New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Five members of a family were burnt to death under mysterious circumstances in their Zakir Nagar home here, police said Thursday. Firoz, 35, who ran an embroidery stitching factory, his wife Yasmeen Parveen, 30, and their four children — Afroz, 12, Afreen, 11, and Asif, 7 — fell victim to […]
Raipur, April 24 (IANS) Around two-thirds of the electorate in Chhattisgarh’s seven Lok Sabha constituencies cast their ballots Thursday in the third and final phase of election in the state, officials said. About 66 percent voters exercised their franchise as the polling ended, election officials said. Balloting was held at 14,474 polling booths in the […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Disregarding the sweltering heat, voters turned up in large numbers with around 83 percent polling being recorded as voting came to an end in six Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal Thursday. The authorities said the polling process in the second phase of elections in the state – after four constituencies […]
Amritsar, April 24 (IANS) Congress candidate from Amritsar Amarinder Singh Thursday asked BJP leader Narendra Modi whether he was coming to Punjab to give his stamp of approval to “criminalised politics” being promoted by the state’s Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. All 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab go to polls April 30. In an […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Nearly 110 million people peacefully voted Thursday in 117 Lok Sabha constituencies in 12 states in a staggered election that will see three more rounds to decide who gets to govern India the next five years. Some 60 percent of the 180 million electorate exercised their franchise in 201,735 centres […]
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 nearly 60 percent of the eight million-plus electors cast their ballots in five constituencies in the state’s second and final phase of polling. “As per our tentative information, 59.54 percent of […]
Bhopal, April 24 (IANS) Over 42 percent electors voted in Madhya Pradesh till 2 p.m., officials said. Balloting is being held for 10 Lok Sabha seats and one assembly constituency. Poll officials said over 42 percent of the electorate cast ballots in the first seven hours of polling. The process was expected to gain momentum […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) German intellectuals revived Indian culture during the 20th century when English literature in the country became a tool of “domination and subjugation”, said Pramod Talgeri, vice-chancellor, India International Multiversity. “German intellects rejuvenated our classical culture. New impulses of German appreciation also inspired the Indians,” said Talgeri, who was awarded the Merck-Tagore […]
Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Minor incidents like scuffles, stone pelting and firing blanks were reported from polling booths in Uttar Pradesh as 12 Lok Sabha constituencies went to the polls Thursday. Scuffles broke out in a booth in Jalalpur area of Kannauj constituency from where Dimple Yadav, wife of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, is seeking […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India is likely to witness below average monsoon rainfall in 2014 that will affect farm output and economic growth, the government’s weather office said Thursday. Rainfall during the 2014 monsoon season (June to September) averaged over the country as a whole is likely to be 88 percent with a margin […]