CEC Rajiv Kumar dares opposition to give proof of attempts to influence poll process
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Monday dared the opposition to share evidence of allegations that returning officers and district magistrates were influenced to vitiate the poll process so the panel could take action against them. The opposition should also tell the Commission about those trying to influence the...
Read moreNaxalites drag man out of home, kill him on suspicion of being police informer in Chhattisgarh
Narayanpur: Naxalites dragged a 45-year-old man out of his house in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district and killed him while claiming he was a police informer, an official said Monday. The incident took place Sunday night when the victim, identified as Shaluram Potai, was at his home in Maspur village, he said and denied the claim of Naxalites. The official said Naxalites killed the innocent villager out of frustration to thwart development works...
Read moreSensex, Nifty race over 3% to record highs as exit polls predict massive win for BJP-led NDA
Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rallied more than 3 per cent to close at lifetime highs Monday following across-the-board buying as exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the general elections. The 30-share BSE Sensex soared by 2,507.47 points or 3.39 per cent to settle at a new closing peak of 76,468.78, marking its biggest single-day gain in three years. During the day, the barometer...
Read moreEl Niño ending; at least 60% chance of La Niña developing during July-Sept: WMO
New Delhi: The 2023/24 El Niño event, which drove record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather around the world, is predicted to transition to La Niña conditions later this year, according to a new update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Amid a prevailing but weakening El Niño, millions of people in South Asia, including India and Pakistan, endured brutal heat in April and May. While El Niño is associated with weaker monsoon...
Read moreEC asks CAPF’s 400 companies to stay in Bengal till June 19
Kolkata: Fearing post-poll violence, the Election Commission (EC) has decided to retain 400 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in West Bengal till June 19. Results for the Lok Sabha polls will be announced Tuesday. Initially, it was decided that 400 companies would be retained in the state only up to June 6, just two days after the counting date (June 4). However, insiders from the office of the Chief...
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Naxalites drag man out of home, kill him on suspicion of being police informer in Chhattisgarh
Narayanpur: Naxalites dragged a 45-year-old man out of his house in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur district and killed him while claiming he was a police informer, an official said Monday. The incident took place Sunday night when the victim, identified as Shaluram Potai, was at his home in Maspur village, he said and denied the claim of Naxalites. The...
India batter Kedar Jadhav announces retirement from international cricket
Pune: India and Maharashtra batter Kedar Jadhav Monday announced his retirement from international cricket, four years since his last appearance for the national team. The 39-year-old, who made his international debut for India in November 2014 during an ODI against Sri Lanka at Ranchi, went on to play 73 one-dayers as well as nine T20Is. Perceived close...
CEC Rajiv Kumar dares opposition to give proof of attempts to influence poll process
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Monday dared the opposition to share evidence of allegations that returning officers and district magistrates were influenced to vitiate the poll process so the panel could take action against them. The opposition should also tell the Commission about those trying to influence the poll process before the counting of votes...
Sensex, Nifty race over 3% to record highs as exit polls predict massive win for BJP-led NDA
Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty rallied more than 3 per cent to close at lifetime highs Monday following across-the-board buying as exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led NDA in the general elections. The 30-share BSE Sensex soared by 2,507.47 points or 3.39 per cent to settle at a new closing peak of...
Claudia Sheinbaum elected first woman President of Mexico
New Delhi: Mexico's National Electoral Institute, Sunday, announced Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate of the ruling Morena party, the winner of the presidential elections. Sheinbaum is projected as the winner with 58.3 to 60.7 per cent of the votes, reports Al Jazeera. The first woman to be elected president of Mexico took to her X handle and expressed gratitude....
Pak court acquits Imran Khan in two vandalism cases during a protest march in 2022
Islamabad: A Pakistani court Monday acquitted jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of his party in two cases related to vandalism during a protest march in 2022 following his arrest in an alleged corruption case. The 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party founder has been in jail since August last year after being convicted...
El Niño ending; at least 60% chance of La Niña developing during July-Sept: WMO
New Delhi: The 2023/24 El Niño event, which drove record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather around the world, is predicted to transition to La Niña conditions later this year, according to a new update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Amid a prevailing but weakening El Niño, millions of people in South Asia, including India and Pakistan, endured...
Bureaucrat’s daughter commits suicide in Mumbai; suspected academic pressures
Mumbai: Lipi V Rastogi, daughter of a senior IAS couple, died by suicide from a building at Nariman Point, early Monday morning, officials said. The deceased is the daughter of IAS officer Vikas C Rastogi, attached with the Higher & Technical Education Department, and Radhika V Rastogi, posted in the Home Department. Around 4am this morning, Lipi...
T20 World Cup: Police snipers deployed in stadium ahead of SL v SA match
New York: Security has been beefed up at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York for the T20 World Cup 2024. The police have positioned snipers at covert locations around the venue that will host Sri Lanka and South Africa in its first international game Monday. Nassau County Police Department will oversee a massive operation to...
Odisha: OJEE 2024 results announced, details here
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE)-2024 results were declared Monday. Sagarika Dash has topped the list in B.Pharm, next to her is Biltu Mandal in LE-TECH (DIP). Among others in the list, Suryakant Prusty has topped in MBA and Brahmananda Moharana is the topper in MCA/MSC (Comp SC). This year the OJEE was conducted from May 6...
