In Gujarat, political campaigning has picked up momentum. Senior BJP leader Amit Shah and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will campaign to support their party’s candidates today. The entire state will go for polls on 7th of May. Senior BJP leader Amit Shah will address three marathon rallies in favour of BJP candidates at Porbandar
A voter turnout of 60.96 per cent was recorded in the second phase of the Lok Sabha Election yesterday. In this phase, 88 Lok Sabha seats went to polls. Polling remained largely peaceful with voters from various walks of life participating enthusiastically despite the heat wave in a dazzling display of civic responsibility and pride.
The Election Commission of India has strongly censured Congress star campaigner and Telangana Minister Konda Surekha for making unverified allegations against the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and its Working president K T Rama Rao. The ECI in its order, said it had received a complaint from BRS spokesperson Karne Prabhakar on the 6th of April
In Madhya Pradesh, around 58.26 % polling was recorded at the six Lok Sabha constituencies of the State during the second phase of polling yesterday. The highest 66.72 per cent polling was recorded in Hoshangabad while Rewa has the lowest turnout of 49.44 per cent. Damoh recorded 56.33, Khajuraho 56.91, Satna 61.33 and Tikamgarh recorded
In Archery, India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Abhishek Verma stormed into the compound mixed team final at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in Shanghai on Friday. In a close match, the world No.2 Indians triumphed over their Mexican opponents, Andrea Becerra and Lot Maximo Ortiz, 155-151. Vennam and Verma will face the lower-ranked Estonian
Match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings is underway at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Put in to bat first, Kolkata were 206 for 3 in 16 overs, a shortwhile ago. Earlier, Punjab won the toss and opted to Bowl. Currently, Kolkata stands second in the points table, with five wins from seven
Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Nowpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. The identity of the slain terrorists is being ascertained. Arms and ammunition including incriminating materials were recovered from their possession. The encounter broke-out yesterday afternoon after a joint team of Police
India Meteorological Department, IMD has issued red alert for Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha due to Heat Wave Conditions. IMD also forecast heatwave to severe heatwave conditions continue over East and South Peninsular India during the next five days. The IMD said, heatwave conditions are expected to prevail over Gangetic West Bengal and heat wave
Moderate to brisk polling has been reported in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday. Eighty-eight Parliamentary Constituencies spread over 12 States and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir went to poll in this phase. These include, twenty seats in Kerala, 14 in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Uttar Pradesh
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said India is emerging superpower and no longer a potential one. He said the country is on the march towards making the country a developed one and a global leader. Addressing a group of scientists of Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad on Friday, he said future belonged to Bharat whose human power