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Tuesday saw a further dip in the voting percentage which recorded 61.81 per cent voter turnout when compared to 66.14 per cent in the first phase followed by 66.71 per cent in the second. Comparatively, in the...
Capital sees 67 per cent surge in wrong side driving prosecutions
A staggering surge of almost 67 per cent in the number of prosecutions for ‘wrong side driving’ was witnessed in the national Capital in 2024, during the period from January 1 to April 30, compared to the same period in the previous year. While in the earlier year, a total...
Spotlight on Samajwadi Party’s first family
The stage is set for the third phase of elections in 10 Lok Sabha constituencies which will go to polls on Tuesday, with all eyes on the first family of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav who are in the electoral fray. While SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple is aiming...
BJP’s all-weather ally in Odisha faces Modi heat
Less than two months before the announcement of Lok Sabha polls, when the BJP and BJD were discussing an alliance in Odisha and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik received praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at public rallies, the latter asserted on Monday that the expiry date of the BJD Government...
LG recommends NIA probe against Kejriwal
Troubles seem to be mounting for the jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena recommended National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe against the AAP chief for allegedly receiving political funding from the banned terrorist organisation ‘Sikhs for Justice’ to the Home Minister Amit Shah on...
Poll battle enters crucial Phase III
With stakes being high for the BJP which had won an overwhelming majority of these seats, including all in Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, in the 2019 general elections, political bigwigs Union Ministers Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mansukh Mandaviya, Parshottam Rupala Congress stalwart Digvijay Singh, to NCP’s (Sharad Pawar...
Punia in tight spot: NADA suspends him for missing dope test
Indian Wrestler Bajrang Punia once again came into the limelight this time as he was handed suspension from any competition in upcoming events by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). The suspension came from his failure to submit the urine sample in the trials held at Sonipat on March 10. This suspension costs...