Kolkata: Voting began on Saturday at 15 booths in two assembly constituencies in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, where the Election Commission ordered repolls a day ago, following reports of electoral malpractices, an official said. The repolls were ordered in 11 polling stations of Magrahat Paschim assembly constituency and four in Diamond Harbour. Voting…
Nagpur: Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday hailed workers for their contribution to India’s development and noted that everything, from mega infrastructure projects to large irrigation ventures, has been built not just by machines, but also by mazdoors. This country has been built with the blood and sweat of lakhs…
Jabalpur/Bhopal: Five more bodies were recovered on Friday from Bargi Dam in Jabalpur district where a cruise boat operated by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Department capsized the previous evening, taking the toll to nine, while search continued for six more tourists. With survivors alleging negligence and safety lapses such as tourists not being given life…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday demanded that the Centre immediately roll back the hike in commercial LPG cylinder prices. The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on May 1), marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool’s National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee will hold a virtual meeting with all counting agents of the party on Saturday, two days ahead of the counting of votes, a senior party leader said. The meeting scheduled for 4 pm will be attended by the counting agents…
Jammu: A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said. Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of a portion of the bridge. The…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday ordered repolling on May 2 in 15 polling stations in West Bengal, where voting was held on April 29 in the second phase of the assembly elections. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer of Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) said the repolling has been ordered based…
Srinagar: Launching a scathing attack on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday accused the party of peddling “lies” regarding the status of Urdu to distract public attention from their “political alliance” with the BJP. Addressing recent allegations that the government intended to drop Urdu as a subject,…
Leh/Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday described the return of sacred relics of Lord Buddha to Ladakh after 75 years as a “historic reunion” and said that the Union Territory has remained a “living land of dharma”, preserving and nurturing Buddhist knowledge for centuries. Stressing the relevance of Buddha’s teachings in modern times,…
Sri Vijaya Puram: The Andaman and Nicobar administration will attempt two Guinness World Records this weekend as part of a push to promote the islands as a global diving destination, with Lieutenant Governor DK Joshi participating in both events, officials said on Friday. The record attempts, ‘Largest Flag Unfurled Underwater’ and ‘Tallest Human Stack Underwater’,…
