Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained an Indian national from Benapole, a border town with India, for possessing contraband gold. The border guards, after receiving a tip-off, caught Putul Rani, 35, from Ghiba border area, Motiur Rahman, commander of Jessore 26 BGB Battalion, said Rani hails from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas […]
Chennai, April 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s MDMK Thursday complained to the Election Commission against software major Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) reportedly not allowing its employees to exercise their democratic right to vote. The company has denied the charge. In his complaint to the poll body, MDMK’s Tiruvallur district secretary D.R.R. Senguttuvan said the TCS did […]
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Placing responsibility to nation uppermost, cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar Thursday cast his vote here before celebrating his 41st birthday. Tendulkar voted in Mumbai’s North Central Lok Sabha constituency and tweeted later to his fans: “I have voted, have you? A wonderful start to my birthday, as a responsible citizen of our great […]
Jaipur, April 24 (IANS) A clash between villagers and police that also left many media persons injured in Rajasthan’s Dausa marred voting even as over 47 percent of the eight million-plus electors cast their ballots till 3.30 p.m. in five constituencies in the state’s second and final phase of polling. “Till 3.30 p.m., as per tentative […]
Thane (Maharashtra), April 24 (IANS) A woman returning officer died while on election duty Thursday at a polling station in Thane. According to an election department official, 35-year-old Vaishali Bhave was on duty at the Khoppat polling station when she complained of chest pain around 1.30 p.m. She was rushed to the Thane Civil Hospital where […]
Varanasi, April 24 (IANS) BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, and paid tribute to the “Ganga Yamuna tehzeeb (composite culture)” of the city. Accompanied by close aide Amit Shah, and party leaders Ravi Shankar Prasad and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Modi promised to improve the lot […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday entrusted the administration of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala to a five-member committee headed by the district judge of Thiruvananthapuram. The bench of Justice R.M. Lodha and Justice A.K. Patnaik said former comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Vinod Rai would undertake the audit of the temple […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) All India Football Federation (AIFF) Thursday launched the ‘AIFF Academy Certification’ which aims to set a standard of youth development in the country through a certification model. AIFF has developed a set of criteria on which the academies will be assessed and certified and they will be given a rating as […]
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) The Bangladesh government has revoked the licences of eight Haj agencies and withheld the licences of 43 others for alleged irregularities. Action has been taken against 208 agencies after a probe committee formed by the country’s ministry of religious affairs found that they were responsible for irregularities, Chowdhury Md. Babul Hassan, secretary […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Notwithstanding the oppressive heat, enthusiastic voters stood in long queues, as around 70 percent of the electorate exercised their franchise by Thursday afternoon in six Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal. The authorities said the polling process in the second phase of elections in the state – after four constituencies voted a […]