Search For "basti"
Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat from Amethi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 23 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi conceded defeat from Amethi parliamentary constituency - a bastion of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Read More
WB: TMC stares at BJP's surge and CPM's attempt to wrest back Bankura
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bankura (West Bengal) [India], May 11 (ANI): Known as one of the major CPI(M) bastions since 1970s, Bankura changed the wind in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The electorate elected TMC's new entrant Moonmoon Sen who defeated CPI(M)'s 9 times MP Basudeb Acharya from the constituency.
Read More
BJP solely markets itself, promises are 'hollow': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Stirring a hornet's nest, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of solely concentrating on BJP's marketing strategies while pressing that promises made by them 'remain hollow'.
Read More
UP: EC recovers Rs 24 lakh unaccounted cash
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 09 (ANI): A flying squad of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday arrested two people and seized Rs 24 lakh from their possession in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh.
Read More
Grand alliance treating voters as commodities: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 4 (ANI): Stepping up his attack on 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday termed the alliance partners as 'contractors' of vote bank and accused them of treating voters like commodities to gain power.
Read More
ISIL chief says Sri Lanka attack was 'vengeance for brothers in Baghouz'
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Doha [Qatar], Apr 30 (ANI): Chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's (ISIL), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a propaganda video, asserted that the battle for Baghouz, ISIL's final bastion in eastern Syria, "is over."
Read More
Locals in Kannauj want Dimple as their MP, but bat for Modi as PM
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 28 (ANI): In the Samajwadi Party's bastion, voters want Dimple Yadav to represent them in the Parliament but want Narendra Modi to get one more chance to be India's prime minister.
Read More
UP: Minor boys rape 4-year-old girl, nabbed
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 15 (ANI): A 4-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two minor boys in Chavni area of Basti district, the police said on Sunday.
Read More
LS polls: Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Amethi
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 10 (ANI): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination for the Lok Sabha elections from the Gandhi bastion of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
Read More
WB: No school, water or healthcare facilities, but villagers say will vote
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): On the route to the hills of Bhutan and two kilometers away from the bank of Jayanti river is the village of Bhutia Basti, which was settled during the British period.
Read More
World leaders greet Erdogan for victory in municipal elections
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 2 (ANI): Leaders from across the world congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for sweeping the municipal elections, despite his Justice and Development (AK) Party's massive defeat in the bastions of Istanbul and Ankara.
Read More
Turkish local elections: Erdogan faces defeat, Opposition leads in Ankara,
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Apr 02 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday suffered a major setback after his Justice and Development Party (AK) lost control of Ankara and Istanbul, considered to be its bastion since decades, for the first time since the party came to power in 2002.
Read More