Mamata Banerjee casts her vote in Bengal
May 19, 2019, at 06:29 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee casts her vote in the last phase of Lok Sabha elections in south Kolkata on May 19.
Bengal votes in last phase of elections
May 19, 2019, at 03:11 pm
From prominent celebrities like Tolly star turned MP Dev, filmmakers Anik Dutta, Goutam Ghose and father-daughter actor duo Ranjit Mullick and Koel Mullick to Tollywood hero Jeet and well known actor Sabyasachi Chakraborty and his family, TMC's celebrity candidates like Shatabdi Roy and Nusrat Jahan to common people, voting went on in full scale in West Bengal despite reports of violence and rigging from several places. The celebrities seemed happy casting their votes and posed for lensmen.
Bihar leaders vote in Final Phase of General Elections 2019
May 19, 2019, at 01:17 pm
PATNA, MAY 19 (UNI):- BJP candidate from Patliputra Lok Sabha seat Ram Kripal Yadav show he finger marked with indelible ink at a polling station during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Patna on Sunday,
Kolkata gears up for last phase of Lok Sabha polls
May 18, 2019, at 09:46 pm
Kolkata is gearing up for the last phase of Lok Sabha polls which will be held on Sunday. Kolkata Uttar, Kolkata Dakshin, Jadavpur, the three seats from Kolkata, which are up for the polls on May 19. Apart from the three, six other seats from West Bengal will go to polls. (Images by IBNS)
Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif attend song launch event of Bharat
May 17, 2019, at 09:24 pm
Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif attended the song launch event of their upcoming Hindi film Bharat in Mumbai on Friday. (Images: UNI)
Deepika, Priyanka, Kangana dazzle in Cannes Film Festival
May 17, 2019, at 09:07 pm
Actresses Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Kangana Ranaut dazzled in the Cannes Film Festival 2019. (Images: Official Instagram, Facebook profiles)
May 17, 2019, at 12:37 pm
NUR-SULTAN,MAY 17 (Xinhua) - Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng (R), also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, May 16,
PM Modi addresses election rally in Kolkata
May 16, 2019, at 08:58 pm
KOLKATA, MAY 16 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing an election campaign rally in support of party candidates in Kolkata on thursday.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath campaigns in Kolkata
May 16, 2019, at 01:12 pm
KOLKATA, MAY 15 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during a election meeting in favour of Lok Sabha party candidate in Kolkata on Wednesday.
May 16, 2019, at 12:53 pm
UNITED NATIONS, MAY 16, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Henrietta Fore (R, front), Executive Director of the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF), briefs the Security Council on the situation in Yemen, at the UN headquarters in New York, May 15, 2019. Henrietta Fore on Wednesday urged all parties to the conflict in Yemen to open doors to immediate, long-term humanitarian access, and to allow days of tranquility to vaccinate and help children.
Mamata holds protest rally against Vidyasagar College violence
May 15, 2019, at 08:59 pm
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee leads a rally in Kolkata on Wednesday in protest against the violence at Vidyasagar College a day before that left a Vidyasagar statue on the campus damaged. The incident, which took place during a BJP rally led by party president Amit Shah, also left three motorcycles damaged and several injured. Both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP blame each other for the incident. Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS
Mamata Banerjee holds public meeting in south Kolkata
May 14, 2019, at 11:23 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, held a public meeting at Tollygunge Phari in south Kolkata on Tuesday evening. Banerjee was present along with her party's Lok Sabha candidates from Jadavpur and Dakshin Kolkata constituencies, Mimi Chakraborty and Mala Roy respectively. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
Mamata Banerjee holds public meeting in south Kolkata
May 14, 2019, at 11:23 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo, Mamata Banerjee, held a public meeting at Tollygunge Phari in south Kolkata on Tuesday evening. Banerjee was present along with her party's Lok Sabha candidates from Jadavpur and Dakshin Kolkata constituencies, Mimi Chakraborty and Mala Roy respectively. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
May 14, 2019, at 01:51 pm
PHNOM PENH, May 14, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen (2nd R) shakes hands with visiting Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli (2nd L) at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 13, 2019. Cambodia and Nepal signed on Monday two pacts to boost bilateral trade and investment, a Cambodian senior official said.
Security officials examine bomb blast in Quetta
May 14, 2019, at 01:42 pm
QUETTA (PAKISTAN), MAY 14 (Xinhua) - Security officials examine a bomb blast site in Quetta, southwest Pakistan, on May 13, 2019. At least two policemen were killed and 11 others injured on Monday evening in the bomb blast in Quetta district of Pakistans southwest Balochistan province, a provincial minister said.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
May 14, 2019, at 01:32 pm
SOCHI, MAY 14 (Xinhua) -Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Sochi,
Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at White House
May 14, 2019, at 01:14 pm
Washington, May 14 (Xinhua): U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 13, 2019.
Arvind Kejriwal campaigns in Punjab
May 14, 2019, at 11:25 am
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday morning campaigned for his political outfit Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at Barnala, Sangrur in Punjab ahead of the last phase of Lok Sabha elections, which will go to polls on May 19. (Images: twitter.com/AamAadmiParty)
Fire breaks out at central government guest house in Shimla
May 13, 2019, at 04:19 pm
SHIMLA, MAY 13 (UNI);- A major fire brokeout at Central government guest house Garand hotel at mid night, in Shimla on Monday.
Mumbai Indians win Indian Premier League
May 13, 2019, at 12:06 am
HYDERABAD, MAY 12 (UNI):- IPL 2019 Final Match : KH PANDYA of MI BEING caught and bold by THAKUR of CSK during Final Match of IPL in Hyderabad on Sunday
May 10, 2019, at 01:12 pm
LONDON, May 10, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Chelseas Olivier Giroud (top L) and his teammate David Luiz (R, above) jump for a header during the UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg match between Chelsea and Frankfurt in London, Britain on May 9, 2019.
May 10, 2019, at 11:54 am
BAKU, May 9 (Xinhua) -- People attend a ceremony to mark the 74th anniversary of the victory over Nazism during World War II in Baku, Azerbaijan, May 9, 2019.
Digital Googly launch eyes social media market
May 09, 2019, at 07:05 pm
Kolkata-based entrepreneurs Anurag Chirimar and Subrata Roy on Thursday formally announced the launch of a new social media marketing company - Digital Googly – which would provide a 360-degree social media promotion, marketing and advisory services. Tiny tots decked up as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress president Rahul Gandhi presented a different kind of colourful election ambience at the launch function. (Images by Avishek Mitra/IBNS)
May 09, 2019, at 12:22 pm
AMSTERDAM, May 9, 2019 (Xinhua)- Hotspurs Fernando Llorente (R) vies with Ajaxs Matthijs de Ligt during the UEFA Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Ajax and Tottenham Hotspur in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, May 8, 2019. Hotspur won 3-2 (3-3 on aggregate) and advanced to the final on away goals.
May 09, 2019, at 11:43 am
WUHE, May 9, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Deng Wei (C) transports mushroom with other villagers at the mushroom cultivation base in Xinji Village of Wuhe County, east Chinas Anhui Province, May 7, 2019. Deng Wei, 41, and his wife Ou Mingyan, 38, villagers of Xinji Village of Wuhe County, have successfully shaken off poverty after years of hard work by cultivating mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). The family plunged into poverty in 2012 when Deng lost his right arm in a traffic accident during a cargo transportation. Without source of income, Dengs family was registered as a poverty-stricken household in 2014. But Deng and his wife did not give up striving for better life. In 2017, he came back to his hometown to start mushroom cultivation business with the help from the local authority and his friends. He set up a cooperative and the annual output value reached 3 million yuan (442,772 U.S. dollars) after two-year operation. He also helped others by creating job opportunities for over 40 poverty-stricken households from neighboring villages.
Members of All India Democratic Women's Association protest against clean chit to CJI
May 07, 2019, at 01:50 pm
NEW DELHI, MAY 7 (UNI):- Members of All India Democratic Womens Association being taken into police custody during a protest against the clean chit to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in Sexual harassment charges, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Jignesh Mevani, Swara Bhasker campaign for AAP candidate Atishi
May 07, 2019, at 01:42 pm
Gujarat independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and Swara Bhasker have campaigned for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from East Delhi, Atishi, who is facing cricketer-turned politician and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Gautam Gambhir.
India in Politics: May 6, 2019
May 07, 2019, at 01:01 pm
NEW DELHI, MAY 6 (UNI) Congress party president Rahul Gandhi addressing an election rally for lok sabha, at Sadar Thana Chowk, Idgah Road, in New Delhi on Monday.
May 07, 2019, at 12:07 pm
BANGKOK, May 7, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn pours sacred water on the head of Princess Bajrakitiyabha to grant new title and royal medals to her in Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, on May 5, 2019. Thailands newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Sunday granted new titles to the members of the royal family after he was crowned in the Baisal Daksin Throne Hall of the Grand Palace in Bangkok on Saturday.
May 07, 2019, at 11:46 am
SHEFFIELD, May 7, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Englands Judd Trump celebrates with the trophy after winning the final with Scotlands John Higgins at World Snooker Championship 2019 in Sheffield, Britain on May 6, 2019.