Simultaneous polls in Arunachal: After initial hiccups due to rain, AP records 38% voter turnout till 1pm
Ram Navami celebrations pass off peacefully
Rourkela: With the district administration making elaborate security arrangements to tackle any unpleasant situation, Ram Navami celebrations in Sundargarh district remained peaceful. Contrary to other areas in the district, the procession was taken out Thursday in Rourkela. “This is the...
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LS polls phase 1: Voting underway in 102 seats, leaders urge people to turn up in large numbers
New Delhi: Voting was underway on Friday in 102 Lok Sabha seats spread across 21 states and Union territories in the first of the seven phases of the world's largest electoral exercise, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers. He especially called upon...
Read more28.37% voter turnout recorded in lone Nagaland LS seat, polling boycotted in six districts
Kohima: Around 28.37 per cent of voters cast their votes till 11am in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland amidst a tight security cover, officials said. Election officials said that so far no voter cast their votes in six Eastern Nagaland districts in view of various Naga groups’ call to the people to ‘abstain’ from Friday’s voting in support of their statehood demand. There are around four lakh eligible voters...
Read moreConsumer Affairs Min asks FSSAI to probe composition of Nestle’s Cerelac baby cereals sold in India
New Delhi:The Consumer Affairs Ministry Friday said it has asked the food safety regulator FSSAI to investigate the composition of Nestle's Cerelac baby cereals sold in India, amid a global report that claimed the company was adding higher sugar content in the product. According to findings by Swiss NGO, Public Eye and International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), Nestle sold baby products with higher sugar content in less developed South Asian...
Read moreIsrael attacks Iran’s Isfahan town
Tel Aviv: Israel has attacked Iran's Isfahan town, after which the latter activated its air defence system and suspended flights. It comes few days after Iran had attacked Israel in response to an alleged attack on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus leading to the killing of seven top officers of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps including General Mohammed Reza Zahedi. Iranian air defences were activated in the...
Read moreViolence erupts in Bengal’s Cooch Behar as TMC, BJP workers clash
Kolkata: The polling in the first two hours for three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Friday was marred by incidents of violence in the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency. Some cases of violence were reported from Jalpaiguri Lok Sabha constituency as well. Alipurduar, however, was an exception, with no report of poll-related violence in the first two hours. Till 9am the polling percentage was 15.09, as per the records of...
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Simultaneous polls in Arunachal: After initial hiccups due to rain, AP records 38% voter turnout till 1pm
Itanagar: An estimated 38 per cent of the total 8,92,694 voters exercised their franchise till 1pm Friday in Arunachal Pradesh where polling for two Lok Sabha seats and 50 assembly constituencies is underway, officials said. The ruling BJP has already won ten seats in the 60-member assembly unopposed. The turnout, which was moderate in the morning hours...
Indian embassy advises Indians to reschedule non-essential travel as UAE reels through historic floods
Abu Dhabi: The Indian embassy in the UAE Friday advised the inbound Indian passengers travelling to or transiting through Dubai International Airport to reschedule non-essential travel till operations normalise after the city witnessed unprecedented rains this week. The United Arab Emirates is trying to recover from the record-setting rains this week which has caused massive flooding in...
Sikkim registers over 36.75% polling till 1pm
Gangtok: Over 36.75 per cent of the 4.64 lakh voters in Sikkim have exercised their franchise till 1pm Friday for 32 Assembly seats and in the lone Lok Sabha constituency, an official said. Voting for the 32 Assembly constituencies and the lone Lok sabha seat in the Himalayan state began at 7am and will end at 5pm....
Shoot starts for 56th film of Mohanlal and Shobana helmed by Renjith
Thiruvananthapuram: The highly successful duo of Mohanlal and Shobana is making a comeback as shooting for Malayalam superstar Mohanlal's 360th film commences on Monday in the state. Shobana herself announced this, expressing her happiness, and noted that this would mark their 56th film together. This marks the 14th film produced by Renjith for his own Rejaputra films....
Vijay Sethupathi makes wheelchair-bound fan’s day by taking selfie with her
Chennai: Actor Vijay Sethupathi, popularly known as Tamil cinema's Makkal Selvan, has won the hearts of netizens by clicking a selfie with an elderly woman in a wheelchair, while exercising his franchise at a polling station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu during the first phase of Lok Sabha polls. A circulating video on the internet shows the bespectacled...
Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat to head India’s counter-terrorism force NSG
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat has been appointed as the chief of National Security Guard (NSG), the country's counter-terrorism force, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Prabhat, a 1992 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Andhra Pradesh cadre, is presently working as Additional Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The Appointments...
28.37% voter turnout recorded in lone Nagaland LS seat, polling boycotted in six districts
Kohima: Around 28.37 per cent of voters cast their votes till 11am in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland amidst a tight security cover, officials said. Election officials said that so far no voter cast their votes in six Eastern Nagaland districts in view of various Naga groups’ call to the people to ‘abstain’ from Friday’s...
Former players questioned Imad Wasim’s omission from Pakistan’s T20I team
Rawalpindi: Imad Wasim's omission has been questioned by former players after the all-rounder was left out of Pakistan team for the first T20I against New Zealand, having come out of retirement to play international cricket again. Wasim and left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir came out of retirement ahead of the T20 World Cup in June this year after...
LS polls first phase: 30.46% turnout till 11am across six seats in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: The six Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh where polling is being held Friday in the first phase of general elections recorded a voter turnout of 30.46 per cent till 11am, an official said. The constituency-wise polling is Balaghat 35.64 per cent, Chhindwara 32.51, Jabalpur 27.41, Mandla 32.03, Shahdol 29.57 and Sidhi 26.03, the state's Chief...
Consumer Affairs Min asks FSSAI to probe composition of Nestle’s Cerelac baby cereals sold in India
New Delhi:The Consumer Affairs Ministry Friday said it has asked the food safety regulator FSSAI to investigate the composition of Nestle's Cerelac baby cereals sold in India, amid a global report that claimed the company was adding higher sugar content in the product. According to findings by Swiss NGO, Public Eye and International Baby Food Action Network...
