In Telangana, more than half of the electors who opted for home voting, exercised their franchise in the state. A total 15 thousand 637 votes were cast of 23 thousand 247 voters in the home voter category across the state by last evening. Meanwhile, over 32 thousand votes were cast through postal ballots in the
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Amit Shah will address a public meeting today in Samastipur district of Bihar. Mr. Shah will hold the election rally this afternoon in support of BJP candidate Nityanand Rai at Narghoghi (नरघोघी) in Sarairanjan under Ujiarpur parliamentary constituency. From the Grand Alliance, the RJD has fielded former
Heavy rainfall accompanied with hailstorm wreaked havoc in different parts of Manipur on Sunday afternoon and damaged houses and property rendering several villagers homeless. The heavy rainfall accompanied with hailstorm which blew at a speed of 55 km per hour severely affected various parts in imphal East district, Imphal west district, Thoubal district, Noney district, Bishnupur
Manipur, Governor Sushri Anusuiya Uikey inaugurated ‘School on Wheels’ on Sunday at a ceremony held in Imphal. The initiative which is being implemented by Vidya Bharati Shiksha Vikash Samiti Manipur aims to reach out to the students in the relief camps in the State. The school bus is equipped with a library, computers and sports
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