New Delhi: Voting seems to have picked up in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls held on Monday as compared to the previous phases, according to the latest voter turnout shared by the Election Commission (EC). According to the poll authority, the turnout stood at 67.25 per cent at 11:45 pm. The turnout…
Mumbai: The death toll in the hoarding collapse incident in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area has risen to 14 while 74 people are injured, civic officials said on Tuesday morning. The 100-foot-tall illegal billboard fell at a petrol pump in Ghatkopar during dust storms and unseasonal rains that lashed Mumbai on Monday. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation…
Patna: Senior BJP leader and Bihar former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who was suffering from cancer, died on Monday night in a New Delhi hospital. Modi, 72, had served as the deputy chief minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013, and again between 2017 and 2020. President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra…
New Delhi: The fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections witnessed over 62% percent voter turnout till 5pm on Monday across 96 constituencies in 10 states and Union Territories. West Bengal recorded the highest polling with 75.66 percent voter turnout followed by Madhya Pradesh at 68.01 percent. Jammu and Kashmir and Maharashtra were the laggards with…
Hyderabad: An FIR was registered against the Hyderabad BJP candidate Madhavi Latha after she was seen in a video clip checking the voter ID cards during her visit to a polling booth. ”A case is registered in Malakpet Police Station against Madhavi Latha, contesting candidate, BJP under sections 171C, 186, 505(1)(c) of IPC and Section…
Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a six-kilometre-long roadshow in Varanasi on Monday, a day before he is scheduled to file his nomination papers from the Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Modi garlanded a statue of noted educationist and social reformer Madan Mohan Malviya at the Malviya Chauraha in the Lanka area here…
Mumbai: India is looking for additional sites for Russian nuclear reactors, while the discussion with the French on the proposed Jaitapur nuclear power plant project is underway, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. Responding to a question on nuclear collaboration with foreign countries not taking off as expected, Jaishankar said the manner in…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal as the Delhi chief minister after his arrest in a money laundering case, holding that the petitioner had no legal right to seek his ouster. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said resignation in such circumstances is…
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Monday his family has always worked for the people of the Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency, unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi who works in the “interest of Adani and Ambani”. Addressing his first election meeting in the constituency after his nomination, Gandhi said he was contesting the…
New Delhi: Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday assured people that the “guarantees” listed by the party in its Lok Sabha poll manifesto will change their circumstances in this “difficult time”. In a video message, which was shared by the Congress on social media, she said women of the country are facing tough…
