John Kirby, the White House's national security communications adviser, dismissed as "ridiculous" the allegations made by a senior Russian official that the United States had interfered in India's 18th Lok Sabha elections, which took place in May this year.
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, has won the Baramulla seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by defeating former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Rashid, who has been lodged in Tihar jail, has filed a petition for seeking regular bail in the case.
Former Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP Leader Dushyant Chautala on Sunday accused former Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda of land corruption in Haryana.
Speaking at 'Lakhpati Didi sammelan' in Jalgaon on Sunday, he said, "Over Rs 6,000 crore has been allocated for lakhs of women's self-help groups (Sakhi Mandals). This money will help make millions of women 'Lakhpati Didis' (women who earn lakhs). During the Lok Sabha elections, I said that
Verma further praised the Centre, highlighting that people have participated in the Lok Sabha elections because of the atmosphere created by the government.
"There are forces determined to disrupt the election process, but we are fully prepared, and the ballot is the answer to such forces," said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar after briefing election observers for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana.
Jaleel told ANI that the INDIA bloc is habouring a false notion that they will be able to achieve good seats in the Maharashtra Assembly Polls but they are unaware that it is not Lok Sabha elections as votes will be cast on local issues.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday said that the Opposition propagated a "fake narrative" during the Lok Sabha polls, and because of that people got scared and there was "dar ka mahaul" among the people during the recently concluded general elections 2024.
Gupta told ANI, "Day-dreaming is not a bad thing... They have been straying people since the abrogation of the Article 370. But nothing happened. People have rejected their kind of shopkeeping regarding Article 370 in Kashmir. That is why both the former Chief Ministers were defeated (in the
Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina expressed the party's strong support for the Election Commission's announcement of dates for the upcoming assembly elections in the region, hoping for a high voter turnout similar to the Lok Sabha elections held earlier this year.