In Haryana, two young girls died while another got injured when a portion of a balcony in a temple collapsed in the Nanyola village of Ambala. The deceased have been identified as 19 year old Manisha Devi and 18 years old Parminder Kaur from Punjab’s Tasalpur village. According to the police, a slab of
In Madhya Pradesh, with the fourth phase of elections today, election process was completed on all 29 Lok Sabha seats in the state. More than 71.72 percent polling recorded in the fourth phase in the state. In the fourth phase, a total of more than 1 crore 63 lakh voters decided the fate of
In the fourth phase of Lok Sabha election today, approximate voter turnout of 62.73 per cent was recorded till 7:30 PM. In this phase, polling was held in 96 Lok Sabha seats spread over nine states and one Union Territory. Till 7:30 PM, 68.12 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar recorded 55.78 per
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today asserted that the Chabahar port agreement between India and Iran will pave the way for bigger investments and will connect India to Central Asia. Addressing a Press conference in Mumbai, Mr Jaishankar said that the agreement is a strategic masterstroke and will open up a new trade route
Voting peacefully completed in four parliamentary constituencies of Jharkhand today. Voting took place in Khunti, Lohardaga, Singhbhum and Palamu parliamentary constituencies from 7 AM to 5 PM. According to preliminary data, about 64 percent voting is reported in the state. While talking to journalists, State Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar said that the voting
The National Commission for Women, NCW has said that it is sending an inquiry team to look into the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence. In a social media post, NCW said that it vowed action and has demanded justice from Delhi police into the
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday. Lu will conclude his tri-nation tour of the South Asian region (May 10-15) in Bangladesh. Earlier, he visited India and on Monday he was in Sri lanka. According to the US Department of State
In Madhya Pradesh, around 71.72 percent polling was recorded till 6 pm at the 8 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state. The highest 75.79 percent polling was recorded in Khargaun while the lowest turnout of 60.53 percent was recorded in Indore. Ujjain recorded 73.03 percent, Dewas 74.86, percent,Dhar 71.50 percent, Khandwa 70.72 percent
India’s headline retail inflation stayed largely unchanged at 4.83 percent in April, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation today. A marginal fall in the headline retail inflation rate was limited by prices of food and beverages that remained elevated at 7.87 percent, edging higher than 7.68 percent a
With a view to enhance ease of living for its crore of members, Employees’ Provident Fund Organsiation, EPFO has now introduced auto-mode settlement of advance claims for the purpose of education and marriage and housing. EPFO has introduced an Auto Claim Solution where in claim is processed automatically by IT system without any human intervention.Auto