Over 41% polling recorded in 12 LS seats in Rajasthan till 3pm
Over 66% votes cast till 3pm in West Bengal’s three Lok Sabha seats
LS polls in Manipur: Incidents of firing, intimidation reported from few places; no injuries
Chhattisgarh: 42.57% turnout recorded till 1pm in Bastar LS seat; CRPF officer hurt in IED blast
Simultaneous polls in Arunachal: After initial hiccups due to rain, AP records 38% voter turnout till 1pm
Lok Sabha polls phase-1: EC says ‘substantial’ turnout; check state-wise votes cast till 1pm
New Delhi: ‘Substantial’ voter turnout was reported till 1pm in 102 Parliamentary constituencies and 92 Assembly constituencies in various states and Union territories where voting is underway in phase-1 of Lok Sabha elections Friday, the Election Commission said. Polling was progressing ‘smoothly and peacefully’ across 21 states and union territories,...
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Hubballi (Karnataka): Hindu organisations and student outfits have given a call for a bandh in Hubballi condemning the killing of the daughter of a Congress Corporator in her college premises at Hubballi city in Karnataka. After 23-year-old Neha Hiremath refused to marry a youth who she had been in a relationship with, he stabbed her multiple times, leading to her death Thursday, a source said. The police department is on high...
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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Kishan Reddy, Owaisi file nominations for Lok Sabha polls
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi are among those who Friday filed nominations for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls. Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh addressed a rally before Reddy filed his nomination for the Secunderabad segment with the Returning Officer. Owaisi offered Friday prayers at the Mecca Masjid here and...
Over 41% polling recorded in 12 LS seats in Rajasthan till 3pm
Jaipur: Over 41 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first eight hours of polling Friday in 12 parliamentary constituencies of Rajasthan where voting is underway in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election, officials said. According to the Election Commission, polling began at 7am amid tight security arrangements and 41.51 per cent voting took...
Stock markets stage strong rebound after four days of slump; Sensex rallies 599 pts
Mumbai: Stock markets rebounded from early lows to close higher Friday, snapping the four-day losing streak on heavy value buying in banking and auto shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 599.34 points or 0.83 per cent to settle at 73,088.33. The index opened lower and tanked further 672.53 points or 0.92 per cent to hit a low...
PCB to announce new Pakistan head coach by April end
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Over 66% votes cast till 3pm in West Bengal’s three Lok Sabha seats
Kolkata: A voter turnout of 66.34 per cent was recorded till 3pm in the three Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal where elections were underway in the first phase Friday, officials said. Polling started at 7am in Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduars seats, where a total of 56.26 lakh people are eligible to vote, they said. "Till 3pm,...
Fossils of possibly largest snake to have ever lived found in Kutch, scientists say
New Delhi: Fossils recovered from Kutch in Gujarat may have belonged to the spine of one of the largest snakes to have ever lived, according to new research from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. From the Panandhro Lignite Mine, researchers discovered 27 "mostly well-preserved" bones forming the snake's spinal column, or vertebra, with some connections still...
Lok Sabha polls phase-1: EC says ‘substantial’ turnout; check state-wise votes cast till 1pm
New Delhi: ‘Substantial’ voter turnout was reported till 1pm in 102 Parliamentary constituencies and 92 Assembly constituencies in various states and Union territories where voting is underway in phase-1 of Lok Sabha elections Friday, the Election Commission said. Polling was progressing ‘smoothly and peacefully’ across 21 states and union territories, it added. Visuals of voters standing in...
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Kyiv (Ukraine): Ukraine's air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to a malfunction after a combat mission. Neither claim could be independently verified. Previous Ukrainian claims of shooting down Russian warplanes during their more than two-year war have met with...
LS polls in Manipur: Incidents of firing, intimidation reported from few places; no injuries
Imphal: Incidents of intimidation and firing were reported from at least two places in Inner Manipur constituency where voting for the Lok Sabha polls is currently underway, officials said Friday. At Thamnapokpi under Moirang constituency in Bishnupur district, armed men fired several rounds in the air near a polling booth prompting voters to flee, police said Friday,...
