05:57 pm: Today, there's BJP in power, tomorrow others might come. No matter who's in power, basic structure of constitution should not be violated. Every state should protect its rights. All parties must respond on the issue keeping their politics aside: Andhra Finance Minister (ANI)
05:56 pm: Andhra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Odisha and Karnataka together will suffer loss of Rs 1,14,062 Cr. We've sent requests to centre and have organised conclaves of finance ministers, but it's sad that centre hasn’t responded: Andhra Finance Minister (ANI)
05:54 pm: Discussion over Terms of Reference (ToR) of 15th Fin Commission should happen all over the country. If they're implemented as it is, progressive states would suffer badly and conspiracy is going to damage the basic financial structure of states: Andhra Finance Minister (ANI)
05:53 pm: The chief minister was campaigning for a Congress candidate whose name is also Narendra but he only kept saying Narendra Modi and praised Narendra Modi too. The truth seems to have come out: PM Narendra Modi in Belagavi (ANI)
05:45 pm: I fail to understand why the agenda of Congress is only Modi: PM Narendra Modi in Belagavi (ANI)
05:42 pm: To promote electric vehicles in India, government has approved green licence plates bearing numbers in white fonts for private e-vehicles and yellow for taxis: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari (PTI)
05:27 pm: Justice J Chelameswar, retiring as Supreme Court judge on June 22, declines invite for his farewell by Supreme Court Bar Association: SCBA (PTI)
05:26 pm: Siddaramaiah govt will resort to all kinds of unscrupulous activities in election. Their ministers are distributing money to influence voters. Fake voter ID cards were found. EC should take this seriously. Trends are in favor of BJP. We'll form govt with absolute majority: UP CM Yogi Adityanath (ANI)
05:25 pm: All parties should engage constructively to address and resolve issues that have arises with respect to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA): MEA (ANI)
05:24 pm: India has always maintained that Iranian nuclear issue should be resolved peacefully through dialogue and diplomacy by respecting Iran’s right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and international community’s strong interest in exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program: MEA (ANI)
05:22 pm: BJP delegation comprising Union Ministers Smriti Irani, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, JP Nadda and Dharmendra Pradhan to meet Election Commission today at 6 pm, over 9,746 voter identity cards found in bundles in a Bengaluru flat (ANI)
05:20 pm: One person arrested as Delhi Police recover a car bearing fake Government of India sticker, which was being used to supply illicit liquor to UP and Haryana (ANI)
05:07 pm: Germany, France and Britain will 'do everything' to ensure Iran remains in landmark 2015 nuclear deal (AFP quoting Chancellor Merkel)
05:05 pm: Iran keeping to 'nuclear-related commitments' under deal, says UN nuclear watchdog the IAEA (AFP)
05:00 pm: Madrid moves to block second attempt to re-appoint Puigdemont as Catalan leader (AFP)
04:59 pm: Congress and JDS are supporting each other. This just shows their desperation to win elections. People are going to vote for the BJP on May 12 and Congress is going to lose: BJP President Amit Shah during a roadshow in Bengaluru (ANI)
04:57 pm: We're going to form govt in Karnataka with full majority and are committed to bringing development. Who is Congress to accuse us in voter ID scam? Their corporator has been arrested, it is their deed: BJP President Amit Shah during a roadshow in Bengaluru (ANI)
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04:54 pm: Owner of the flat (in Jalahalli, where voter IDs were found) is Manjula Nanjamari, she was BJP corporator from '97-'02 and continues to be prominent leader of BJP. In last 24 hours she has been disowned by Karnataka BJP in-charge Prakash Javadekar: Congress' Randeep Surjewala (ANI)
