The Kerala government has instructed all districts to remain vigilant following reported cases of West Nile fever in three districts of the state. Health Minister Veena George confirmed that the fever, transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, has been identified in Thrissur, Malappuram, and Kozhikode districts. The Minister directed all districts to take necessary measures for
After the scrutiny of nominations for the Lok Sabha Elections in Delhi, 238 nominations were found valid. The last date for withdrawal of the candidature is May 9th. BJP has fielded its candidates in all seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi, while Aam Aadmi Party’s candidates are in the fray of four Lok Sabha seats –
In Kerala, several flights of Air India Express were cancelled following a lightning strike by employees of the Air India Engineering Services last night. Passengers were caught unawares and many came to know about the strike only after reaching the airport. Air India Express flights bound for Sharjah, Bahrain, Dammam and Muscat were cancelled from the
India clinched three gold and two bronze medals at the Asian Open Pickleball Championships in Vietnam yesterday. Sachin Pahwa and Priyanka Chabbra led India to its first gold medal, defeating Ruben Hellberg and Chitlada Hemasee 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, in the mixed doubles intermediate 35+ category final. While in the women’s doubles open category, the pair
In IPL cricket, the Delhi Capitals defeated the Rajasthan Royals by 20 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi last night. Batting first, Delhi set a formidable total of 221 for eight in the stipulated 20 overs. Abhishek Porel with an explosive 65 off 36 balls and Jake Fraser-McGurk with a quickfire 50 off
In table tennis, India’s Manika Batra will face Nina Mittelham of Germany in the women’s singles quarterfinals at the Saudi Smash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, tomorrow. Earlier in the round of 32, she stunned World No. 2 Wang Manyu of China, 3-1, despite losing the opening game.
In boxing, the Indian contingent wrapped up their electrifying journey at the ASBC Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships with a remarkable haul of 43 medals in Astana, Kazakhstan. This includes 12 gold, 14 silver, and 17 bronze medals from both categories. The Indian U-22 team finished with 21 medals, including seven gold, five silver
BJP President J P Nadda chaired a meeting of the party’s national general secretaries at the party headquarters in New Delhi yesterday. During the meeting, BJP’s General Secretaries Vinod Tawde, Arun Singh, B L Santosh, and senior party leader Ashwini Vaishnaw were present.
In the Kashmir Valley, two terrorists were killed today in an encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces in Redwani Payeen village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district yesterday evening. One of the slain terrorists eliminated in the operation was a top Commander of TRF (The Resistance Front) terror outfit identified as Basit Dar.
The Regional Met Department has said that heat wave conditions are likely to continue for another five days. The warning has been given after most of the districts have recorded two to three celsius above normal temperature. In coastal Tamilnadu, the temperature ranged from 41 to 43 degree celsius in the past 24 hours.