Lucknow, April 24 (IANS) Minor incidents like scuffles, stone pelting and firing blanks were reported from polling booths in Uttar Pradesh as 12 Lok Sabha constituencies went to the polls Thursday. Scuffles broke out in a booth in Jalalpur area of Kannauj constituency from where Dimple Yadav, wife of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, is seeking […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) India is likely to witness below average monsoon rainfall in 2014 that will affect farm output and economic growth, the government’s weather office said Thursday. Rainfall during the 2014 monsoon season (June to September) averaged over the country as a whole is likely to be 88 percent with a margin […]
Varanasi, April 24 (IANS) It was arguably the largest crowd Narendra Modi has attracted during his election campaign, a show of strength to silence the BJP’s opponents, particularly the AAP, that has dismissed a “wave” in favour of the party’s prime ministerial candidate. And, if seen from above, it would have seemed like thousands of […]
Ranchi, April 24 (IANS) The third and final round of polling in Jharkhand witnessed a good turnout of voters as the state registered 63.55 percent voting Thursday. “Overall ballot percentage in Jharkhand in the third and final phase of poll is 63.55 percent. The polling output in Dumka and Dhanbad was 64 percent and 62 […]
Puducherry, April 24 (IANS) Polling for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Puducherry saw a heavy turnout with around 80 percent of the voters exercising their franchise, said the Election Commission. According to commission, around 80 percent of the 901,357 voters have voted till 6 p.m while there were some in the queue. The poll […]
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) It was a warm, sunny Thursday in the national capital and the maximum temperature settled at 37.2 degrees Celsius. Friday will be clear, the Met Office said. “The sky will be mainly clear tomorrow (Friday). The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 38 and 21 degrees Celsius […]
Hyderabad, April 24 (IANS) Infotech enterprises, a Hyderabad-based engineering solutions provider, Thursday said its net profit during 2013-14 stood at Rs.266 crore, an increase of 15 percent over last fiscal. The annual revenue of the company was Rs.2,206 crore, a jump of 17.8 percent over the previous year. Infotech chairman B.V.R. Mohan Reddy told reporters […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) The Election Commission Thursday removed presiding officers of three booths in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district for allowing “illegal entry” to Trinamool Congress candidate from Jangipur Haji Nurul Islam, an official said. “The presiding officers of the three booths where Islam had entered have been removed,” EC appointed special observer for the state […]
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Filmstars, 111-year-olds and hospitalised people travelling in ambulances — all took part in the democratic exercise in Mumbai and nearby areas Thursday. * Bollywood and Marathi celebs Mumbaikars did not miss a chance to catch a glimpse of their favourite Bollywood and Marathi filmstars as they came to cast their votes. In […]
Kolkata, April 24 (IANS) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew and Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal’s Jadavpur Sugata Bose co-owns an apartment and a car in the US while his total assets in both countries are worth over Rs.4.5 crore. According to his affidavit filed before the Election Commission, the Harvard University history professor, assessable to […]