Kolkata: Nearly 15.7 per cent of 51.17 lakh voters in three Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal exercised their franchise till 9 am Friday, an Election Commission official said. Polling began at 7 am in Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj constituencies and would continue till 6 pm. Raiganj registered the highest voter turnout of 16.46 per cent, while...

New Delhi: Social media platform Snapchat reached 422 million daily active users in the first quarter (Q1) this year, an increase of 39 million or 10 per cent (year-on-year). In Q1, the revenue of its parent company Snap grew 21 per cent (on-year) to $1.195 billion, driven by improvements made to its advertising platform and an increase...

Islamabad: Pakistan has "categorically" rejected a report by the US State Department over the human rights violations in the country last year, saying that only a "politically motivated report can ignore the alarming situation in Gaza". "It is deeply concerning that a report purported to highlight human rights situations around the world ignores or downplays the most...

New York: A 42-year-old Indian-origin man was shot and killed by police in San Antonio after he struck two officers with his vehicle as they were trying to apprehend him in connection with an aggravated assault case. Sachin Sahoo was pronounced deceased at the scene after police officer Tyler Turner shot at him April 21. Sahoo originally...

Thiruvananthapuram: Friday morning dawned in Kerala with people having an important task for the day as the state goes to the polls to elect 20 new Lok Sabha members. At several polling booths, voters were seen queuing up before the official start of polling at 7 a.m. and all those who stand in the queue by 6...

Joda: A 20-year-old girl was trampled to death by an elephant Thursday at a jungle near Gurutuan village under Champua forest range in Keonjhar district. The deceased was identified as Somabari Munda, a native of the same village under Jajang panchayat. She was on her way to her maternal grandfather’s house using a road through the jungle...

Bengaluru: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, software industry icon N R Narayana Murthy, his wife and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, former cricketer Rahul Dravid and actor Prakash Raj were among the early voters as polling began in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka Friday. Many booths reported brisk voting in the first hour of polling as people...

Sonepur: Delay in land acquisition has become a major hurdle in the expansion of NH-26 connecting Bargarh and Bolangir districts. Part of the NH-26 will also pass through Subarnapur district before reaching Bolangir. However, work on a 1,400-metre stretch of road from a temple to the FCI godown in Dunguripali town of Subarnapur district has not started...

Keonjhar: A couple suffered serious burn injuries during a suicide bid following an argument at Kathakata village under Anandapur police limits in Keonjhar district, late Wednesday night. The injured couple was identified as Sanjay Ho and his wife Sasmita. Sources informed that Sanjay and Sasmita used to quarrel frequently and were not on good terms for the...

Joda: Acting on a tipoff, officials of the district Mining department seized eight trucks late Wednesday night while the vehicles were illegally transporting iron ore lumps instead of iron ore fines in violation of norms from the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC)-owned Khandabandha mines under this division in Keonjhar district. The officials seized the trucks when the vehicles...