In Jammu and Kashmir, a former sarpanch was killed while a tourist couple from Jaipur was injured yesterday in two separate terror attacks in Shopian and Anantnag districts. In the first incident, terrorists opened fire at a former sarpanch Aijaz Sheikh, in Shopian’s Hirpora area who later succumbed to injuries at a hospital. In another
Heavy rain continues to lash across Kerala. The Meteorological department has predicted heavy rains to continue till Tuesday. Red alert is issued in Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Idukki districts for today and tomorrow; orange alert in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts; and yellow alert in Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts. Quarrying and
Election Commission’s concerted crackdown on money power and inducements in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections has resulted in seizures by the agencies worth 8 thousand 889 crore rupees. The poll body said in a statement that enhanced vigil against inducements including drugs and psychotropic substances has resulted in big seizure actions and continuous surge. Drug
In Maharashtra, all arrangements are in place for the polling in 13 constituencies of the state namely Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane and six parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai. A total of 264 candidates are in the fray for the fifth and final phase of Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra. Voting will take place
Campaigning is in full swing for remaining sixth and seventh phases of parliamentary polls. Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi will address public meetings in Jharkhand and West Bengal today. In Jharkhand, Mr Modi will address an election rally in Jamshedpur. BJP’s Bidyut Varan Mahto is contesting from the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha
A District Court in Delhi has sent Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s close aide, Bibhav Kumar, to five-day police custody after he was arrested in connection with AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal’s assault case. Bibhav Kumar was produced before the Tis Hazari court late on last night. Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal remanded Kumar to
All arrangements take place for fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections tomorrow. Forty-nine constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories will go to polls in this phase. These are 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Maharashtra, seven in West Bengal, five each in Bihar and Odisha, three in Jharkhand, and one each
In Sri Lanka, the Kumbhabhishekam at Seetha Amman temple – Seetha Eliya will be held today. About 25 litres of Saryu water has been flown in from Ayodhya for the ceremony in addition to 5000 laddoos from Tirumala Tirupati Temple. On the occasion, devotees from several parts of India and Nepal have joined those in
In Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah will address political rallies in Prayagraj and Jaunpur districts while Chief Minister of state Yogi Adityanath will campaign in Azamgarh, Jaunpur, Pratapgarh and Prayagraj districts. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav will campaign in Ghazipur and Ballia districts. On the other hand
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts extremely heavy rainfall for the next three days in the southern regions of the country, while heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue over south Peninsular India during the next 5 days. IMD said that isolated extremely heavy rainfall is also very likely over Tamil Nadu and Kerala