Get all the scoop on Lok Sabha election here: More than half of the country has exercised their right to vote. The fifth phase of Lok Sabha poll will take place on May 6 and the counting of votes will take place on May 23. As part of their campaign …
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Saamna, Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece, wants ban on burqa in aftermath of Sri Lanka attacks
Praising Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena for putting national security first, the Saamna editorial states that banning burqa in India would take as much courage as surgical strikes against terrorists. Mumbai: Following Sri Lanka’s decision to ban face coverings – including burqa – in the country for a week in …
Read More »Guardian of the country doing ‘gadbad’: Jaya Bachchan takes a dig at PM Narendra Modi
Jaya was campaigning for SP candidate Poonam Sinha, who is contesting from Lucknow. New Delhi: In an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha member Jaya Bachchan on Wednesday said that the person responsible for safeguarding the country is the one who is creating …
Read More »Lok Sabha election: EC deploys central forces to ensure peaceful polling in violence-hit West Bengal
The Election Commission has decided that central forces – and not state police – will be deputed at polling booths across West Bengal in the remaining three phases of voting in Lok Sabha election 2019. 660 companies of Central Armed Police Force will be deputed for the fifth phase here. …
Read More »Cyclone Fani: Yellow warning for Odisha, CM Patnaik wants assembly polls deferred
The IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places such as Boudh, Kalahandi, Sambalpur, Deogarh, and Sundargarh in Odisha. New Delhi: In view of the ‘yellow warning’ issued by the Indian Meteorological Department for Odisha coast, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik urged the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora …
Read More »Naxals torch over 50 vechiles, machines in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli
The incident took place at Danapur area in Kurkheda Taluka of the district on late Tuesday. New Delhi: Naxals set ablaze more than 50 machines and vehicles at a road construction site in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on Wednesday. The incident took place at Danapur area in Kurkheda Taluka of …
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