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Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results, says ‘disappointing to see misinformation’ – India TV

Vaishnaw fact-checks Mark Zuckerberg on Lok Sabha poll results, says ‘disappointing to see misinformation’ – India TV

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Image Source : PTI Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday fact-checked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on his claim that after the COVID-19 pandemic, most incumbent governments, including the one in India, lost elections in 2024, asserting that his statement was “factually incorrect”. In a post on X, Vaishnaw said as the world’s largest democracy, India conducted the 2024 general election involving more than 640 million (64 crore) voters. “People of India reaffirmed their trust in the NDA led by PM Narendra Modi’s leadership. Mr Zuckerberg’s claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect,” the Information and Broadcasting Minister noted. Zuckerberg had reportedly claimed in a podcast that in elections around the world in 2024, most incumbent governments, including the one in India, lost power. “From free food for 800 million, 2.2 billion free vaccines, and aid to nations worldwide during COVID, to leading India as the fastest-growing major economy, PM Modi’s decisive 3rd-term victory is a testament to good …

The Election That Defied Explanations

The Election That Defied Explanations

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India on the Move by Marya Shakil and Narendra Nath Mishra; Pages 174; Price Rs 699  First, a disclosure. One of the authors of the book India on the Move is a friend I have known and admired for years. I urge you to keep that in mind while reading this review. The book is an honest attempt to make sense of the multi-layered 2024 Lok Sabha verdict. It does so in a way few others have attempted to decipher elections thus far: Through WhatsApp group chats, by examining the issues that unified and polarized the country, through long and arduous train journeys, and through conversations with some of the most prominent figures in Indian politics, among other methods. In that sense, the book is a collection of impressions drawn from real events as they unfolded. As master chroniclers of our time, the authors must be commended for not imposing their biases and prejudices on their written words. That is no mean achievement considering the polarised world we are living in. A few lines from …

Rahul Gandhi got ₹1.40 crore from Congress to contest Lok Sabha polls from Raebareli, Wayanad | Latest News India

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Aug 30, 2024 12:11 AM IST The Congress party declared that Rahul Gandhi was given ₹70 lakh each to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad and Raebareli. The Congress party disclosed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) that its leader Rahul Gandhi was given a total of ₹1.40 crore to contest the Lok Sabha election 2024 from two seats. Gandhi was given ₹70 lakh each for contesting the general elections from Wayanad and Raebareli, the party said. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (HT) Rahul Gandhi won from both Wayanad and Raebareli, but ended up retaining his seat in Uttar Pradesh. Bypolls will be conducted in Wayanad soon, and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is the party’s candidate. Despite being Congress’ star campaigner for the Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi was not the party leader who got the highest amount to contest the polls. The only Congress candidate to get a higher amount was Vikramaditya Singh, who was given ₹87 lakh from the party fund. Singh contested the elections from Mandi constituency seat in …

Uorfi Javed responds to Ramayan’s Sunil Lahri after he calls Ayodhya voters ‘selfish’: ‘It’s called democracy’ | Bollywood

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Uorfi Javed often posts her fearless and unfiltered views on socio-political issues. Although, the actor has made clear that she doesn’t adhere to any ideology, she never hesitates to give her honest views on national events. Uorfi recently reacted to Ramayan actor Sunil Lahri‘s statement criticising Ayodha voters for voting against BJP. (Also read: Sunil Lahri aka Lakshman of Ramayan lashes out at Ayodhya citizens for ‘betraying’ BJP: ‘They doubted Sita too’) Sunil Lahri had earlier called Ayodhya citizens ‘selfish’ for not voting for BJP. Uorfi Javed on Sunil Lahri’s ‘selfish’ remark for voters The actor shared a news report in her Instagram stories which read, “Sunil Lahri calls Ayodhya citizens ‘selfish’ for ‘betraying their king’ in elections. Uorfi captioned her post as, “It’s called democracy not ‘selfish’.” 3.6 Crore Indians visited in a single day choosing us as India’s undisputed platform for General Election Results. Explore the latest updates here! Uorfi Javed responded to Sunil Lahri’s statement on BJP’s loss in Ayodhya. Sunil Lahri says Ayodhya citizens betrayed BJP For the unversed, Sunil had …

Lok Sabha Election LIVE: PM Modi to hold rally in Bengal’s Diamond Harbour

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Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: Check out all the latest news and live updates from 2024 general election in India here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jadavpur on Tuesday. (ANI) Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: The seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha election 2024 is set to take place on June 1, Saturday. Today is the last day of campaigning for political parties before the Lok Sabha election 2024 come to an end, and the results are declared on June 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is currently on a two-day visit to West Bengal, and will address a poll rally in Diamond Harbour, which is a stronghold for the Trinamool Congress. TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, who is the sitting member of Parliament, is contesting from that seat. PM Modi is also expected to hold a roadshow in Kolkata on Wednesday, two days before the seat goes to polls in the general elections.…Read More After concluding his visit to West Bengal, PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold three rallies in Odisha today. …

At Lunch With Rahul Gandhi, Tejashwi Yadav’s “Fish Bone” Jokes

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Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav, whose fish meal video sparked a political storm ahead of Navratras, stirred the pot today with a video of a lunch with family and friends. The guest of honour was Congress’s Rahul Gandhi. And while the fare was not too clear from the video, Mr Yadav dropped a broad hint at the end — “Rahul ji has now had mutton twice”. Though he did not mention the details, the first was probably the time when Mr Yadav’s father, Bihar’s former Chief Minister Lalu Yadav, taught Mr Gandhi the intricacies of cooking Champaran mutton, a video of which was widely circulated. That the mood was one of fun and mischief was made clear at the outset. As the video, titled “What’s for lunch at the Yadav family”, begins, Tejashwi Yadav, sharing a couch with Mr Gandhi, is heard saying, “Hey Sahani ji, your fish bones stuck in Modi-ji’s throat?” Former Bihar minister Mukesh Sahani was Mr Yadav’s ‘partner in crime’  in the pre-Navratra fish meal. More banter followed, interspersed with …

Nirmala Sitharaman Scoffs At Opposition Alliance

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Nirmala Sitharaman said it is not the ruling party’s job to “make an effective Opposition campaign”. New Delhi: The Congress party lacks the vision to present an alternative solution to unemployment and price rise, and are at the moment, defensive about many things, including their wealth redistribution scheme and their impending defeat in the election, Union finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV today. In an exclusive interview, the minister also accused Congress’s Rahul Gandhi of criticising the government not with facts and figures, but giving statements that solely depend on shock value. The Congress, Ms Sitharaman said, is constantly out not just to berate the government but to undermine the achievements of the Indian people — which is a far cry from what an Opposition should do. “You can, as a typical Opposition, you can always stand up and say ‘No, no, we could have done it better. This is not the way to do about it. Our alternative is this. This is what we offer people of India’. I fully will listen to him …

Tough Fight, No Sweep, Victory At A Cost: NDTV Scans Battleground

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New Delhi: The public mood is tough to read this time and while the BJP will get majority, one can expect the unexpected: This was what a group of experts at NDTV concluded this evening as the massive celebration of democracy in the country draws to a close. There will be tough fights, some in the BJP bastions of the north but the ruling party will gain from non-BJP states, including Telangana, Odisha and Bengal, the experts said. As for the 370-seat target, it could represent an  ideal, said one of the experts at NDTV Battleground, anchored by Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia. The 2024 election has bucked the trend of the last 10 years, because of an absence of any wave or public anger, the experts agreed. What has hit the country instead is a sense of discontent, which the Opposition has failed to capitalise on. Senior journalist and political expert Neerja Chowdhury said this election has been “complex” and “difficult to decode”. “At some level, we are not seeing that Modi wave. On a different …

Amit Shah interview: ‘The most important explanation of Mandate 2024 will be the people’s belief that the road the country is on is the right one’ | Political Pulse News

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Hours after Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha polls closed Saturday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Neerja Chowdhury and Raj Kamal Jha at his Krishna Menon Marg residence in New Delhi. Edited excerpts: Amit Shah: To form the government, we already have the numbers from the first five phases. Above 272? Amit Shah: We are somewhere between 300 and 310… this is minus the last phase… We are in a comfortable position. This time, we went to the people with 10 years of track record and 25 years of a powerfully positive agenda. In the beginning, there was a consensus that this is a boring election, a done deal. Over the last month, it seems there is a hawa from the Opposition’s side too… The Opposition is putting up a spirited fight. We will know about that once the verdict comes in. How is the Amit Shah campaign in 2024 different from the Amit Shah campaign in 2019? Shah: I have travelled across India. Barring Ladakh, I have been in every state, every …

Lok Sabha election phase 6: Bihar records 36.48 % voter turnout till 1 pm | Latest News India

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Voting is being held in Bihar in phase six of the Lok Sabha Election 2024. 36.48 % voter turnout till 1 pm has been recorded in the eight Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar on Saturday, officials said. The elections are being held in 14,872 polling stations. Out of the total, only 1,281 polling stations are located in urban areas. Voters show their identity cards as they wait in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes during the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, in Vaishali district, Saturday.(PTI) Till 1 pm on Saturday, a voter turnout of 40.48 per cent was recorded in Vaishali, 38.89 per cent in Sheohar, 37.75 per cent in Paschim Champaran, 37.57 per cent in Purvi Champaran, 36.64 per cent in Valmiki Nagar, 34.75 per cent in Maharajganj, 34.65 per cent in Gopalganj and 31.59 per cent in Siwan. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Voting began in the eight Lok Sabha constituencies in …