Polling for 39 LS seats commences in TN

Chennai (IANS) Polling for 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu commenced on Friday morning.

Former Telangana and Puducherry Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, senior DMK leader T.R. Baalu, DMK leader and…

Violence erupts in Bengal's Cooch Behar as TMC and BJP workers clash

Kolkata (IANS) The polling in the first two hours for three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal on Friday was marred by incidents of violence in the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency.

Some cases of violence were reported from Jalpaiguri…

Bitcoin scam case: ED attaches assets worth over Rs 97 cr of Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs 97.79 crore belonging to Ripu Sudan Kundra aka Raj Kundra, businessman, and husband of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, under the provisions of…

Indian crew member returns home from Iran; EAM Jaishankar says 'Modi Ki Guarantee always delivers'

New Delhi (IANS) Deck cadet Ann Tessa Joseph, one of the 17 Indian crew members on board a cargo ship seized by Iran, returned home on Thursday with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar insisting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's guarantee…

Congress peeved over envoy's single dynastic party remark

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress has deplored an Indian envoy's remark who took a swipe at the grand old party calling it "dynastic".

Criticising Indian ambassador to Ireland Akhilesh Mishra's remark, the Congress said that an envoy cannot…

4.8-magnitude quake hits Andaman Islands

New Delhi (IANS) A medium-intensity earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale jolted the Andaman Islands region in the early hours of Wednesday.

According to the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake, with a depth of 35 km,…

BJP-led govt never discriminated in delivery of welfare schemes: PM Modi

Guwahati (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the BJP-led government has never discriminated in the distribution of welfare measures to the beneficiaries.

Addressing a huge public gathering in Assam's Nalbari district,…

Firing at Salman Khan's home: Mumbai Police nab 2 shooters from Gujarat's Bhuj

Mumbai (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai Police have arrested two persons allegedly involved in the firing incident outside the residence of Bollywood actor Salman Khan from Gujarat, early on Tuesday, official sources said.

The duo…

Four killed as boat capsizes in J&K's Jhelum River

Srinagar (IANS) Four people were killed and three injured on Tuesday when a boat capsized in the Jhelum River in J&K’s Srinagar district.

Officials said a boat carrying seven people capsized in the river at Gandbal in the district.

“A…

Bengaluru cafe blast: Terrorists planned to target IT parks, say sources

Bengaluru (IANS) The probe in the Rameshwaram cafe blast case has revealed that the initial plan of the terrorists was to explode a bomb on the premises of an IT park in the tech corridor of Bengaluru city, sources said on Tuesday.

The arrested…