Presiding officer in Gorakhpur die due to heart attack
May 19, 2019, at 10:40 am
Gorakhpur, May 19 (UNI): A presiding officer, in-charge of booth number 213 in Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh died following a massive heart attack on Sunday before the polling began.
Around nine pct turnout recorded till 9 AM in Bengal
May 19, 2019, at 10:33 am
Kolkata, May 19 (UNI): An estimated nine percent of 1,49, 63,143 electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours till 9 AM on Sunday morning to decide the fate of 111 candidates in nine Parliamentary constituencies of Bengal.
Nitish Kumar objects to long-stretched election process
May 19, 2019, at 10:15 am
Patna, May 19 (UNI): JD (U) president and chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday questioned the wisdom of conducting elections in so many phases and said the elections should also not be held when the summer was at its peak.
Convoy day on Kashmir highway, no civilian traffic movement today
May 19, 2019, at 10:03 am
Srinagar, May 19 (UNI): No civilian traffic movement was allowed on Sunday on the National Highway, the only all weather road connecting Valley with the rest of the country when only security force convoy will ply, a traffic police official said.
Bihar: Polling begins for seventh and last phase Lok Sabha election
May 19, 2019, at 07:57 am
Patna, May 19 (UNI) Polling began on a peaceful note at 7 AM this morning amid tight security arrangements in eight seats for seventh and last phase Lok Sabha election in Bihar where more than 1.52 crore electorate would exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 157 candidates, including four union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, Ram Kripal Yadav and R K Singh.
Urging people to vote in record numbers in this phase: Modi
May 19, 2019, at 07:53 am
New Delhi, May 19 (IBNS): Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to exercise their franchise in the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls.
Lok Sabha poll: Three poll officials die during polling duties in HP
May 19, 2019, at 07:30 am
Shimla, May 19 (UNI) Three Election officials have been killed during Election duties till Saturday in road accident and others reason, senior officials of state election department confirmed here on Sunday.
Voting begins in last phase of Lok Sabha polls, PM Narendra Modi among key candidates
May 19, 2019, at 07:26 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS/UNI): Voting in the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections started on Sunday.
Jalandhar police nabs a person with pistol and cartridges
May 18, 2019, at 10:50 pm
Jalandhar, May 18 (UNI) District rural police on Saturday nabbed a person carrying a .315 caliber pistol and five cartridges.
Maharashtra: Two leopard cubs rescued from well in Nashik
May 18, 2019, at 10:48 pm
Nashik, May 18 (UNI) A pair of ten-day-old leopards were rescued by the Forest Department from a well at the Chirai village in Baglan taluka here on Saturday. The young cubs incidentally fell into the well when they were reportedly venturing in search of food and water.
Jammu and Kashmir: Narcotic smuggler arrested with poppy straw in Udhampur
May 18, 2019, at 10:44 pm
Jammu, May 18 (UNI) Police on Saturday arrested a narcotic smuggler with contraband of poppy straw in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Uttar Pradesh: One killed, 28 injured in road accident in Behraich
May 18, 2019, at 10:42 pm
Behraich, May 18 (UNI) A woman died on the spot while her husband severely injured when a speeding bus rammed their motorbike in Motipur area here on Saturday. Bus was overturned after hitting the motorbike in which 27 passengers were injured.
May 18, 2019, at 10:40 pm
Lucknow, May 18 (UNI) Telugu Desam Party chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu rushed to Lucknow on Saturday to meet Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over possible tie-up and emergence of Third front in the post-poll scenario.
May 18, 2019, at 10:27 pm
Kolkata, May 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written a letter to the Election Commission and asked them to conduct "peaceful and impartial" voting in the Lok Sabha Polls in the state during the last phase of the democratic process.
Don't make controversial comments, we are on verge to form next govt: Kumaraswamy urges Congress-JDS
May 18, 2019, at 09:04 pm
Bengaluru, May 18 (IBNS): Just five days prior to the Lok Sabha poll results, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has urged people of his own party Janata Dal Secular and the Congress to refrain from making controversial statements as the opposition parties, according to him, are set to form a new government.
May 18, 2019, at 06:57 pm
Kolkata, May 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee sent a defamation notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly making derogatory remarks against him during the BJP strongman's rally in Diamond Harbour this week.
AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu meets SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati
May 18, 2019, at 06:28 pm
New Delhi, May 18 (IBNS): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supremo N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met BSP chief Mayawati.
Kashmir: Four militants killed in separate encounters
May 18, 2019, at 06:15 pm
Srinagar, May 18 (UNI) Four militants were killed by security forces in different encounters, which ensued during Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs) on Saturday in the Kashmir valley, a police spokesman said.
PM Narendra Modi takes spiritual break, prays at Kedarnath shrine
May 18, 2019, at 06:11 pm
Rudraprayag, May 18 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a spiritual break, starting Saturday, a day after his hectic campaigning for the 2019 general elections came to an end.
Mumbai: CISF detects 35,000 US dollars worth Rs 24.64 lakh in airport
May 18, 2019, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi, May 18 (UNI) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Friday detected 35,000 US dollars worth Rs 24.64 lakh from two Sudanese nationals at Mumbai airport, an official release said here on Saturday.
TV journalist robbed by unidentified men in Ahmedabad: Police
May 18, 2019, at 05:32 pm
Ahmedabad, May 18 (UNI) A journalist of a TV channel was robbed on Saturday by two unidentified men in Maninagar area here, police said.
Bihar: BSF jawan dies after he falls down from train
May 18, 2019, at 05:28 pm
Chhapra, May 18 (UNI) A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was killed when he fell from a train and was run over by it near Ekma station on Chhapra-Siwan section of North East railway today.
People like Pragya are killing soul of India: Kailash Satyarthi
May 18, 2019, at 05:23 pm
New Delhi, May 18 (UNI) Slamming BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Thakur for her comments that Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse was a 'patriot', Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday said Godse only killed Gandhi's body but people like Pragya were killing the 'soul of india'.
A child killed, another serious in road accident in Giridih
May 18, 2019, at 05:19 pm
Giridih, May 18 (UNI) A three-year-old child today lost his life while another was seriously injured after they were hit by a vehicle carrying music system at Bagodardih village under Bagodar Police Station area of this district today.
Maharashtra: Minor killed in tractor accident in Aurangabad
May 18, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, May 18 (UNI) A three-year-old boy was crushed under a tractor wheel at old Bhavsinghpura area here on Saturday.
Lok Sabha Polls: Chandrababu Naidu meets Sharad Pawar and Sharad Yadav
May 18, 2019, at 05:15 pm
New Delhi, May 18 (UNI) Ahead of counting of votes on May 23 for the ongoing Lok Sabha Election 2019, TDP Chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday met Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar and Loktantrik Janata Dal head Sharad Yadav here in what is being seen as part of efforts to discuss an anti- BJP front.
Odisha: Top Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda gets life term
May 18, 2019, at 05:10 pm
Berhampur, May 18 (UNI) Additional District and Sessions judge Sanjaya Sahu today sentenced top Maoist leader Sanjaya Panda to life imprisonment for waging war against the government.
Bihar: Mother-daughter stoned to death
May 18, 2019, at 05:08 pm
Dehri-on-Sone, May 18 (UNI) A mother and her daughter were stoned to death at Chaukhada village under Nauhatta police station area in Rohtas district late last night.
Jammu NCB seizes huge quantity of poppy straw
May 18, 2019, at 05:06 pm
Jammu, May 18 (UNI) The sleuths of Narcotics Control Bureau on Saturday seized a huge haul of poppy straw from fruit laden truck in posh Gandhi Nagar area here.
Uttar Pradesh: Wanted criminal held in Pratapgarh
May 18, 2019, at 05:00 pm
Pratapgarh, May 18 (UNI) A wanted criminal, carrying a reward of Rs 80,000 on his head was arrested by a team of the Chhattisgarh Crime Branch with the help of the local police in the Nagar Kotwali area of this district in Uttar Pradesh, police spokesperson said on Saturday.