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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

With no respite from the scorching heat in the region, the temperature in Jammu was yesterday recorded as seasons’ highest at 41.8 degrees Celsius. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the MeT department has predicted no significant weather activity till May 27 in the region and the weather will mainly remain dry in the region from

The Telangana state Cabinet is likely to meet at 3 pm today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad. This was decided hours after the Election Commission of India (ECI) gave its nod yesterday on the condition that it takes decisions only on issues of an urgent nature.   Chief Minister

In Ladakh Union Territory, this election is the first major election after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.     Triangular contest is being held between Bhartiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress and an Independent Candidate.   1,84,804 electors are eligible to exercise the right to franchise. Ladakh is one of the notable constituencies

In Bihar, polling is underway in five Lok Sabha constituencies: Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Saran, Madhubani, and Sitamarhi under the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. Long queues of voters, especially women, are being witnessed at different polling booths. More than 95 lakh voters in these five parliamentary constituencies will decide the electoral fate of 80 candidates.

Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi arrived at Puri in Odisha this morning to hold a mega roadshow for the party candidates in Puri Lok Sabha constituency and assembly constituencies coming under its purview. He is slated to visit the revered Sri Jagannath Temple before going for the roadshow at the Grand Trunk

In Jammu and Kashmir, three men alleged to be Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of terrorists were detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in frontier district Poonch. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the police detained three men assessed to be posing a significant threat to the safety and security of the Union Territory.   The

In Uttar Pradesh, polling started peacefully at the 28,688 polling booths across the 14 Lok Sabha seats this morning. In the wake of the heat wave alert, many arrangements have been made by the administration and the Election Commission in the state capital, Lucknow.   Arrangement of buttermilk, water,  shades and tents is there to

In Odisha, polling began at 7 this morning in five parliamentary constituencies and 35 assembly segments under these constituencies. Long queues are being seen in the booths with lots of enthusiasm among the voters to cast their franchise. The five parliamentary constituencies going for polls in the fifth phase of general elections are Kandhamal, Sundagarh

Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Bihar starting today. The Prime Minister will arrive in Patna this evening, where he will attend two separate programs. After his arrival in the capital city, he is scheduled to visit the residence of the late senior BJP leader Sushil