New Delhi: Amid enquiry into alleged role of a middleman in higher bilateral seat quota with Gulf countries during UPA era, it has now emerged that national carrier Air India had repeatedly warned against such move. Letters written by the airline to Civil Aviation Ministry had claimed that the capacity entitlements on almost all the […]
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Close match in 78 seats could hurt both NDA and UPA
New Delhi: A set of Lok Sabha seats which are expected to be closely contested is turning out to be the big variable ahead of the counting of votes on Thursday. These comprise at least 78 seats where the gap in vote share is likely to be less than 3 per cent, according to an […]
NDA 292, UPA 127, predicts NDTV’s poll of polls
New Delhi: The poll of polls of exit polls done by NDTV predicted 292 seats for the BJP-led NDA, 127 for the Congress-led UPA and 123 for “non-aligned” parties. The poll of polls predicted BJP making major gains in Odisha and West Bengal, two states where it has been relatively weak but where it put a […]
UPA will reserve 33% government jobs for women: Rahul
Chennai: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the UPA will reserve 33 per cent government jobs for women and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill giving 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha if it wins the Lok Sabha battle. Interacting with students of Stella Maris College for Women here, Gandhi also said […]
CAG finds NDA deal for 36 Rafale jets 2.86% cheaper than UPA’s
New Delhi | The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that the Rafale fighter jet deal signed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was 2.86 per cent lower than the price negotiated by the United Progressive Alliance government. The much-awaited report on Capital Acquisition on Indian Air Force was tabled by the government […]
NDA’s Rafale deal cost 2.86% less that UPA’s negotiated one: CAG
New Delhi | The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that the Rafale fighter jet deal signed by the NDA government was 2.86 per cent lower than the price negotiated by the UPA government. The much-awaited report on Capital Acquisition on Indian Air Force was tabled by the government in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. […]
9,000 calls, 500 emails snooped monthly under UPA: BJP
New Delhi (2 Min Read) : Under attack from the Opposition over governments move to snoop on all computers by intelligence and investigating agencies, the ruling BJP on Sunday claimed that under the Congress-led UPA, up to 9,000 phone calls and 500 e-mails were intercepted monthly. Defending the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) December 20 […]
Former BJP ally RLSP joins Congress-led UPA
New Delhi : In a jolt to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, its former ally in Bihar, Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP), which quit the NDA 10 days ago, joined the Congress-led UPA on Thursday and declared it will contest the elections as part of a “Grand Alliance”. RLSP leader Upendra Kushwaha, […]
Congress split Andhra like it divided India for political gains: Modi
New Delhi : Amid noisy protests in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tore into the Congress for what he termed as “dividing” Andhra Pradesh and earlier the country in 1947 for political gains. “This is your character. You divided India. Even after 70 years of Independence, 125 crore people of India […]