Odisha Assembly, LS polls 2024: Live updates
Bhubaneswar: Polling for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly seats in Odisha is underway Monday, amid stringent security measures, officials said. Voting started at 7am in Aska, Kandhamal, Bargarh, Bolangir and Sundargarh parliamentary constituencies along with 35 assembly segments within the jurisdiction of these Lok Sabha seats. Over 79.69...
Read moreLok Sabha polls fifth phase: Top highlights
New Delhi: Voting is progressing in 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections Monday. Today's poll will decide the fate of several prominent leaders like former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani and former J-K chief minister Omar Abdullah. Over 8.95 crore people, including 4.26 crore females and 5,409 third-gender electors, are eligible to vote in this...
Read moreFour Lankan nationals, ‘terrorists’ of IS, arrested by Gujarat ATS at Ahmedabad airport
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Monday said it arrested four "terrorists" of the Islamic State from the Sardar Vallabhai Patel airport here. The ATS, in a brief note, said the four accused, who were arrested from the airport, were Sri Lankan citizens and terrorists of the Islamic State. More details regarding the arrests are awaited. In August last year, the ATS arrested three persons from Rajkot for their alleged links...
Read moreJD(S) MLA HD Revanna gets bail from Bengaluru court in sexual assault case
Bengaluru: A court Monday granted bail to JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka Minister HD Revanna in a sexual assault case. The 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court had previously granted interim relief to the 66-year-old politician. Judge Preeth J refused to hear objections from SIT and ordered bail. The case, registered April 28 at the Holenarasipura town police station, involves allegations of sexual assault by Revanna and his son, Hassan MP...
Read moreIran’s president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says
Dubai: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and others have been found dead at the site of a helicopter crash Monday after an hourslong search through a foggy, mountainous region of the country's northwest, state media reported. Raisi was 63. The crash comes as the Middle East remains unsettled by the Israel-Hamas war, during which Raisi under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched an unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel...
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Old video of a man slapping Delhi CM Kejriwal is shared as a recent attack on him during a 2024 Lok Sabha election rally
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Sachin, Gavaskar, Rahane, Suryakumar cast their votes during fifth phase of LS Polls
Mumbai: Legendary Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, Ajinkya Rahane and Suryakumar Yadav exercised their voting rights in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha Elections, here Monday. Tendulkar, who is a national icon of Election Commission of India (ECI), was joined by his son Arjun at the polling booth. "I am the national icon of...
Odisha records over 48% voter turnout till 3pm
Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 48.95 per cent voter turnout till 3pm in the polling for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly segments Monday, officials said. Voting started at 7am in Aska, Kandhamal, Bargarh, Bolangir and Sundargarh parliamentary constituencies along with 35 Assembly segments within the jurisdiction of these Lok Sabha seats. Lok Sabha and Assembly elections are...
Kiara Advani returns to Mumbai, goes to vote
Mumbai: After making her debut at the 77th Cannes Film Festival last week, Kiara Advani made it on time to exercise her voting right Monday. Kiara announced the fact on Instagram, where she shared a selfie from her car, dressed in white ethnic wear after she cast her vote. Earlier in the morning, she was seen leaving...
Sanjay Dutt, Kajol, Jackky Bhagnani & Rakul Preet join festival of democracy
Mumbai: Sanjay Dutt, Kajol, newly-weds Jackky Bhagnani and Rakul Preet Singh cast their vote in Mumbai on a sweltering Monday in the ongoing fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Sanjay looked dapper in a green and white shirt paired with sunglasses as he flaunted his inked index finger at the paparazzi present near the polling booth....
China sanctions three US defence companies for arms sales to Taiwan
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SRK exercises his right with wife Gauri, son Aryan
Mumbai: Hindi film megastar Shah Rukh Khan, along with his wife Gauri Khan, elder son Aryan Khan and his manager Pooja Dadlani cast their vote on Monday in Mumbai for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The megastar, who was last seen in Dunki, chose casual attire for his civic duty. He was seen wearing a black t-shirt...
TV stars Neha Kakkar, Sharib Hashmi, Karan Singh Grover, Gurmeet Choudhary also shine on polling day
Mumbai: Actors Karan Singh Grover, Neha Kakkar, Kritika Kamra, Sharib Hashmi, Karanvir Bohra and others Monday exercised their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, as they cast their vote and flaunted their inked index finger. Karan Singh Grover took to Instagram and shared a selfie wearing a black tee-shirt, sporting a beard look, and showed off...
Lok Sabha polls fifth phase: Top highlights
New Delhi: Voting is progressing in 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections Monday. Today's poll will decide the fate of several prominent leaders like former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani and former J-K chief minister Omar Abdullah. Over 8.95 crore people,...