In Uttarakhand, 930 incidents of forest fires have been reported in Garhwal and Kumaon regions over the past six months, affecting a total of 1,196 hectares of forest land. Of the total incidents, 491 occurred in Kumaon and 365 in the Garhwal region, so far. Fires broke out in 20 places from Garhwal to
In Telangana, the enforcement agencies have seized over 269 crore 31 lakh rupees cash and other material items in the state ever since the Lok Sabha elections were announced. These items include liquor, drugs and freebies. The election authorities informed that over 92 crore 60 lakh unaccounted cash, liquor worth over 50 crore rupees, narcotics
In Bihar, polling is underway in five Lok Sabha constituencies of Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Jhanjharpur and Khagaria under the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. Majority of seats where polling is taking place, fall under the Kosi region. As weather is pleasant today, long queues of voters are being witnessed at different polling booths. More
The Election Commission has issued notification for the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections. Voting will be held in 57 Lok Sabha seats in seven States and one Union Territory in this phase. Thirteen seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine seats of West Bengal, eight seats of Bihar, six seats of
Third phase of polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be held today. Voting will be held in 93 Lok Sabha Constituencies spread across ten States and one Union Territory. The voting will begin at 7 AM and end at 6 PM. Twenty five seats in Gujarat, 14 in Karnataka, 11
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heat wave conditions to abate over East India and over south Peninsular India from today onwards. Meanwhile, a fresh heat wave spell will be present over Western India covering Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh during next 3 days. The IMD has forecast a heavy rainfall spell with
In Gujarat, the voting for 25 out of 26 Lok Sabha seats and by-polls to five Assembly seats will be held tomorrow. Voting will start at 7 am across There are 265 candidates in the fray for Loksabha polls while 24 candidates are in the election battle for five Assembly seats where bypolls are scheduled.
The Chief Minister of Manipur announced that fifteen thousand four hundred twenty-five houses in thirteen districts of Manipur were damaged by the heavy rainfall accompanied by a hailstorm yesterday. He said that the State Government has allocated rupees six crore ninety lakh from the State Disaster Relief Funds to assist the affected families and forty-two
In Punjab, the Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C has sought an action taken report from the Punjab Director General of Police after the Punjab BJP delegation raised concern over law and order situation and compliant that the party’s candidates are being prevented from campaigning in the State. A State BJP delegation today met the CEO at
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva has welcomed the recommendation of Delhi’s Lt. Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena for a National Investigation Agency (NIA) inquiry into Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal allegedly receiving political funding from banned organisation Sikhs for Justice. Mr. Sachdeva alleged that Delhi CM’s silent support to these banned organisations is well known. He