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Uttarakhand: PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Badrinath temple

May 19, 2019, at 12:55 pm

Kedarnath, May 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited another crucial Hindu pilgrimage site-Badrinath temple- and offered prayers to the deity.

Uttarakhand: PM Narendra Modi offers prayers at Badrinath temple

May 19, 2019, at 12:53 pm

Kedarnath, May 19 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited another crucial Hindu pilgrimage site-Badrinath temple- and offered prayers to the deity.

Two-yr-old dies, nine injured in Kolhapur road accident

May 19, 2019, at 12:07 pm

Kolhapur, May 19 (UNI): Two-year-old baby child was killed on the spot while nine other including five women sustained injuries in a accident, which occurred in Hatkanangale tehsil town of this district, on Kolhapur-Sangli national highway in Maharashtra on Sunday morning.

TMC's 'jihadi' brigade threatening my workers: BJP candidate Chandra Kumar Bose

May 19, 2019, at 11:55 am

Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): Amid allegations of booth rigging from several parts of West Bengal in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Chandra Kumar Bose has claimed that his party workers are being threatened by TMC's  'jihadi' brigade.

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.

Opposition unity: Chandrababu Naidu meets Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati over opposition unity post LS polls

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.

Mamata Banerjee writes to Election Commission ahead of the final phase of voting in the Lok Sabha polls

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.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee sends defamation notice to PM Narendra Modi

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.