New Delhi, May 27: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) and several of his family members offered prayers to Lord Balaji at Tirumala early Monday morning.KCR and his family was welcomed here by officials of the Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam (TTD). Special achirvachanams were performed by the priests here.
KCR is also scheduled to make a number of other visits to temples. Later on Monday, he is scheduled to visit Vijaywada where he will go the the Temple of Kanakadurga.
Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to his mother in Gandhinagar on Sunday and sought her blessings after the BJP's massive victory in the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
YSR Congress Party president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate Y S Jaganmohan Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence here on Sunday. Reddy, whose party stormed to power on Thursday with a landslide victory in assembly polls, discussed the issues of special category status to Andhra Pradesh and the state's financial situation and sought central funds during the meeting with Modi at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence
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9:02 AM, 27 May
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and his family visit Lord Balaji in Tirumala.
Andhra Pradesh: Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and his family visit Lord Balaji in Tirumala. pic.twitter.com/CpDNC0ueTx
Varanasi all decked up as preparations are underway as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits his parliamentary constituency today.
Varanasi all decked up as preparations are underway as Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits his parliamentary constituency today. pic.twitter.com/7ommYJHrfD
Karnataka Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting to be held on May 29 in Bengaluru
10:53 PM, 26 May
UPA Chairperson and elected MP from Rae Bareli Sonia Gandhi, writes to people of her constituency thanking workers of Congress, Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Swabhiman Dal for their contribution in her win.
9:44 PM, 26 May
Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy meets BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav in Delhi. Earlier in the day, he had met PM Modi and Amit Shah.
9:44 PM, 26 May
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in Gandhinagar and seeks her blessings
8:23 PM, 26 May
Meanhile, BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav met Andhra CM-elect YS Jagna Mohan Reddy and congratulated him
8:21 PM, 26 May
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at BJP supporters outside the party office in Ahmedabad. BJP President Amit Shah also present.
Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves at BJP supporters outside the party office in Ahmedabad. BJP President Amit Shah also present. pic.twitter.com/o2BIVWxvKZ
"After sixth phase of polling itself I had said that it’s 300 plus for us. When I said it, people mocked me. But, the results are for everyone to see. The vote in 2019 is a pro-incumbency vote and a positive vote," PM Modi says at a rally in Ahmedabad.
8:20 PM, 26 May
PM Modi at the Ahmedabad rally says, "People not just in India but across the world were supporting us during the elections even if they were not voting for us."
8:20 PM, 26 May
PM Modi is now addressing the rally. " The Surat tragedy was heart-breaking. We cannot express our condolences in words. The govt is determined to ensure that such incidents are not repeated," he says about the blaze at the coaching centre which killed over 20 students.
8:19 PM, 26 May
Back to Ahmedabad where BJP chief Amit Shah is addressing a rally. He says: "After winning 26 seats (in Gujarat) Narendra bhai has come here, please shout loud so that the voice reaches West Bengal.....Under PM Modi BJP has not just grown as an organisation but we have also increased our voter base."
5:55 PM, 26 May
Narendra Modi to take oath as PM on 30th May at 7pm, at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Members of Union Council of Ministers to also take oath.
5:54 PM, 26 May
Bihar Assembly Speaker officially designates 2 MLAs of RLSP (Lalan Paswan & Sudhanshu Shekhar) as JD(U) MLAs, who had joined the party earlier. Lalan Paswan says, "We had written to the Assembly Speaker (to designate them as JDU MLAs) 3-4 days ago, today it has been accepted."
5:00 PM, 26 May
Pakistan FM Faisal also said that PM Imran Khan in his congratulatory phone call to PM Modi reiterated his "vision for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia". "...the Prime Minister said he looked forward to working with Prime Minister Modi to advance these objectives."
4:59 PM, 26 May
Pakistan Foreign Minister Mohammad Faisal in a tweet said that PM Imran Khan spoke to his Indian counterpart - Narendra Modi to congratulate him over his big poll victory. "PM expressed his desire for both countries to work together for the betterment of their peoples," he wrote in the tweet.
4:59 PM, 26 May
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Sunday met Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and staked claim to form a government for a fifth consecutive time in the state. Patnaik was on Sunday elected the BJD legislature party leader by the newly elected MLAs at a meeting held at the party headquarters here.
4:58 PM, 26 May
After swearing-in for the second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Maldives for his first bilateral foreign visit. He is likely to visit Maldives between June 7 – 8.
4:13 PM, 26 May
BJP MP from Amethi, Smriti Irani lends a shoulder to mortal remains of Surendra Singh, ex-village head of Barauli, Amethi, who was shot dead last night.
#WATCH BJP MP from Amethi, Smriti Irani lends a shoulder to mortal remains of Surendra Singh, ex-village head of Barauli, Amethi, who was shot dead last night. pic.twitter.com/jQWV9s2ZwY
After swearing-in for the second term, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go to Maldives for his first bilateral foreign visit.
2:42 PM, 26 May
Odisha Governor invites Naveen Patnaik to form the government.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM & BJD chief Naveen Patnaik met Governor Prof Ganeshi Lal today and conveyed to him that he has been elected as the leader of BJD legislative party. The Governor has extended invitation to Naveen Patnaik to form the government in the state. pic.twitter.com/L78oFhLcyI
Jagan Mohan Reddy, YSRCP on Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh: The situation would have been different had they (BJP) won just 250 seats (in Lok Sabha elections). We would have then supported BJP only after they signed the Special Category Status document.
1:43 PM, 26 May
Amit Shah to accompany PM Modi on his Gujarat tour. Modi will be in Gujarat today to seek the blessings of his mother after his BJP-led NDA returned to power with a massive win.
1:41 PM, 26 May
Non-matriculates, PhD holders, doctors and engineers, Bihar has sent people from different educational background to the 17th Lok Sabha.
1:19 PM, 26 May
Independent MP from Mandya, Sumalatha Ambareesh: I will go to Mandya on 29th May. I would like to give credit to everyone who has worked hard for me. It was a tough a election, a lot of people did not give me a chance at all.
1:05 PM, 26 May
Disgruntled Aam Aadmi Party legislator Alka Lamba has announced that she would leave the party next year. "My journey started with you in 2013 will end in 2020.
1:05 PM, 26 May
Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh meets BJP leader SM Krishna, she says, "It is my duty is to meet everyone and thank them." Former Karnataka CM and BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa also present.
12:33 PM, 26 May
YSRCP chief Jaganmohan Reddy met BJP President Amit Shah today.
12:28 PM, 26 May
Chennai Central MP and DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said,"Edappadi K Palaniswami must take moral responsibility for the defeat of AIADMK in Lok Sabha elections, the party managed to win one seat in general elections because of money power. Palaniswami must tender his resignation."
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May 23, 2019, 4:05 am IST
National Update
The day for which everyone was waiting has come. The day of the result of people’s decision has finally come.
May 23, 2019, 4:06 am IST
Will the numbers of the result match the exit polls figures?
May 23, 2019, 6:07 am IST
This was one of the most heated campaigns India has ever witnessed. The entire opposition stood as one to take on Modi.
May 23, 2019, 6:07 am IST
Will the exit pollsters be proven right? All exit polls indicated that Narendra Modi would return as the Prime Minister for a second term.
May 23, 2019, 6:09 am IST
The first to be counted would be the postal ballots. It is expected that the VVPAT matching would be done next followed by the EVM counting.
May 23, 2019, 6:10 am IST
Security across the nation is exceptionally tight. The Home Ministry has warned that there could be violence as counting progresses.
May 23, 2019, 6:22 am IST
Madhya Pradesh
Visuals from outside a counting centre in Bhopal. Counting of votes to begin at 8 AM.
The Election Commission Wednesday said it rejected the demand of 22 political parties to count paper trail machine slips before the counting of votes polled in electronic voting machines (EVMs), because it was not "feasible".
May 23, 2019, 6:29 am IST
Actor Vivek Oberoi has been provided protection, a police official said on Wednesday evening. There were intelligence inputs about threat to the Bollywood actor, the official said. Oberoi was provided with two personal security officers on Wednesday, he said.
May 23, 2019, 6:30 am IST
The Congress on Wednesday slammed the Modi government over what it called "foreign minister-level talks" with Pakistan, alleging with the end of electoral politics pro-Pakistan policy has begun.
May 23, 2019, 6:33 am IST
Kerala
Kummanam Rajasekharan,BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency offers prayer at Ayyaguru Ashram, Thycaud. Rajasekharan is fielded against Congress' Shashi Tharoor and Left Democratic Front candidate C Divakaran.
Kerala:Kummanam Rajasekharan,BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency offers prayer at Ayyaguru Ashram,Thycaud.Rajasekharan is fielded against Congress' Shashi Tharoor&Left Democratic Front candidate C Divakaran.Counting of votes to begin at 8 AM. #LokSabhaElections2019pic.twitter.com/dO0OCUHcNQ
The United States Wednesday said that it was confident in the fairness and integrity of the Indian elections and would work with whoever is the victor. "I would say from the US perspective, we are very confident in the fairness and the integrity of the Indian elections, and we will obviously work with whoever is the victor and whatever the outcome is there," State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus told reporters during an off-camera gaggle here.
May 23, 2019, 7:48 am IST
In conclusion to the seven-phases of Lok Sabha polls, political parties will hope for victory as the counting of votes begins today (Thursday, 23 May).
JD(S) Hassan candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy offers prayers at Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysore .
May 23, 2019, 7:49 am IST
Karnataka
BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, Tejasvi Surya: said,''I am sure we will win. I am confident I will be able to contribute to legislation and policy making in this country.''
May 23, 2019, 7:49 am IST
Telangana
Visuals from outside a counting centre in Hyderabad; counting of votes for
Umesh Jadhav, BJP candidate from Kalaburagi, Karnataka who is contesting against Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge: Narendra Modi will become the PM. I'm hopeful of winning the seat. After this,within a day or two this coalition govt is going to fall on its own &BJP govt will be formed.
May 23, 2019, 7:50 am IST
Uttar Pradesh
Actor Ravi Kishan, who is fighting on Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, offers prayers as Election Results 2019 will be announced today
Rizwan Arshad, Congress candidate from Bangalore Central said,''Roshan Baig has tried to help the BJP& sabotage my campaign. But in his own constituency Shivaji Nagar, people have supported me overwhelmingly & blessed me. Workers of Congress party have defied his diktats & supported me.''
May 23, 2019, 8:00 am IST
BJP candidate from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh Jaya Prada has said that the saffron party will win the Lok Sabha Election 2019. "We are winning. This fight is of women's asmita, respect . Fight for voice of poor. If god permit we will break their ego," she said.
May 23, 2019, 8:03 am IST
After seeking divine blessings ahead of Lok Sabha election results 2019, Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor comes out of Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple.
May 23, 2019, 8:03 am IST
Counting of votes for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 begins
May 23, 2019, 8:09 am IST
As counting underway amid tight security, BJP takes early lead
May 23, 2019, 8:13 am IST
In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP and its NDA allies won a total of 336 seats, while the Congress and its UPA allies won 60 seats. The remaining 147 seats were claimed by others.
May 23, 2019, 8:16 am IST
First trends for the Congress party now. Party chief Rahul Gandhi and chairperson Sonia Gandhi are leading on Amethi and Raebareli Lok Sabha seats.
May 23, 2019, 8:19 am IST
In Lucknow, BJP candidate Rajnath Singh is leading, while Shatrughan Sinha's wife and Samajwadi Party candidate Poonam Sinha is trailing.
May 23, 2019, 8:20 am IST
Karnataka
Bharatiya Janata Party's Prathap Simha is leading from Mysore constituency. while CH Vijayshankar who fought on a Congress ticket is trailing.
May 23, 2019, 8:20 am IST
The Bharatiya Janata Party is also leading in Chhattisgarh, while Shiv Sena is ahead of other parties in Maharashtra's Thane.
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