Two candidates with zero declared assets in fray in fourth phase of Odisha assembly polls
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Campaigning ends for 6th phase of Lok Sabha polls in 58 seats
New Delhi: Campaigning ended Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi. Besides the national capital, polling for the sixth round of the marathon seven-phase elections will be held Saturday in 14...
Read moreMEA processing Karnataka govt’s request to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is processing a request by the Karnataka government to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna, the suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP who is accused of sexual abuse of several women and is believed to be in Germany now. Official sources said the MEA has begun the process to revoke Prajwal's passport after receiving a letter from the Karnataka government. Prajwal, the grandson...
Read moreIran begins burying late president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
Dubai: Iran Thursday prepared to inter its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the Islamic Republic, a final sign of respect for a protégé of Iran's supreme leader killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. President Ebrahim Raisi's burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad caps days of processionals through much of Iran, seeking to bolster the country's theocracy after the crash that killed him,...
Read morePune Porsche crash case: Cops probe, grill three generations of Agarwal clan
Pune: Following the gruesome killing of two persons with a speeding Porsche May 19, the Pune Police started grilling three generations of the city’s realtor family, Agarwals, here Thursday. They include -- Vishal S. Agarwal, his father Surendra Kumar Agarwal, and his minor son -- who was allegedly at the wheel of the Porsche, which he zoomed off in a drunken state at a dizzying speed of some 200 kmph, and...
Read moreIndiscriminate disclosure of polling station-wise voter turnout data on website will cause chaos: EC to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday told the Supreme Court that ‘indiscriminate disclosure’ of polling station-wise voter turnout data and posting it on website will cause chaos in the election machinery which is already in motion for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The poll panel said that public posting of Form 17C - which gives the number of votes polled in a polling station - is not provided in the statutory...
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Vehicles being dispatched to polling centres from Ravenshaw University second campus in Cuttack ahead of third phase polling in Odisha Officials carry electioneering equipment from BJB College in Bhubaneswar to polling centres in Jatni and Khurda A child prays at Buddha Mandir, Bhubaneswar on Buddha Purnima
Two candidates with zero declared assets in fray in fourth phase of Odisha assembly polls
Bhubaneswar: Two candidates in the fray in the fourth and final phase of assembly elections in Odisha have declared zero assets in their affidavits, according to a report. Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituencies along with 42 assembly segments falling under these parliamentary seats will go to polls in the last phase June...
MEA processing Karnataka govt’s request to cancel Prajwal Revanna’s diplomatic passport
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is processing a request by the Karnataka government to cancel the diplomatic passport of Prajwal Revanna, the suspended Janata Dal (Secular) MP who is accused of sexual abuse of several women and is believed to be in Germany now. Official sources said the MEA has begun the process to...
Unjustly targeted, BJP’s show-cause notice demoralizing: Jayant Sinha
Ranchi: BJP MP Jayant Sinha, who was asked by the party to show cause for not taking part in campaigning, Thursday said he was being 'unjustly targeted' and the public notice amounted to demoralising dedicated workers like him. Replying to the show cause notice, Sinha said it was issued to him though he had March 2 communicated...
Campaigning ends for 6th phase of Lok Sabha polls in 58 seats
New Delhi: Campaigning ended Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two Union territories, including all the seven seats in Delhi. Besides the national capital, polling for the sixth round of the marathon seven-phase elections will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats...
Six dead, 48 injured as blast rips through chemical factory in Thane district
Thane: At least six persons were killed and 48 injured following an explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Thane district Thursday afternoon, officials said. As a boiler exploded at Amudan Chemicals located in Phase 2 of Dombivli MIDC area around 1.40 pm, its impact and the resultant blaze affected adjacent factories. As per the preliminary information,...
2024 Lok Sabha Polls: Old Ad Shared As Congress’ Campaign Video On Mahalakshmi Scheme
Claim Congress’ campaign video on Mahalakshmi scheme. Fact Old Women’s Day campaign video released by Prega News. A video showing a woman taunting a female sweeper over her “double duty” as a mother and an employee has grabbed social media attention. The footage, stitched with a clip of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi speaking about the party’s ambitious...
The video of PM Modi’s recent election rally in Bihar’s Maharajganj is being falsely shared as visuals of Rahul Gandhi’s rally
Amidst the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, a post featuring a video showing an aerial view of a large gathering of people in an open ground is being widely shared across social media platforms (here, here, & here). The post claims that the video shows the huge crowd that gathered for a recent election campaign meeting of Congress Leader Rahul...
Four labourers buried alive while digging well in Jharkhand
Lohardaga: Four labourers, including a woman, were buried alive while digging a well in Jharkhand's Lohardaga district Thursday, police said. The incident took place around 11am in Chitri Ambatoli village in Senha police station area, around 80km from state capital Ranchi, when the workers were digging a well under an MGNREGA project, a senior officer said. The...
Fake letter of BJP appointing Prashant Kishor as national chief spokesperson goes viral
Fact-Check The Verdict: Fake Speaking to Logically Facts, Bharatiya Janata Party’s National General Secretary, Arun Singh, called the viral letter "fake". Claim ID: d5153e60 What is the claim? An image of a purported press release by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dated May 22, 2024, is being shared on social media with a claim that the BJP...