Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary KC Venugopal convened a virtual meeting of all party leaders in New Delhi today to chalk out future strategies ahead of the counting. The meeting was attended by the party’s Lok Sabha candidates, Congress Legislature Party leaders and party’s Pradesh Congress Committee presidents.
In Odisha, the death toll in the explosion of a stockpile of firecrackers at Puri has reached 11 with three more persons undergoing treatment succumbing to their injuries today. At least 30 people were injured in the explosion that happened during Lord Jagannath’s Chandan Yatra on Wednesday night. The 19 injured are undergoing treatment in
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold seven meetings today. The meetings will be held on a wide range of topics. Sources said that the first meeting is to be held to review the post-cyclone situation, especially in the states of the northeast. Then, Mr. Modi will hold a meeting to review the heatwave situation in
Congress has rejected the Exit Polls figures for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, issued by several private TV news channels and other agencies ahead of counting on Tuesday. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the Exit poll is completely bogus. He reiterated that the INDIA alliance is going to get a minimum of 295
In Punjab, two goods trains collided near new Sirhind railway station in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Ludhiana-Ambala main track in the wee hours today. Two drivers of these trains were injured and are stated to be serious. Both of them have been admitted in Patiala hospital. According to sources, Ropar bound goods train was
The ICC T20 World Cup 2024 being jointly hosted by the USA and the West Indies, got underway in USA today. Co hosts USA defeated Canada by seven wickets in the opening match at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. After being asked for bat first, Canada scored 194 for 5 in the stipulated 20 overs.
India today departed humanitarian assistance to Cuba. In a social media post, the External Affairs Ministry’s Spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal said that a consignment of 90 tonnes of nine ‘Made in India’ Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) left Mundra port for Cuba. He said that the APIs will support the manufacture of essential medicines. Mr. Jaiswal stressed
India Meteorological Department, IMD has predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall to continue over Northeast India and south Peninsular India during the next 3 to 4 days. IMD said that isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim during the next 4 days
The people of Telangana are celebrating its formation day today while the state Government has made elaborate arrangements for the day-long decennial celebrations on a grand scale. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will address the people of the state from the Parade Grounds in Secunderabad after hoisting the national flag and receiving the guard of
President Droupadi Murmu has expressed distress over the demise of people in a boat accident in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh. In his condolence message, the President said that the news of the death of many people including children in the boat accident is extremely sad. The president has expressed her condolences to the