Keonjhar: The father of a 30-year-old man, who was found hanging at his residence in Chingudipasi village under Jhumpura police limits here Thursday morning, alleged that police inaction led to the ‘murder’ of his son. Arun Kumar Mohanta was found hanging by a towel from the ceiling of his room in the morning. His father Baidyanath Mohanta...

New Delhi: Polling for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections started in 88 parliamentary constituencies across 12 states and a Union Territory. While 89 constituencies were slated to go to polls in the second phase, voting in Madhya Pradesh's Betul was advanced to the third phase May 7 following the death of the BSP candidate...

Jammu: Amid tight security arrangements, voting began in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu constituency Friday, with more than 17.81 lakh voters eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 22 candidates. The Jammu Lok Sabha seat is one of the 89 constituencies in 13 states and Union...

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Jerusalem: Israel is expected to "soon" begin evacuating civilians from Rafah ahead of a planned ground attack on Gaza's southernmost city, a state-owned media outlet has reported. The planned evacuation will start "soon", pending final approval by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Israeli Kan TV report. Earlier on Thursday, the country's wartime...

Agartala: Voting for the Tripura East Lok Sabha constituency began at 7 am Friday, a poll official said. Nearly 14 lakh voters, including 6.94 lakh women and 13 transgenders, will decide the fate of nine candidates, additional chief electoral officer S. Bandopadhyay said. The constituency has 38,245 voters in the age group of 18-19 years, 4,678 service...

Kolkata: Polling began at 7 am Friday for the three constituencies in northern West Bengal in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, officials said. The polling, being held in Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj constituencies, would continue till 6 pm, they said. A total of 47 candidates, including state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar, are in the...

Raipur: Polling began Friday morning in Naxal-affected Kanker, Rajnandgaon and Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh in the second phase of general elections. The polling comes days after 29 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Kanker district April 16. Altogether 41 candidates, including former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and former state home minister...

New Delhi: Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held Friday for 89 seats in 13 states with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a second-straight term from Wayanad in Kerala. All 20 seats of Kerala will go to polls besides 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, 8 seats...

Hyderabad: Rajat Patidar's explosive fifty and a collective effort from the spinners set up Royal Challengers Bengaluru's 35-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL here Thursday, bringing an end to their six-match losing streak. Patidar's 50 off 20 balls stood in stark contrast to Virat Kohli's measured 51 off 43 balls as RCB put up 206...