BIMSTEC stands for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation. It has member states from South and Southeast Asia. Leaders of BIMSTEC nations have been invited for PM Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on May 30.
In 2014, leaders from SAARC nations had attended PM Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony.
Smriti Irani rushed to Amethi after she learnt about the murder of Surendra Singh, who has campaigned for BJP for Lok Sabha Election 2019.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was appointed leader of NDA parliamentary party on Saturday evening. He then went to Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind.
Rahul Gandhi and Congress are facing a lot of flak after BJP's landslide victory in Lok Sabha election 2019.
On Monday, he will be in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha seat he retained in the elections by a margin of 4.79 lakh votes.
Out of total 16 general elections held in Delhi since Independence, seven times only one female candidate was elected.
President Ram Nath Kovind asked PM Narendra Modi to continue till new government assumes office
Pragya Thakur defeated Congress' Digvijay Singh by about 3 lakh votes in Bhopal.
NOTA vote share of Bihar stood at two per cent of the total votes polled in the state.
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday dubbed BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha polls as a triumph of national forces and hoped that the opposition parties would welcome mandate with humility.
The Lok Sabha election results are a resounding endorsement of PM Modi`s popularity and demand. PM Modi set for the second term in office with bigger mandate.
The NOTA (None of the Above) button has been the power granted to the voter to disapprove the candidates and protest against the corrupt political practices and activities. NOTA made its debut in the 2013 Assembly elections held in 5 states- Delhi, Chattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and MP.
The TRS's share in total votes polled is 41.3 per cent as against 34.9 per cent in 2014. On the other hand, the BJP almost doubled its base in the state as its vote share increased to 19.5 per cent from 10.5 per cent.
Vaithilingam polled 4,44,981 votes while his nearest rival K Narayanasamy of AINRC, a doctor-turned-politician garnered 2,47,956 votes.
"The world's largest democracy and one of our strongest partners in the Indo-Pacific has chosen their leadership in free and fair elections," Congressman Ted Yoho said as he congratulated the BJP and Modi on the historic re-election.
With the ruling NDA having established a comfortable lead in 38 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, the opposition Grand Alliance is struggling to maintain a lead on the remaining Jehanabad and Kushanganj seats.
Baramati is home turf and bastion of Sharad Pawar and his family. This is the traditional Lok Sabha seat of the Sharad Pawar and more recently, his daughter Supriya Sule.
Election results 2019: A close fight is predicted between BJP's Manoj Kotak and NCP's Sanjay Dina Patil
Congress has been able to secure victory in three of last four Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North West.
In last four Lok Sabha elections, Congress has been able to win twice in Mumbai South while BJP and Shiv Sena have been able to register victory one time each.
In last four Lok Sabha elections, Shiv Sena has won Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha seat thrice while Congress has been able to secure victory once.
In three of last four Lok Sabha elections, Congress has been able to secure victory in Kanpur only once. Congress' Sriprakash Jaiswal, who is three time-MP from Kanpur is in the fray this time.
The emotive Sabarimala row in which senior BJP leaders played a key role failed to help the party open its account in the Lok Sabha battle in Kerala.
The BJP appeared to be headed for a clean sweep in the national capital with all its candidates bagging more than 50 per cent of votes, while the Congress for the first time in five years fared better than the ruling AAP which was relegated to the third spot.
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