International Tennis Federation, ITF tournament Junior 30 was inaugurated today in Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh ADG Traffic B.D Paulson graced the event as a chief guest. About 125 international players of junior boys and girls category including players from Ukraine and America are participating in this competition. Many players from UP are
Voting is underway for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Moderate polling has been reported so far from different constituencies in this phase. Ninety six Parliamentary Constituencies spread over nine States and one Union Territory are being covered in the fourth phase. These include, 25 seats in Andhra Pradesh, 17 in Telangana, 13 in
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed 65-year-old former Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov to replace his long-term ally Sergei Shoigu as the new defense minister of the country. Mr Belousov, is an economist with little military experience. Mr. Putin wants Shoigu to become the secretary of Russia’s powerful Security Council, replacing incumbent Nikolai Patrushev, and
A strong earthquake shook the border between Mexico and Guatemala yesterday, prompting frightened residents to flee into the streets. The tremor occurred shortly before 6 a.m. local time close to the Mexican border town of Suchiate, where a river by the same name divides the two countries. The epicenter was situated just off the
In Telangana, amid tight security arrangements, polling for the 17 Lok Sabha Constituencies took off smoothly at 7 AM at most places. Over 3 crore 32 lakh electors including over 9 lakh new voters are to exercise their franchise at over 35 thousand 809 polling stations set up across the state. The polling will continue
Campaigning continues unabated for remaining phases of Lok Sabha polls. Prime Minister and Senior BJP leader Narendra Modi will address three back to back election rallies today in Bihar. Mr. Modi will attend his first public meeting in Hajipur in support of LJP (Ramvilas) Chief Chirag Paswan, who is contesting this traditional seat of his
In Andhra Pradesh, voting is taking place simultaneously for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Polling is underway for all 175 assembly constituencies and 25 Lok Sabha seats of the state. As many as 454 candidates are in the fray for Lok Sabha and 2,387 for Assembly polls. Over 4 crore voters eligible to cast their
In Bihar, polling is underway in five Lok Sabha constituencies of Begusarai, Samastipur, Ujiarpur, Munger and Darbhanga under the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Long queues of voters specially women electorates are being witnessed at different polling booths. More than 96 lakh electorates of these five parliamentary constituencies will decide the electoral fate
In Tamil Nadu, M.Selvarasau, Member of Parliament from Nagapattinam, passed away at Chennai early this morning. The 67 year old was undergoing treatment for ailment at a hospital in Chennai. The four time Lok Sabha MP , Selvarasu, a long time senior member of the CPI was elected from Nagapattinam in 1989, 1996, 1998 and
In Jammu and Kashmir, about 16 thousand voters have been registered to cast their vote today for Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency at 23 special polling booths in Jammu and Udhampur besides additional four polling booths in Delhi. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that out of 23 polling booths for Kashmiri migrants in Jammu and Udhampur, two Polling