BJP MLA Harish Poonja booked for obstructing police

Mangaluru, May 19 (UNI) Karnataka BJP MLA Harish Poonja faces charges for obstructing police duties after forcibly entering the Belthangady police station to demand the release of a detained party worker. The incident occurred on Friday evening when police arrested Shashiraj, the taluk president of the BJP Yuva Morcha unit, for alleged illegal quarrying in…

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UP bigwigs’ fate in 14 LS seats to be decided Monday

Lucknow, May 19 (UNI) The fate of several stalwarts including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Smriti Irani and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be sealed as 14 seats in India’s largest state Uttar ­­­­Pradesh go to the hustings in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on Monday. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep…

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PM to address three election rallies in Bengal

Kolkata, May 19 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold as many as six election rallies for BJP candidates in Bankura, Purulia and Medinipur later Sunday and on Monday, ahead of West Bengal’s sixth phase polling on May 25, BJP sources said on Sunday. Modi, the face of saffron brigade forces for the…

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