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BJP, Congress confident of winning both LS seats in Goa
Panaji; Ahead of the counting of votes, the BJP and Congress have expressed confidence about winning both the Lok Sabha seats in Goa.
Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik, after the BJP core meeting held on Monday evening,…
Karnataka BJP BJP to meet Governor, press for CBI probe into ‘scandal’ in tribal welfare…
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra said on Monday that a party delegation will meet Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot to press for the transfer of the investigation into the death of an employee of the Tribal Welfare Corporation…
Counting preparations completed at 34 centres in Telangana
Hyderabad: Counting of votes polled for 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana will be taken up at 34 counting centres amid tight security on Tuesday.
Counting of votes for the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency, where a by-election…
BJP upbeat of winning LS seats in Odisha after Exit Polls projection
Bhubaneswar, June 3 (IANS) The leaders as well as workers of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are upbeat after almost all the Exit Polls surveys projected massive gains for the party in Lok Sabha elections in Odisha.
The…
BJP will come back to power at Centre: Karnataka Cong MLA
Kolar: At a time when senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, President Mallikarjun Kharge, and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, are claiming that the INDIA bloc will form the next government, Karnataka Congress MLA has made a public…
Governor Raghubar Das dissolves Odisha state assembly
Bhubaneswar, June 3 (IANS) Odisha Governor Raghubar Das on Monday dissolved the 16th Odisha state assembly ahead of the counting on June 4.
"In exercise of the power conferred upon me by Clause (2) (b) of Article-174 of the Constitution…
Calcutta HC directs ECI to ensure no contractual state govt staff is assigned counting duty
Kolkata: On the eve of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections, the Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that no contractual staff is assigned any sort of counting duty on…
PIL in Madras HC seeks campaign against electioneering on basis of religion, caste, or language
Chennai The Madras High Court has sought the response of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a nationwide campaign against seeking votes on the grounds of religion, caste, or language.
A…
Taj Express catches fire in Delhi, no injuries reported
New Delhi: A few coaches of the Taj Express train caught fire in Delhi's Sarita Vihar area on Monday, a fire department official said, adding that no one was injured in the incident.
According to the fire department, a call regarding…
SC to hear on June 4 Sisodia’s bail pleas in excise policy cases by CBI, ED
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Tuesday the Special Leave Petitions filed by former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia, challenging refusal of grant of bail in corruption and money laundering cases linked to…
Haryana preparing Rs 10,000 crore clean air project: Chief Secretary
Chandigarh, June 3 (IANS) Haryana Chief Secretary T.V.S.N. Prasad on Monday said that the government is preparing a Rs 10,000 crore Haryana Clean Air Project for Sustainable Development which will be implemented in a phased manner.
In…
Forest fires in Himachal destroy 12,718 hectares, CM issues directive
Shimla: With forest fires in Himachal Pradesh destroying 12,718 hectares, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Monday expressed concern and directed the Forest Department to make concerted efforts to address the issue.
He instructed them…
Top LeT commander trapped in J&K’s Pulwama
Srinagar: Top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander, Riyaz Dar has been reportedly trapped during the ongoing encounter between the security forces and the terrorists on Monday in J&K’s Pulwama district.
Following specific intelligence…
PM Modi’s 100-day agenda is to influence people’s mindset: Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar on Monday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 100-day agenda for the new government is to "influence" the mindset of the people.
Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha…
92-year-old Khalil Ansari votes for the first time in Jharkhand
Ansari's name was initially missing from the electoral rolls, a fact discovered by Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K Ravi Kumar during a surprise visit to Mandro polling stations on April 5.
13 dead, 15 injured as tractor-trolley overturns in MP’s Rajgarh
According to local residents, the victims were members of a marriage party that had come from neighbouring Rajasthan.
Mumbai serial blasts case convict fatally attacked in Kolhapur jail
59-year-old Munna alias Mohammad Ali Khan alias Manoj Kumar Bhawarlal Gupta was serving life imprisonment in the serial blasts case.
Akhilesh questions ‘pro-BJP’ exit polls, insists INDIA bloc will win elections
Insisting that the INDIA bloc was winning the Lok Sabha polls, the SP chief also called on the candidates and their poll agents to closely "monitor" the EVMs on counting day.
Vistara Paris-Mumbai flight gets bomb threat; lands at airport amid emergency alert
Vistara on Sunday reported that its," flight UK 024 from Paris' Charles de Gualle airport to Mumbai received a hand written note on an airsickness bag threatening a bomb.
Fire in south Mumbai high-rise; one person injured, 30 rescued
Eight water tankers and six fire engines were rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that four hose lines and nine motor pumps were in operation.
