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A claim has gone viral that the BJP won 30 Lok Sabha seats by a margin of less than 500 votes, and 100 seats by less than 1,000 votes. The claim started doing the rounds soon after the election results were declared on Tuesday, where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 293 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. Such posts can be seen here and here. Also Read: Chandrababu Naidu’s 2019 Remarks On Narendra Modi Go Viral After Stellar Poll Show Fact On carefully analysing the data available on the official website of the Election Commision of India,…
A search operation is underway for a well-known British doctor and medical journalist who went missing while on holiday in Greece, CNN reported. Dr Michael Mosley, who popularised intermittent fasting for weight loss, set off on a hike along St Nicholas Beach on the island of Symi at 1.30 pm on Wednesday but failed to return, his agent confirmed. Symi is a sparsely populated rocky island about 17km long with about 2500 residents. Greek police said a broad search and rescue operation involving firefighters, civil protection personnel volunteers, a sniffer dog, a helicopter and drones, had been underway since Wednesday. Authorities believe he…
If your name is Nitish Kumar, chances are you going to play an important role in whatever profession you opt for. Just days after political leader Nitish Kumar emerged as a decisive factor in the formation of the central government in India (after Lok Sabha election), his namesake, playing for the USA cricket team in the T20 World Cup 2024, delivered an important contribution in the victory against Pakistan. Seeing the stocks of ‘Nitish Kumars’ rise, the world of social media couldn’t help but draw parallels between the cricket and political worlds at present. Playing for the USA in the…
Richa Chadha recently addressed the online hatred that her Heeramandi co-star Sharmin Segal has been on the receiving end of. The actress posted a screenshot of a comment from an Instagram user that read, “Don’t ever return to that show. It was specifically made for an emotionless hamming nepokid.” Richa Chadha, referring to the comment, wrote, “Kind is cool.” Without naming Sharmin in the post, Richa Chadha wrote in her extensive note, “For the past month, whenever I have been able to keep track and vigilant enough, I have been deleting negative comments about my co-star that have been appearing…
Four Indian medical students were drowned in a river near St Petersburg in Russia and the Indian missions in the country were coordinating with Russian authorities to send their bodies to their relatives as soon as possible. The four students – two boys and two girls aged 18-20, were studying at the nearby Novgorod State University in Veliky Novgorod city. Local media reports said that a female Indian student, who waded out from the beach on the river Volkhov, got into trouble and four of her companions tried to save her. In their attempt to save her, three others also…
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is scheduled to hold a meeting of its newly elected MPs at the central hall of the Parliament today. As per the sources, discussions will be held on government formation by the grand alliance. This comes after the NDA crossed the majority mark bagging 293 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the BJP managed to secure only 240 seats, much lower than its 2019 tally. The parties of the NDA unanimously passed a resolution electing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader at a meeting at the…
The Pune Police have booked the father and grandfather of a teenager involved in the Pune May 19 car accident case, in a separate case of abetment of suicide of a local businessman’s son, officials said on Friday. Local Businessman DS Kature had registered a complaint against the Pune car accident accused person’s father, grandfather and three others holding them responsible for the suicide of his son who died in January this year. According to a police complaint, DS Kature’s Son Shashikant Katur had committed suicide after a constant harrasment from an accused from whom the businessman’s son had taken…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to present his claim to form a new coalition government today after a meeting with all the newly elected MPs of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), sources have said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been engaged in hectic negotiations with its alliance partners since results were declared on Tuesday. The NDA won 293 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The BJP, which enjoyed a handsome majority in the previous two terms, secured only 240 seats, way behind the 272 mark needed to form a government in its own right. The four allies whose…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will appear before a special Bengaluru court on Friday in connection with a defamation case filed by Karnataka BJP MLC Keshav Prasad. As per Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Rahul Gandhi will appear before the Special MP/MLA court at 10.30 a.m. and both he and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will also be present. He appealed to party workers not to bring party flags, or raise slogans against the BJP in the court premises. The defamation suit filed by Prasad alleges that Congress engaged in propaganda by publishing full-page advertisements accusing the previous BJP government in the state…
The Reserve Bank of India kept key lending rate unchanged for the eighth consecutive time as robust economic growth continues to provide space to focus on bringing down inflation. “The world has gone through one crisis after another in recent years, but the Indian economy exhibits strong fundamentals. We need to remain vigilant in an uncertain global environment,” RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said in a press conference. “RBI remains committed for aligning inflation to 4 per cent on a durable basis,” he added. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the repo rate steady at 6.5 per cent. The MPC had…