Guwahati: The counting of votes for 126 assembly constituencies in Assam began on Monday to decide whether the ruling NDA retains power for the third successive term or the Congress-led opposition alliance wrests it. The electoral fate of 722 candidates will be decided at 40 centres, where counting began across all 35 districts at 8…
New Delhi: India on Sunday trashed Nepal’s objection to conduct of upcoming Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the decades-old route of Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand and asserted that such “unilateral artificial enlargement” of territorial claims is “untenable”. New Delhi’s sharp reaction came hours after the Nepal foreign ministry issued a statement strongly objecting to India and…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday demanded that the Centre immediately roll back the recent steep hike in LPG prices, alleging that it has severely impacted common people and small businesses. In a statement, Vijayan described the increase as “one of the most cruel” in the history of cooking gas price revisions, saying…
Chennai: All arrangements, including a comprehensive three-tier security plan, are in place for counting of votes on May 4 at the 62 designated counting centres across the state, Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu, Archana Patnaik has said. Elections to 234 Assembly segments were held in the state on April 23. The incumbent DMK regime has…
Kolkata: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms and rain in all the districts of the state on Monday. Issuing an orange warning, the IMD said that thunderstorms, accompanied by rain and gusty wind reaching speeds of 50 to 60 kmph, are very likely to occur over all the districts of south Bengal on…
New Delhi: At least nine people were killed after a fire broke out in a residential building in east Delhi’s Vivek Vihar early Sunday, officials said. The incident was reported around 3.48 am at a four-storey building in Vivek Vihar Phase-I, following which police, fire and disaster management teams rushed to the spot. According to…
Mumbai: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that despite foreign invasions and hardships, tribal communities and Scheduled Castes preserved the country’s identity and soul, stressing the need to integrate them into the mainstream development process. He was speaking on Saturday at the Karmayogi awards ceremony in Mumbai, where Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said adoption of technologies like Cell Broadcast and CAP will significantly strengthen disaster preparedness, improve governance, and ensure timely and effective outreach to every citizen. Shah said this while conveying his best wishes on the launch of the cell broadcast alert system that would warn citizens…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday ordered repoll in all 285 polling booths of the Falta assembly constituency in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on May 21, an official said. The repoll was ordered due to “severe electoral offences and subversion of the democratic process” on April 29, when voting in Falta was held…
Kolkata: The Election Commission on Saturday deployed 165 additional counting observers and 77 police observers in West Bengal to ensure secure and transparent counting of votes for the Assembly elections, an official said. “Additional counting observers have been deployed in assembly constituencies having more than one counting hall,” the EC official said, adding that police…
