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 […]
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Simultaneous balloting in West Bengal for nine Lok Sabha seats and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. The BJP has fielded celebrities like Bollywood music composer Bappi Lahiri, Bengali actor George Baker and journalist Chandan Mitra. As many as 87 candidates are in the fray for the Lok […]
Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) Simultaneous balloting began Wednesday in Andhra Pradesh for 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 state assembly seats in Telangana region, officials said. The key contestants for the Lok Sabha are union Ministers S. Jaipal Reddy, Sarve Satyanarayana and Balram Naik, Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao, Lok Satta Party chief Jayaprakash […]
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Balloting began Wednesday in Punjab for all its 13 Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls in a single phase, officials said. Prominent candidates are Akali Dal’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Arun Jaitley, Congress’s Amarinder Singh, and three-time BJP MP, actor Vinod Khanna. As many as 253 candidates are […]
Milan, April 30 (IANS) Inter president Erik Thohir said Javier Zanetti will retire at the end of the season to join the club management as a director. He said Inter discussed with Zanetti about his future over the past few months and the Argentine has agreed to stop playing, reported Xinhua. “The meetings with Zanetti have […]
Patna, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls for seven seats of Bihar and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. Prominent candidates include Sharad Yadav, Hukum Deo Narain Yadav, Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Kirti Azad, and Pappu Yadav. As many as 94 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha polls in Madhepura, […]
SAFETY on Melbourne’s West Gate Freeway has been improved following a $25 million smart technology investment. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said that an electronic freeway management system, similar to the one on the Monash Freeway and the M80 Ring Road, has been installed on the city’s second […]