In Kerala, the Coast Guard has detained an Iranian boat about 40 nautical miles off Kozhikode coast on Sunday evening. Sources said six Indian fishermen who had gone for fishing in the Iranian waters are in the boat. They had escaped from Iran, following a wage dispute. The boat is now being towed towards Kochi.
The election campaign for the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh ended yesterday. Nine Lok Sabha seats of the state will go to polls in this phase tomorrow. Election material will be distributed to the polling parties of these constituencies today. The Election Commission has made special arrangements for the convenience of
In Uttar Pradesh, polling parties are being dispatched for their destinations to conduct a free and fair poll tomorrow for 3rd phase of Lok Sabha elections. Ten Lok Sabha seats of the state will go to polls in this phase. On the other hand, star campaigners of different political parties will be in the state
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heat wave to severe heat wave conditions over parts of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka today. The IMD has said that these conditions will also prevail over Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh till the 9th of this month. Along with heat wave, the IMD has
The Indian women’s 4×400 metre relay team has qualified for Paris Olympics after finishing second in its second-round heat at the World Athletics Relays at Nassau in Bahamas. The quartet of Rupal Chaudhary, M R Poovamma, Jyothika Sri Dandi and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3 minutes and 29.35 seconds to finish second behind Jamaica to book
In Chhattisgarh, voting will be held tomorrow in 7 parliamentary constituencies under the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. Polling teams were dispatched yesterday for difficult areas. While, for most of the polling booths, teams will be sent today. All preparations for polling have been completed. The temperature has crossed forty degrees Celsius
The notification for the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha election will be issued tomorrow. Elections will be held in 57 Lok Sabha seats in seven States and one Union Territory in this phase. Thirteen seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine seats of West Bengal, eight seats of Bihar, six seats of
In Gujarat, the Election Commission has undertaken various innovative initiatives to facilitate voters on voting day and increase the voter turnout. Polling will be held for 25 Lok Sabha seats and five assembly seats in the state tomorrow. Chief Election Office of Gujarat has undertaken various innovative initiatives to increase voter turnout and help people
Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a public meeting at Kanishi under Gopalpur Assembly constituency in Ganjam district and another public meeting at Chikili ground in Nabarangpur district of Odisha today. This is the first visit of Prime Minister Modi to Odisha after announcement of polls for the
Chennai Super Kings defeated Punjab Kings by 28 runs at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium in Dharamsala this evening. Put in to bat first, CSK posted a paltry 167 runs on the board for the loss of nine wickets. However, Punjab could not manage to surpass the target, as the visitors sent the Punjab batters