Washington, April 30 (IANS) US space agency NASA said Tuesday its Curiosity rover will carry out its third drilling on Mars in the coming days. Curiosity used several tools to examine a Martian sandstone slab dubbed “Windjana” over the weekend, including a wire-bristle brush known as the Dust Removal Tool to clear away dust from a […]
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in nine constituencies and bypoll for one state assembly seat began in West Bengal Wednesday, officials said. As many as 87 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seats and four for the Galsi state assembly seat. Over 13.8 million people are eligible to vote at 17,330 […]
Patna, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls for seven seats of Bihar and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 94 candidates are in the fray in the Lok Sabha polls. More than 11 million electors are eligible to vote at 10,157 polling booths where a total 58,215 poll officials […]
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) Balloting for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 14 candidates are in the fray, including Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference. Over 1.23 million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 1,546 polling booths. Around 50 companies of central armed forces […]
Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in all 26 seats of Gujarat and by-polls for seven state assembly seats began Wednesday, officials said. A total of 334 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha. Balloting is taking place at 45,380 polling stations where over 234,000 polling personnel have been deployed. More than 40 […]
Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Balloting for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Dadra and Nagar Haveli began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 11 candidates are in the fray. A total of 188,783 people are eligible to vote at 163 polling booths across the union territory.
Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Voting for the lone parliamentary constituency of Daman and Diu began Wednesday, officials said. Just four candidates are in the fray. Balloting is taking place at 119 polling stations. As many as 102,260 electors are eligible to exercise their franchise in the union territory.
Los Angeles, April 30 (IANS) English actor Eddie Redmayne is teaming up with “Les Miserables” helmer Tom Hooper once again for an adaptation of sex-change drama “The Danish Girl”. This is their first film after the 2012 musical blockbuster. The movie’s screenplay, adapted by Lucinda Coxon, is based on David Ebershoff’s 2001 book of the same […]
Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in 14 constituencies and by-polls for two state assembly seats began in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, officials said. The candidates to look out for include Congress president Sonia Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh from Lucknow. The other prominent contenders include BJP leader Murli Manohar […]
Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) Balloting in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir began Wednesday, officials said. The main contest is between Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference and Tariq Hamid Karra of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). As many as 14 candidates are in the fray. Over 1.23 million voters are eligible to […]