National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may make a near-clean sweep of 78 out of a total of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, if elections are held now, says India TV-CNX Opinion Poll. Details of the opinion poll were telecast on the news channel today. Opposition I.N.D.I.A alliance may win the remaining two seats, says the survey. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, NDA had won 64 Lok Sabha seats, Samajwadi Party (5) and Congress (1) had won six seats, and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had won 10 seats. The survey predicts, BJP-led…
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The European Parliament today adopted with an overwhelming majority (546 in favour, 47 against, 31 abstentions) the Anti-SLAPP Directive, intended to protect journalists and media outlets from abusive litigations. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the organisations of the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) in welcoming an important step in the fight against SLAPPs, but regrets the considerable room for manoeuvre left to the Member States on several crucial points. “Some refer to this law as Daphne’s law (Daphne Caruana Galizia) and I think it’s important to mention it, here in this room, named after Daphne. We achieved an additional layer of…
Though the BJP has never come to power in Tamil Nadu, the state has always been at the heart of the party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as he addressed a huge rally in Tiruppur. “Even though the BJP has not been in power in Tamil Nadu, the state has always been at the heart of the BJP. All my Tamil brothers and sisters understand this and are aware of it. So those who have looted the state for decades are scared of the increasing power of the BJP (in the state). Tamil Nadu has always given me…
The Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday introduced the four astronaut-designates for India’s ambitious human space flight programme Gaganyaan. The four Indian Air Force officers were bestowed with ‘astronaut wings’ by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The four astronaut-designates – Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and Wing Commander Shubanshu Shukla. The selected candidates have undergone 13 months of training in Russia. The prime minister visited Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram and inaugurated three projects – the PSLV Integration Facility (PIF) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota; new ‘Semi-cryogenics Integrated Engine and…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday attacked the Congress and asserted that he will not allow child marriage to take place in the state as long as he is alive. He also pledged to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935. The Assam CM also promised to eliminate child marriage in the state before 2026. He said, “I would like to challenge you politically, I will shut down this shop before 2026.” “Hear me carefully, as long as I am alive, I will not let child marriage take place in Assam. I will not let this…
The Calcutta High Court has said there was no stay on the arrest of TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan who is the main accused in sexual assault and land grab allegations. The court was hearing a suo moto case on the Sandeshkhali allegations. On a prayer by court-appointed amicus curiae for clarification on whether there is a restraining order on police from arresting Sheikh, the division bench said there is no such stay and the police can arrest him. The HC’s observation comes as Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee claimed on Sunday that “the hands of the state police are tied”…
Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party, won the chief ministerial elections amidst a walkout by lawmakers of former prime minister Imran Khan’s party-backed Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). The PML-N leader defeated Rana Aftab of the PTI-backed SIC to win the chief ministerial elections for the politically crucial Punjab province, home to 120 million people. Maryam paid a visit to her mother’s grave at Jati Umra before going…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a two-day visit to his home state Gujarat, on Sunday performed scuba diving off the Arabian Sea coast at the Panchkui beach in Devbhumi Dwarka and said that praying in the city which is immersed in waters was a “very divine experience”. The Prime Minister said that he felt connected to an ancient era of timeless devotion. Scuba diving is conducted off the coast of Dwarka near Beyt Dwarka island, where people can see the underwater remains of ancient Dwarka that were excavated by archaeologists. “To pray in the city of Dwarka, which is…
The broadcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’ has been suspended for three months owing to Lok Sabha polls. The Prime Minister said the Election Commission is likely to announce Lok Sabha poll dates in March and Model Code of Conduc will be in force. Speaking in the 110th episode of Mann ki Baat, Modi said, “The atmosphere of Lok Sabha elections is all pervasive in the country and as happened last time, there is a possibility that the code of conduct might also be in place in the month of March.” Modi claimed that the…
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav joined Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra in Agra on Sunday, days after the two parties finalised the seat-sharing agreement for the Lok Sabha elections. The two leaders waved at the crowd gathered in the historic city where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who helped finalise the deal between the two parties, was also present. The coming together of Gandhi and Yadav put days of uncertainty on the latter’s participation in the yatra to an end and came as a boost to the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), which has sealed…