New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Over 59 per cent turnout was recorded in 58 seats in 8 states/UTs that went to polls on Saturday in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, ranging from 78.19 per cent in West Bengal (8
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS): Amid complaints of poll-related tension and violence throughout the day, polling for the eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal on Saturday recorded 77.99 per cent voter turnout t
Jaipur, May 25 (IANS) Mercury in Rajasthan smashed all records as three districts crossed the 48 degrees Celsius mark on Friday. Phalodi recorded a maximum temperature of 49 degrees Celsius while in Jaisa
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Voting is underway for all seven seats in the national capital under the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is aiming to maximise voter turnout before
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a whirlwind campaign trail in Bihar, launched an all-out attack on the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alliance on Saturday and said that his go
Bengaluru, May 24 (IANS): Three days after a massive crackdown was launched across four states in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case in Bengaluru, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested one mor
Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS): Congress in charge of communications, Jairam Ramesh, on Friday asserted the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc was headed for a clear and decisive mandate i
Thane (Maharashtra), May 24 (IANS): The death toll in the blast-cum-blaze in Amudan Chemical Pvt Ltd in Dombivli city of Maharashtra's Thane climbed to 13 on Friday even as the police tracked down the two absco
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS): Hundreds of monks on Friday joined the 'Sant Swaviman Yatra' organised by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) to protest against the recent remarks by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee targetin
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) As India's mammoth electoral exercise reaches its sixth and penultimate phase, over 11 crore voters in eight states/UTs from the teeming environs of Delhi and its neighbourhood to the c
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday said that India was progressing at a fast pace and was slated to achieve greater heights in years to come, both economically and mi
Jaipur, May 24 (IANS) Intense heatwave claimed eight lives in four districts of Rajasthan -- Barmer, Balotra, Jalore, and Bhilwara -- as the maximum temperature at many places in the state shot up to 46-48-degr
Mandi, May 24 (IANS) Revealing that he often talks to the Tibetan spiritual leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Congress party was so "timid" that it was afraid to even take the name of
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of deliberately preparing such a long schedule for the Lok Sabha elections to facili
Panaji, May 23 (IANS): Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that irresponsible statements against any religion, which creates tensions, will not be tolerated and action will be taken as per law.The
Hyderabad, May 23 (IANS): In a unique protest to highlight the poor condition of roads in the city, a woman in Hyderabad sat in a pothole filled with muddy water on Thursday.The woman, a resident of Anandnagar
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The high-pitched campaigning for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled on May 25 came to an end on Thursday, marked by fervent efforts by prominent figures across political p
Dimapur, May 23 (MExN): Founder and Chancellor of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Dr G Viswanathan received the State University of New York (SUNY) Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree during Binghamton Univers
Thane (Maharashtra), May 23 (IANS) At least six persons were killed and 48 others were injured after three powerful explosions followed by a massive fire engulfed a chemical factory located in the MIDC complex
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) As the Calcutta High Court's cancellation of over 5,00,000 OBC certificates granted in West Bengal after 2010 created a political tsunami in the state, observers pointed out that early in