Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Haryana on Sunday witnessed 62.12 per cent voting in the 10 Lok Sabha seats, an election official said. The figure was nearly 10 per cent less than the votes polled in the 2014 parliamentary polls. The voter turnout is likely to be slightly higher than 62.12[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) From a BJP worker getting killed in Jhargram to party workers sustaining bullet injuries and candidates getting heckled — widespread violence again marred the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Sunday. But despite the clashes, 79.93 per cent of the 1,33,56,964 voters[Read More…]
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Four people were killed on Sunday in Jharkahnd’s Giridih district when some men were unloading explosives from a motorcycle, police said. The incident took place in Pandanatand village when Siraj Ansari along with Jabbar Mia were unloading the explosives. The explosives suddenly went off, killing three[Read More…]
Lucknow, May 12 (IANS) Sporadic violence, scuffles and allegations of vote rigging marked the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh in which polling was held on 14 seats. The voter turnout was recorded at 50.6 per cent at 5.p.m., which was comparatively lower, mainly due to[Read More…]
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) In spite of the intense heat and day-long fasts observed during the ongoing holy month of Ramzan, a huge number of Muslims came out in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency to exercise their franchise on Sunday. Ramzan, when Muslims observe[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Mother’s Day on Sunday turned out to be an occasion for Bollywood celebrities to share heartfelt moments and memories of their mothers with their fans. Anupam Kher, Sonam Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt were some of the celebrities who took to their Instagram[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Celebrity chef-turned-filmmaker Vikas Khanna will join a masterclass ‘Life through a Different Lens’ with Academy Award-winning actress Julianne Moore and others at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Khanna will walk the red carpet of the gala on its opening night on May 14, and he will[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) spinner and out of favour India international Harbhajan Singh on Sunday slammed the team hotel staff for negligence ahead of their final against Mumbai Indians (MI) here. Harbhajan wrote on his Twitter handle that the food was undercooked and no one took[Read More…]
Guwahati, May 12 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday inspected the 33 highlands created in the Kaziranga National Park for sheltering wildlife during floods and asked the authorities to ensure safe shelter, adequate food and treatment to for animals who could be affected. The Chief Minister visited the[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against defending champions Chennai Super Kings in the summit clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, here on Sunday. Mumbai made one change in the team since[Read More…]
Khandwa, May 12 (IANS) Accusing the Congress of indulging in the politics of oppression, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reminded the people of the days of the Emergency when the songs of Kishore Kumar were banned on All India Radio (AIR) because he did not toe the government line.[Read More…]
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Jharkhand on Sunday recorded 65.17 per cent polling for four of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state on Sunday, an official said. Polling was peaceful with no untoward incident being reported from any constituency. According to an Election Commission (EC) data, Giridih recorded 65.93[Read More…]
Colombo, May 12 (IANS) Catholics in the Sri Lankan cities of Colombo and Negombo, where churches were targeted by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday, held their first Sunday masses since the attacks which brought the country to a standstill and claimed more than 250 lives. The religious services were held[Read More…]
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Warning of strict action against those responsible for an act of desecration in Sangrur district, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday said the divisive forces that had tried to polarise the state ahead of the state Assembly elections in 2017 were rearing their heads again.[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed quite popular among first-time voters in Delhi as most of them hailed his foreign policies, nationalism and reforms in education, besides his “love for the youth”. Among the capital’s new voters IANS spoke to, the Prime Minister was no less[Read More…]
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Showing their commitment to democracy, two brothers in Jharkhand on Sunday decided to cast their votes before performing the last rites of their mother, who passed away on Saturday night. Deepak Kumar Gupta and his brother Rohit, residents of Bhuli in Dhanbad, voted in the sixth[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The CPI-M on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission (EC) demanding action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making claims about his role in the Balakot air strike in a television interview and said that they violated the model code of conduct. In the letter[Read More…]
Jerusalem, May 12 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced the establishment of a new Jewish settlement in the occupied Syrian territory of Golan Heights, honouring US President Donald Trump. In March, Trump had officially recognized Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, a part of Syria that has[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra’s 19-year-old son Rehan, a first-time voter, was conspicuous by his absence on Sunday as his parents came out to vote in the sixth phase of polling in Delhi. “Rehan cannot vote today as he has gone[Read More…]
London/San Franciaco, May 12 (IANS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected the call for breaking up his company, saying the size of Facebook was actually a benefit to its users and for the security of the democratic process. In an interview with French broadcaster France 2, Zuckerberg dismissed the claim[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that if he had done ‘tapasya’, he would not have made such hate-filled comments. Interacting to reporters after casting her vote along with her husband, Robert Vadra, she said:[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) A long white beard knotted at the end, a hand-knit beret and dark-rimmed spectacles are what set apart megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s look in his new film “Chehre”. Big B gave his extended family on social media a glimpse into his look for the mystery thriller, produced[Read More…]
By Anand Singh New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi was taken by surprise when a group of third genders from Rajasthan visited his residence, here on Sunday, to wish him and his party victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Kamla and three others followed the Congress[Read More…]
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Haryana on Sunday witnessed 51.80 per cent voting till 4 p.m. for the state’s 10 Lok Sabha seats, an official said. The highest voter turnout was recorded in the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh seat at 53 per cent, followed by Sonipat, Hisar and Sirsa, the official told IANS. Voting[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Former Union Minister Shakeel Ahmad, suspended by the Congress for contesting the Lok Sabha elections as an Independent from Madhubani, has said the partys action against him was harsh and that he contested the polls as the candidate of the Grand Alliance was “weak” to[Read More…]
