Voting will be held on Friday for 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan. These include Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Basanwara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota and Jhalawar-Baran constituencies. All preparations have been completed for voting. Polling was held in 12 Lok Sabha seats in the
Indian benchmark indices ended higher for the fifth consecutive session on Thursday led by buying across the sectors barring realty. The BSE Sensex jumped 486.50 points or 0.66 percent to close at 74,339, while the Nifty-50 rose 168 points or 0.75 percent to close at 22,570. In the forex market, the rupee ended marginally lower
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued again a country-wide fresh heat wave alert message for the next 72 hours from Thursday morning. At least ten people, which includes maximum farmers, have died of suspected heat stroke in the last couple of days in different parts of Bangladesh. Amid severe heatwave, hospitals across Khulna division
Key Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday. Japan’s Nikkei-225 plunged 2.21 percent, South Korea’s Kospi slipped 1.79 percent and Singapore’s Straits Times index fell 0.22 percent. Whereas Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index jumped 0.48 percent and China’s Shanghai Composite index rose 0.26 percent. European markets were also trading mixed today. London’s FTSE gained 0.63 percent. While
Human Rights Watch in a report published on Thursday said that the military forces in Burkina Faso killed 223 civilians, including babies and many children, in attacks on two villages accused of cooperating with militants. The mass killings took place on February 25 in the country’s northern villages of Nondin and Soro, and some
Union Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah alleged that the ruling Congress leaders in Telangana have virtually turned the state into an ATM for the party leaders in Delhi. Addressing an election rally at Siddipet in Medak Lok Sabha Constituency on Thursday he raised concern over the Congress government not investigating the corruption charges
The Police have arrested two drug peddlers with heroin worth lakhs of rupees from the Bus Stand area in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that continuing its drive against drug trafficking and substance abuse under Operation “Sanjeevani,” Jammu Police achieved major success by recovering 169 grams of heroin from two drug peddlers
The stage is set for polling in the Jammu Parliamentary constituency on Friday. Akashvani Jammu Correspondent reports that the District Magistrate Jammu clamped prohibitory orders in the district while Rajouri and Poonch administration ordered suspension of Virtual Private Network (VPN) services on the mobile phones in the districts. The administration has deployed Central Armed Police Forces
Bye-election for the Khammam-Warangal-Nalgonda Graduates Constituency of Telangana Legislative Council will be held on 27th of May. As per the Election Commission, notification will be issued on 2nd May. Nominations will be received till 9th of May and if necessary, the polling will be held on 27th May. The bye-election was necessitated due to the resignation of
In Shanghai Archery World Cup Stage 1, the Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Dhiraj Bommadevara and Pravin Jadhav set up a gold medal clash with Olympic champions South Korea after storming into the men’s team recurve final on Thursday. It came a day after India were assured of at least two medals in the compound