KARNATAKA: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday that the BJP must apologise to the people of the country, particularly the women, for seeking votes for a 'mass rapist' like Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda.

BENGALURU: Former Prime Minister, HD Deve Gowda’s son, JD(S) MLA, HD Revanna has filed a petition on Thursday seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the case of sexual harassment lodged against him by a woman who used to work in his house as domestic help.

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday dropped sitting MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh from UP's Kaiserganj, and instead gave the ticket for the Lok Sabha constituency to his younger son, Karan Bhushan Singh.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking measures to curb the spread of deepfake videos during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, asking the Election Commission of India to address the issue.

PANAJI: Congress mcrumble in 1edia in-charge Pawan Khera on Thursday said that the moment the INDIA bloc forms government at the Centre, around 10 to 15 state governments of BJP formed by encouraging defection will get toppled.

BAREILLY: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Thursday that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi had taken out the Bharat Jodo Yatra but after June 4, it would be time for 'Congress Dhoondo Yatra'.

PUNE: After ruling the roost for nearly six decades in Baramati, NCP(SP) President, Sharad Pawar is facing the first major challenge to his supremacy in state politics, that too, from within the family, through his nephew Ajit Pawar.

AGARTALA: At least one person was killed and many others injured, all candidates of a recruitment exam of a Tripura bank, when their bus carrying the job aspirants overturned in Assam's Dima Hasao district, officials said on Thursday.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Thursday, slammed Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for his statement on Lord Ram and Shiva and said that the Congress party is now resorting to insulting the beliefs of the Hindu community to vent its frustration over impending defeat in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

BHUBANESWAR: BJD President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday filed nomination papers from the Kantabanji assembly seat in Bolangir district.

CHENNAI: The management of the Kariapatti stone quarry in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district will pay a compensation of Rs 12 lakh each to the family members of the persons who were killed in an explosion in the storage room of the quarry on Wednesday.

AHMEDABAD: Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot said on Thursday that the Congress has prepared the most impressive manifesto since Independence.

NEW DELHI: In its ongoing probe into Home Minister Amit Shah's doctored video case, a team of Delhi Police's Special Cell on Thursday visited ‘Gandhi Bhawan', the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters in Hyderabad, sources said.

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP on Thursday slammed senior Congress leaders over party MLA Raju Kage’s “what if Modi dies” comment.

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who has been on a six-day holiday trip to Kodaikanal hill station with family since April 29, has cut short his visit and will return to Chennai on Thursday.

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has dismissed a petition from retired employees which sought better terms of gratuity.

LUCKNOW: The Ram Temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s magic, organisational skills, the loyalty of ‘labharthis’ (beneficiaries of government schemes), focus on OBCs and bulldozer politics -- the BJP’s recipe for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in UP seems to be working perfectly.

BENGALURU: The political slugfest continued on Thursday in Karnataka over the obscene video scandal involving former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson and suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna.

JAIPUR: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found a 2,500-year-old 'yagya kund', along with metal tools and coins among other ancient articles during the excavation of a mound in Bahaj village of Deeg Tehsil in Rajasthan's Bharatpur division.

GUJARAT: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Congress, saying that the grand old party's partnership with Pakistan has been exposed.

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) about the increase in the voting percentages of Phase I and Phase 2 Lok Sabha elections, and asked how it suddenly shot up after so many days.

JAMMU: One person was killed and 11 others have been injured in a road accident on Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ramban district.

JAIPUR: Repolling was underway in a polling booth in Ajmer Lok Sabha constituency on Thursday.

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has announced six more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.

KARNATAKA: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress-led Karnataka government for playing politics in connection with an obscene video involving suspended JD(S) leader Prajwal Revanna.

AGARTALA: In view of the restricted and regulated movement of trains, including goods trains between Tripura and the rest of the country, the state government has imposed restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel from Wednesday.

CHENNAI: A case has been filed against the driver of the tourist bus that toppled in Yercaud in Tamil Nadu's Salem district, leaving five dead and 64 injured, police said on Wednesday.

HYDERABAD: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday alleged that the ‘representatives of Razakars’ from Hyderabad sat in the Parliament for the last 40 years, as he appealed to the people to vote for the BJP to join Hyderabad with the mainstream.

HYDERABAD: Telangana's Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) reacted strongly to the Election Commission barring its President K. Chandrasekhar Rao from campaigning for 48 hours, with effect from Wednesday evening, asking the poll panel why it did not take any action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the latter to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former PM H.D. Deve Gowda, over the alleged sex tape scandal in Karnataka.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Earth Sciences, through the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, will host the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM 46) and the 26th Meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP 26) from May 20 to 30 at Kochi in Kerala.

NEW DELHI: Congress party is all set to end suspense over the name of its candidates for Amethi and Raebareli Lok Sabha constituencies, both of which have been pocket boroughs of the Gandhi family for long.

KARNATAKA: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday targeted the Gandhi family and stated that after ruling the country for 60 years, the family is still in search of a candidate for the Prime Minister’s post.

KOLKATA: Hours after Trinamool Congress’ state General Secretary Kunal Ghosh showered praises on Tapas Roy, the BJP candidate from Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency, the ruling party on Wednesday removed Ghosh from the post.

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed doubts on the latest figures released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on polling percentage in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19 and April 26.