The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgment today on a batch of petitions seeking 100 percent verification of the votes recorded in the Electronic Voting Machines(EVMs) with the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta had reserved its judgment on the batch of petitions including one
Ahead of May 13 Lok Sabha polls in Telangana, Congress has released a chargesheet which accuses the BJP-led government at the Centre of failing to support the state. The chargesheet claimed that injustice has been done to Telangana in the allotment of funds, water allocation in river Krishna, non-allocation of medical colleges, IIM and IIT.
In Athletics, Indian athletes dominated the men’s and women’s 3,000 metre steeplechase events at the 21st Asian U20 Athletics Championships to swell the gold medal tally to three on the second day of competitions in Dubai last night. Ekta Dey claimed gold in the women’s 3,000 metre steeplechase with a time of 10:31.92 seconds, while
In Chhattisgarh, voting has started at 7 am in three Lok Sabha constituencies under the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. Akashvani Raipur Correspondent reports that out of 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh, today voting is being held under the second phase in 3 Lok Sabha seats – Rajnandgaon Mahasamund and Kanker. It has
India Meteorological Department, IMD has forecast heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over East and South Peninsular India for the next four days. The IMD said, heatwave conditions are expected to prevail in isolated pockets of Bihar, Jharkhand, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Interior Karnataka and East Uttar Pradesh till 30th of this month and
Voting is being held on six seats in Madhya Pradesh today. More than 1 crore 11 lakh voters are deciding the fate of 80 candidates. Among them, 4 are women and one candidate is from the third gender. Akashvani Correspondent reports that in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked people to cast their votes in record numbers in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections today. In a social media post, the Prime Minister urged young and women voters to turn up at the polling booths in great numbers. He said, a high voter turnout strengthens the
In Kerala, polling began on a brisk note this morning, with voters lining up before the polling booths to exercise their franchise. Several first time voters were seen joining the queue at many places. Heatwave conditions prevailing in several districts in the state have prompted voters to cast their votes in the morning hours. 194
For the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and State Assembly in Andhra Pradesh with the last day for filing nominations ending yesterday, candidates from all major political parties have filed their nominations. For a total of 25 Lok Sabha constituencies, 1061 nominations have been filed and for 175 State Assembly seats, a total of 5729
In IPL Cricket, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 35 runs at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad last night. Chasing the target of 207 runs, Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to score only 171 for 8 in the stipulated 20 overs. Shahbaz Ahmed with an unbeaten 40 was the top