General observers review Keonjhar poll preparations
Notice to shift medicine store from CHC campus
Boy found dead in hostel room
Miscreants rob transport firm staffers of Rs 13.82 lakh
Opposition remembers people only during elections: Naveen Patnaik
Bhawanipatna: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday alleged that his opponents remember the people of the state only during elections and have no sincerity towards them. Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Bhawanipatna and Khariar in the Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency,...
Delhi LG recommends NIA probe against Kejriwal, AAP says conspiracy at BJP’s behest
New Delhi: Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has recommended an NIA probe against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly receiving political funding from the banned terrorist organisation 'Sikhs for Justice', Raj Niwas sources said Monday. AAP alleged that the recommendation is "yet another conspiracy" against Kejriwal at the behest of...
Read morePeople make beeline at K’taka polling stations, Yediyurappa family casts vote
Bengaluru: People queued up early Tuesday outside the 28,269 polling stations of 14 Parliamentary constituencies to exercise their franchise in Karnataka. Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa along with families of his two sons, state President B.Y. Vijayendra, and Shivamogga BJP candidate B.Y. Raghavendra cast their votes at booth number 137 in Shikaripura town in Shivamogga district. Before casting their votes, the Yediyurappa family visited the Huccharaya Swamy temple and offered prayers....
Read moreLS polls: PM Modi votes in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi exercised his franchise in Ahmedabad soon after voting across 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat began Tuesday morning. Donning a saffron jacket over a white kurta, the Prime Minister cast his vote at Nishan Vidhyala in Ranip, Ahmedabad. "I appeal to people to vote. I am in Gujarat and have to go to Madhya Pradesh and Telangana. I congratulate the Election Commission for the successful first...
Read moreTon-up Suryakumar powers Mumbai Indians to seven-wicket win over SRH
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General observers review Keonjhar poll preparations
Keonjhar: The general observers for Keonjhar district Sunday reviewed the poll preparedness by the district administration. The review meeting was held at the conference hall of the circuit house where the two general observers -- Minhaj Alam, IAS and Ashish Modi, IAS -- assigned for Keonjhar district jointly presided over the meeting. The two observers reviewed the...
Notice to shift medicine store from CHC campus
Tihidi: A notice has been served Monday to vacate a medicine store running inside the community health centre (CHC) campus at Tihidi in Bhadrak district. As per reports, acting on the direction of the Health Secretary, Bhadrak CDMO and Tihidi medical officer sent a notice by post to the medicine store owner asking him to shift the...
Boy found dead in hostel room
Jagatsinghpur: A minor boy, a student of Class X, was found hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room here, police informed Monday. Personnel of the Town police station here stated hostel inmates had first noticed the body and informed the police. The deceased, a native of Gopinathpur village under Birdi block of this district, had been...
Miscreants rob transport firm staffers of Rs 13.82 lakh
Keonjhar: Miscreants robbed cash worth Rs 13.82 lakh from two employees of a private transport company on National Highway-49 near Jamudiha village under Sadar police limits in this district, Monday. The incident took place at about 9.30 am when the two employees with the cash in a bag were on their way to Suakati from Keonjhar town...
Thunderstorm causes temporary disruption
Bhubaneswar: Following torrential rains and thunderstorm activity, fallen trees and broken branches caused obstruction on many roads in and around the Capital city, severely affecting movement of vehicles, Monday afternoon. The Special Relief Commissioner’s office directed the Fire Service, ODRF and OFDC personnel to clear the blockade immediately. The emergency personnel cleared the roads of the obstructions...
Orissa HC commutes death sentence of man
Bhubaneswar: Observing that ‘every saint has a past and every sinner has a future’, the Orissa High Court Monday commuted the death sentence awarded by a lower court to a man for rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Cuttack in 2018 to life imprisonment. A division bench of Justices Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Radha Krishna...
EC orders repolling at one booth in Rajasthan’s Barmer LS seat May 8
Jaipur: Repolling will be held at a voting booth in Rajasthan's Barmer Lok Sabha constituency May 8 due to the breach of vote confidentiality. The Election Commission Monday issued instructions for repolling at a voting booth in Dudhwa Khurd village under the Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, where voting was held April 26. Rajasthan's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)...
Ajit Pawar, Sunetra Pawar, Praniti Shinde among early voters in Maha
Pune/Solapur: Voting started for 11 constituencies in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with prominent personalities like Chhatrapati Shrimant Shahu Maharaj, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Ajit Pawar and Congress’ Solapur candidate Praniti Shinde among the early voters in Baramati seat, here Tuesday. Accompanied by members of the royal...
People make beeline at K’taka polling stations, Yediyurappa family casts vote
Bengaluru: People queued up early Tuesday outside the 28,269 polling stations of 14 Parliamentary constituencies to exercise their franchise in Karnataka. Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa along with families of his two sons, state President B.Y. Vijayendra, and Shivamogga BJP candidate B.Y. Raghavendra cast their votes at booth number 137 in Shikaripura town in Shivamogga district. Before...
LS polls: PM Modi votes in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi exercised his franchise in Ahmedabad soon after voting across 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat began Tuesday morning. Donning a saffron jacket over a white kurta, the Prime Minister cast his vote at Nishan Vidhyala in Ranip, Ahmedabad. "I appeal to people to vote. I am in Gujarat and have to go...
