Lok Sabha polls: Crude bomb hurled in Kolkata street
May 19, 2019, at 02:12 pm
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): Unknown men hurled a crude bomb close to a polling booth in Rabindra Sarani area in north Kolkata on Sunday.
TMC goons vandalise BJP candidates vehicles in Jadavpur, Diamond Harbour: Babul Supriyo
May 19, 2019, at 01:23 pm
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): Union Minister and BJP candidate Babul Supriyo on Sunday said that Trinamool Congress 'goons' have attacked BJP candidates' vehicles in areas like Jadavpur and Diamond Harbour in West Bengal.
Hit by biker, traffic inspector lands into hospital in Jammu
May 19, 2019, at 01:22 pm
Jammu, May 19 (UNI): A Duty Traffic Inspector on Sunday got injured after he was hit by a motorcyclist while performing professional duties in Talab Tillo area here.
Karnataka: Man dies on the spot in an explosion that took place in front of MLA Muniratna residence
May 19, 2019, at 01:18 pm
Bengaluru, May 19 (UNI) A 50 year-old man died on the spot when a explosion took place in front of Congress MLA Muniratna residence at busy Vyalikaval extension in the city today.
PM's Kedaranth visit: TMC complaints to ECI citing code violation
May 19, 2019, at 01:02 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand to offer prayer, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has complained to the Election Commission against the "widely televised' trip stating it was a complete breach of Model Code of Conduct.
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.
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.