Category: POLITICS

Gandhinagar, May 23 (DIN NEWS) BJP president Amit Shah was Thursday night declared elected from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 5.57 lakh votes against his nearest Congress rival C J Chavda. Shah polled 8.94 lakh votes, while Chavda secured 3.37 lakh votes. Amit Shah has been declared elected, returning officer and Gandhinagar district collector S K Langa announced at the counting centre. In the 2014 general elections, BJP veteran L K Advani, 91, had won the seat.

Srinagar, May 9 (DIN NEWS) Normalcy returned to most parts of Kashmir Valley today as the separatists called off their three-day strike against the death of six civilians during clashes with security forces, in which eight militants were also killed. A police official said there were no restrictions in most parts of the summer capital today, with shops and other business establishments getting back to business. He said public transport also resumed services. Similar reports were received from district headquarters of the Valley, except in Pulwama and Shopian districts of…

Bangarpet (K’taka), May 9 (DIN NEWS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at Congress party president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday after the latter publicly declared his prime ministerial ambition, and wondered whether the country would ever accept such an “immature and naamdar (famous)” leader for the post “The naamdar who does not have confidence in his alliance partners… who doesn’t care for Congress’ internal democracy, whose arrogance has reached cloud seven, and is declaring himself that he would be the prime minister in 2019… Will the country ever accept…

Chitradurga (Karnataka), May 6 (DIN NEWS) Accusing the Indian National Congress (INC) of distorting history as part of a conspiracy to divide society, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday flayed the Siddaramaiah government in the southern state of Karnataka for celebrating the “jayantis of Sultans” for the sake of “vote bank politics”. Modi was apparently referring to the Siddaramaiah government’s controversial decision to celebrate “Tipu Jayanti” every year on November 10 to commemorate the memory of Tipu Sultan, the legendary 18th century ruler of Mysore Addressing an election rally here,…