I-T returns: Jayalalithaa, Sasikala skip court
Chennai, Apr 10 (IBNS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and her close aide Sasikala Natarajan on Thursday skipped appearing before a Chennai court again in connection with an income tax case.
Modi targets Mamata in West Bengal rally
Siliguri, Apr 10 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here went all out to slam West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and urged people to bring real change in the state while not sparing the Trinamool supremo over the Saradha ponzi meltdown.
Good turnout in India third phase polls till noon
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) As India votes for the third phase across 11 states and three Union Territories (UTs) for the Lok Sabha elections along with an assembly poll in Odisha, the voter turnout is impressive till noon and beyond on Thursday.
WB: TMC workers assaults EC officials
Malda, Apr 10 (IBNS) A group of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on Thursday allegedly assaulted some Election Commission (EC) officials in West Bengal's Malda district, said reports.
Narendra Modi accepts marital status in poll affidavit
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Gujarat Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, who on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from Vadodara constituency for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has accepted that he is married.
Hindu invocation opens California’s Newman City Council
Nevada, Apr 10 (IBNS) Newman City Council in California (USA), which celebrated 125th Anniversary in 2013, had its first historic Hindu invocation on April eight evening, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture.
Lok Sabha elections: Brisk polling in Jammu
Jammu, Apr 10 (IBNS) Voting for the Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat started on a brisk note on Thursday as enthusiastic voters queued outside polling stations waiting for their turns.
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia, Kejriwal cast votes
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kerjiwal are among the top politicians who cast their votes on Thursday in Delhi as India underwent its third phase of Lok Sabha polls.
Kirron Kher accompanies father who casts his vote
Chandigarh, Apr 10 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Chandigarh and prominent Bollywood actress Kirron Kher on Thursday accompanied her 101-year-old father to a polling booth here where the senior citizen cast his vote.
Odisha goes to assembly polls with Lok Sabha
Bhubaneswar, Apr 10 (IBNS) While India witnessed its third phase of parliamentary polls in eleven states, Odisha on Thursday is also voting to elect a new state assembly along with the Lok Sabha seats amid heavy security in the areas affected by Maoist violence.
Phase 3: Brisk polling across 11 states, 3 UTs
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Brisk polling was reported in the initial hours as voting in 11 states and three Union Territories (UTs) in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Thursday morning.
Poll violence: Maoists kill CRPF jawans in Bihar
Patna, Apr 10 (IBNS) Hours before polling in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections began in Jamui parliamentary constituency of Bihar, at least two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and three others were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) triggered by Maoists on Thursday, said reports.
LS polls: Voting begins in 11 states, 3 UTs
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS) Voting in 11 states and three Union Territories (UTs) in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections began on Thursday morning.
Jammu to go for polls tomorrow, security beefed up
Jammu, April 9 (IBNS) A day before the Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to be held in Jammu-Poonch Parliamentary constituency, the director General of Police on Wednesday said that despite a considerable level of improvement in security situation, the security forces does not want to take any chances this time.
Two from India among 2014 Yale World Fellows
Kolkata, Apr 9 (IBNS): Nandita Das, award-winning actress and director, and Parmesh Shahani, head of the Godrej India Culture Lab, have been named 2014 Yale World Fellows.