Imphal, April 18 (IANS) Around 74 percent of the 874,000 voters cast their ballot Thursday for the second Lok Sabha seat in Manipur, officials said. An Election Commission official said polling took place peacefully for the Inner Manipur seat, and no untoward incident was reported. “Balloting was completely peaceful,” he added. State Chief Electoral Officer […]
Kiev, April 18 (IANS) Dynamo Kiev coach Oleg Blokhin has announced his resignation after his team was defeated 0-2 by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Wednesday’s loss put the club seven points behind leaders Dnepropetrovsk in the country’s top flight football league and buried their hopes of winning the trophy this year, reports […]
The Hague, April 18 (IANS) FC Utrecht coach Jan Wouters will leave the Eredivisie club at the end of this season. After a meeting Thursday between Wouters and club officials, both parties decided to end the collaboration, reports Xinhua. “It’s time for a new phase in my career. I want to take this experience with […]
Patna, April 18 (IANS) About 54 percent of more than 11 million electors cast their ballots in seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar that went to the polls Thursday. Ignoring a call by Maoists to boycott the election, people stood in the long queues in the scorching sun for several hours till the end of […]
London, April 18 (IANS) A suspected carjacker in Britain, who stabbed an Indian-origin man to death while he was trying to prevent his Mercedes from being stolen, has admitted to his crime. Harjinder Singh Bhurji, 32, who was accompanied by a female friend, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Sept 13, 2011 […]
Bangalore, April 18 (IANS) Top seed Dev Javia of Gujarat led the boys singles field into the semi-finals of the KTPPA-AITA National Series Under-12 Tennis Tournament with a hard-fought 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 win over lower-ranked Gaurav Kurva of Andhra here Thursday. Also advancing to the semis was fourth seed Eshaan Lumba, who too dropped the […]
Patna, April 18 (IANS) An FIR was Thursday lodged against Misha Bharti who is contesting from Patliputra seat in Bihar for forcibly entering a polling booth and allegedly damaging an EVM machine. A district official said an FIR was lodged against Bharti, daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, on the basis of a written complaint […]
Kolkata, April 18(IANS) A fire broke out in West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s hotel room in Malda district Thursday evening but she was evacuated in time and is safe, party leaders said. “She was in the room when the fire broke…She is safe,” tweeted Trinamool national spokesperson Derek O’Brien. Banerjee, who was in Malda […]
Ghaziabad, April 18 (IANS) The two-day-old Ghaziabad lawyers’ agitation turned violent Thursday after the police failed to act against allegedly erring constables who Sunday manhandled the former bar association secretary inside a police station. The lawyers who were staging a dharna in the court premises broke the metal detectors and damaged the barricading that checks […]
Bangalore, April 18 (IANS) Around 61 percent voting was reported across Karnataka where polling was held in all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies, while it was about 50.6 percent in the three seats in Bangalore. “Polling ended peacefully at 6 p.m. in all the 28 parliamentary constituencies across the state. As per the provisional figures […]