In Maharashtra, Several prominent personalities exercise their franchise in Mumbai today. Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Shahid Kapoor were among the early voters. Many other celebrities including Raj Kumar Rao, Farhan and Zoya Akhtar, Janhavi Kapoor, Sanya Malhotra and senior actor Shobha Khote fulfilled their democratic rights. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also exercise their franchise.
Lai Ching-te of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was sworn in as the self-governing island’s new President today. According to Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry, more than 500 foreign guests from 51 delegations attended the inauguration ceremony and related activities, including the national leaders of eight countries that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. A trained
Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the voters who are voting today to cast their votes and create a new record of voting. In a social media post, Mr. Modi specifically urged women and young voters to exercise their constitutional rights in the festival of democracy. In the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha Election
Voting is in progress for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Moderate polling has been reported so far from different constituencies. Forty-nine Parliamentary Constituencies spread over six States and two Union Territories are being covered in this phase. These include, 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Maharashtra, seven in West Bengal, five each
Minister of External Affairs Dr. S Jaishankar expressed grief over the demise of Iran’s President Dr Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash. In his condolence message, Dr. Jaishankar said that he is deeply shocked to hear the news of the accident. Dr. Jaishankar also recalled his meetings with them, most
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he is deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic demise of the President of Iran Dr. Seyed Ebrahim Raisi. In a social media post, Mr Modi said, his contribution to strengthening India-Iran bilateral relationship will always be remembered. The Prime Minister said, India stands with Iran in this
In view of severe heatwave conditions in the state, school classes from nursery to class eight have been closed in Ghaziabad and Noida of Uttar Pradesh. In Noida, school will be closed till the further order, while school will be shut in Ghaziabad till 25 of this month. In an order, the District Education departments
A jawan of the Special Operation Group of Odisha has been injured in the firing that took place today on the Chhattisgarh-Odisha border. According to the information received, the security forces of Odisha were out on a search operation when firing took place near Kamarbhaudi village. The injured jawan was first brought to Gariaband in
In Noida, school classes from nursery to class eight have been closed till further order. The district education department made this decision due to severe heatwave conditions in the state. In an order, the District Education Department directed all education boards, including the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash. Iran state TV said, there is no sign of life at the crash site of the helicopter that was carrying President Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The helicopter made a hard landing yesterday afternoon after it got into difficulties in heavy fog in the