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While Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal are spread across all the seven phases, they will be held in two phases each in Tripura and Manipur and three in Assam. (Representational image)

EC team to visit West Bengal to assess poll readiness

Sources in the EC said that the chief electoral officer of West Bengal has also been asked to file a report on the actual ground situation.

15 Mar 2019 12:50 AM

Congress leader Tom Vadakkan, also a close aide of Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday joined the BJP in presence of Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Congress's Tom Vadakkan joins BJP, says 'sad' with party's stand on forces

Senior Congress leader Tom Vadakkan said, ‘I believe in PM’s development narrative’.

14 Mar 2019 1:52 PM

The BJP is trying to make inroads into TMC's bastion state (West Bengal) which has 42 Lok Sabha seats. (Photo: ANI)

Declare West Bengal 'super sensitive' state: BJP to EC

In 2014, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won 34 seats, the Congress four, while the BJP and CPI(M) bagged two seats each from the state.

13 Mar 2019 4:43 PM

On Monday, Prasad criticised Gandhi for calling Masood Azhar 'ji'. (File Photo)

'Hafiz ji' comment was just a pun, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said his one-year-old statement was kind of a pun.

13 Mar 2019 10:47 AM

This is not the first time Hariprasad gave a controversial comment. (Photo: File)

‘Match-fixing between PM, Pak’: Cong leader BK Hariprasad on Pulwama attack

Hariprasad’s comment came two days after another Congress leader, Digvijaya Singh termed Pulwama attack as an 'accident'.

08 Mar 2019 11:11 AM

RS Prasad speaking to media on Thursday. 'All ministers including myself had gone to visit the families of those who lost their lives in the Pulwama attack. But, it is our firm belief that the country should not stop progressing and there should be no halt in any developmental work,' said Union Minister RS Prasad. (Photo: ANI)

Intentions might be different but tone of Congress and Imran Khan is same: Prasad

There would have been celebrations in Pakistan as our leading opposition party has said same things as Pakistan PM, said RS Prasad.

21 Feb 2019 5:47 PM

Comments come weeks after the government floated draft social media rules which seek to look at social media giants like Facebook and Twitter. (Photo: AFP)

New social media norms: Prasad assures widest possible talks

Prasad launched a report on the country's trillion dollar digital opportunity.

21 Feb 2019 2:02 PM

The BJP leader said his party had serious differences with former prime ministers. (File Photo)

Height of shamelessness, irresponsibility: BJP on Rahul’s claim against PM

The BJP on Tuesday dismissed Rahul Gandhi's allegations against Narendra Modi on the Rafale jet deal as height of shamelessness.

12 Feb 2019 2:06 PM

Union Law & IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (Photo: ANI)

Cabinet clears creation of cow commission

In another development, the Union Cabinet also approved the long standing demand of the film fraternity to curb piracy.

07 Feb 2019 4:14 AM

Senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad welcomed the order and said it's a blow to the Mamata Banerjee government and a victory for the CBI. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Blow to Mamata Banerjee, moral victory for CBI: BJP on SC order in chit fund case

The Kolkata police commissioner will appear before the CBI in Shillong as the environment is not conducive in West Bengal, Prasad said.

05 Feb 2019 1:02 PM

BJP: No politics, CBI following Supreme Court order

The size of the Saradha swindle is pegged at roughly Rs 4,000 crore and that of Rose Valley a staggering Rs 15,000 crore.

05 Feb 2019 2:00 AM

Mozilla, Wikimedia Foundation, and GitHub have written an open letter to the Union minister of electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Tech firms write to Centre over changes in IT rules

As per the proposed amendments social media firms will have to enable investigative agencies to trace “originator” of fake news on their platforms.

01 Feb 2019 1:12 AM

Decide on Ayodhya issue fast, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

Prasad qualified his views with the remark that he spoke as a citizen and not as the law minister.

29 Jan 2019 12:58 AM

'I do not wish to make a political comment. I wish to say it with all respect that the same machine has shown the victory of my party (BJP) and also the defeat of my party. The same machine has shown regional players getting success time and time again,' Prasad said. (Photo: File)

Ravi Shankar Prasad backs use of EVMs, says need to trust EC

Remarks came a day after CEC asserted that EC would not be 'intimidated or bullied' into giving up EVMs and going back to era of ballot.

25 Jan 2019 3:18 PM

Ravi Shankar Prasad said, 'Priyanka Ji has become the General Secretary, my good-luck to her.' (Photo: ANI)

Why not given role with greater responsibility: BJP on Priyanka's entry in politics

BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra downplayed the development, terming it as 'expected'.

23 Jan 2019 5:46 PM

Ravi Shankar Prasad (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

BJP says ‘EVM hack’ in London Cong-backed bid to defame India

Prasad: Why was Kapil Sibal present at event?

23 Jan 2019 12:37 AM

'This is an issue concerning the survival of democracy in India,' he told reporters. (Photo: File)

Sibal demands probe into EVMs hacking claim, calls it 'very serious'

Sibal hit out at Ravi Shankar Prasad, saying he has made an 'irresponsible statement, not befitting the office he holds'.

22 Jan 2019 6:01 PM

'We will expose this claim,' Ravi Shankar Prasad said, adding that the Congress was insulting the 2014 mandate. (Photo: File | ANI)

Cong held EVM hackathon in UK where 'rigging' claims made: Ravi Shankar

An Indian cyber expert claimed 2014 general election was 'rigged' through EVMs, which, he said can be hacked.

22 Jan 2019 1:31 PM

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (Photo: File)

Naveen Patnaik told to consult CJ on new benches

During every general elections and Assembly polls, the issue of establishment of permanent bench of Odisha high court has cropped up.

15 Jan 2019 6:34 AM

‘Elections are not about mathematics but chemistry,’ Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also said. (Photo: ANI | File)

SP, BSP came together for their survival, they cannot take on Modi alone: BJP

BJP have also rejected claims that the SP, BSP alliance would drastically affect the results in the general elections this year.

12 Jan 2019 2:11 PM

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