Pandian statement comes after, BJP leader and party's Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sambit Patra clarified that his remark was a "slip of the tongue", and also announced to undertake penance by observing a fast for three days from Tuesday.
Patra, the BJP candidate from Puri Lok Sabha seat, landed in a row in Odisha on Monday after he told a local news channel that "Lord Jagannath is a devotee (bhakt) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi." He later described it as a "slip of the tongue."
Kolkata Knight Riders mentor Gautam Gambhir gave his take on the growing obsession around overhyping youngsters who show immense potential rather than sticking to a more balanced approach.
To boost its preparations for Lok Sabha polls in Punjab where it is fighting all 13 seats on its own, Congress on Monday named special observers for some of the constituencies in the state for better coordination and management of elections
PM Dahal warned the Nepali Congress that it would pay a heavy price for the obstruction which it continued on Monday as well, attempting to prevent the tabling and moving ahead with the vote of confidence motion.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal secured his fourth vote of confidence in the House of Representatives on Monday, which was denounced by the opposition.
While granting five days of police custody to Bibhav Kumar, the court observed that "the fact that the video footage was not found in the pendrive provided by the JE to the IO during the course of the investigation and the mobile phone was formatted by the accused speaks volumes."
In Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki, which will go to the polls on May 20 in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections, BJP has fielded Rajrani Rawat for the seat, while Congress has filed Tanuj Punia as an INDIA alliance candidate. The Barabanki constituency, a SC seat, is witnessing an interesting f
Taking to its social media handle, the IMD posted, "Today, heat wave to severe heat wave conditions were observed in some parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat. Heat wave conditions in many parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi; in isolated pockets of Madhya Pradesh."
Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra on Saturday demanded to hand over the investigation into the alleged obscene video case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).