Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) The first phase of elections in Maharashtra for 10 Lok Sabha seats got underway here Thursday morning with early voters queuing up outside polling stations, officials said. A total of 201 candidates, including 90 independents, are in the fray and they are vying for attention of around 1.22 crore voters spread in […]
Patna, April 10 (IANS) Two troopers were killed Thursday in a landmine blast in Bihar where polling is being held in six parliamentary constituencies, police said. The two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in the landmine blast in Munger district when they were on way to a polling station in neighbouring Jamui parliamentary […]
Lucknow, April 10 (IANS) Brisk voting took place Thursday in Uttar Pradesh’s 10 Lok Sabha constituencies. Voting is going on peacefully in all the 10 constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh, an election commission (EC) official told IANS. The polling which began at 7 a.m. will go on till 6 p.m., Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of UP, […]
Kanker (Chhattisgarh), April 9 (IANS) Attacking Narendra Modi over the “snoopgate” controversy, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday questioned the BJP prime ministerial candidate’s committment to women empowerment. “The leader from Gujarat” is involved in “phone tapping of girls”, he said at a rally in Kanker, adding those forces who have been attacking women in the […]
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Election Commission Wednesday sought details of Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohd Azam Khan’s speech, while the BJP said his comment that only Muslim soldiers are to be credited for Kargil victory is an “insult to the Indian Army”. The minister Tuesday allegedly said the Kargil peaks were not conquered by Hindu […]
London, April 9 (IANS) Model and TV presenter Peaches Geldof may have had an eating disorder when she died, said doctor Chris Steele. Geldof was found dead at her Kent residence on Monday. Steele said bulimia-related vomiting can create toxic levels of potassium in the body that can cause severe heart irregularities or even cardiac arrest. […]
Siliguri, April 9 (IANS) Four people drowned when the car they were travelling in fell into the Teesta river in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district Wednesday. The four, two of them women, drowned when the driver – who was among the dead – lost control of the vehicle at Sevok Kalibari in the Kurseong sub-division, 22 km […]
Bangalore, April 9 (IANS) India’s maiden mission to Mars is on course, with its spacecraft Orbiter crossing the halfway mark on its voyage to the red planet, four months after it left Earth Dec 1. “The spacecraft Wednesday at 9.50 a.m. crossed the halfway mark of its journey to Mars along the designated helio (sun)-centric trajectory […]
Shillong, April 9 (IANS) Meghalaya Wednesday recorded 53 percent polling till 3 p.m., as voting took place at a brisk pace with people turning out in huge numbers to elect two Lok Sabha members from the state. “Around 53 percent of the 15,67,241 electors voted till 3 p.m. in Shillong and Tura,” State Chief Electoral Officer […]
Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) Haryana votes Thursday for all 10 Lok Sabha seats from the state in a single phase in what is seen as a test for the ruling Congress and Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Nearly 1.61 crore electors, including over 73.8 lakh women, are eligible to vote. They will choose their representatives from […]