Eight killed in blast at fireworks factory in TN's Sivakasi

Chennai (IANS) Eight people, including two women, were killed in a blast at a fireworks factory in Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu's Virudhanagar district on Thursday, while several others were injured, officials said.

Police and fire personnel…

EC provisional figures peg third phase turnout at 64.4 per cent as polling ends in 20 states/UTs

New Delhi (IANS) The voter turnout in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, covering 93 constituencies in 11 states/UTs, was approximately 64.40 per cent as of 11.45 p.m., with the highest voting reported from Assam (4 seats) at 81.61…

Air India Express cabin crew goes on mass sick leave, 78 flights cancelled

New Delhi (IANS) Air India Express faced major disruption in services as 78 flights were cancelled and many were delayed after cabin crew called in mass ‘sick leave’ to mark their protest against the ongoing transition in the airline.

In 2023,…

Fresh firing starts at encounter site in J&K's Kulgam

Srinagar (IANS) Fresh firing started on Wednesday at the encounter site in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district where two terrorists, including the top commander of The Resistance Front (TRF), were killed by the security forces, the police said.

Elected members of municipalities can’t be removed at whims and fancies of civil servants or their political masters: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court has said that elected members of municipalities cannot be removed at the whims and fancies of the civil servants or their political masters only because some of such elected members are found to be inconvenient within…

Embarrassed Congress distances itself from Sam Pitroda's remarks, calls it 'unacceptable'

New Delhi (IANS) Hours after Congress leader Sam Pitroda's remark on the 'colour of citizens' stirred a major controversy and left the party red-faced, the latter got into a damage control mode and issued a clarification.

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Encounter breaks out between security forces & terrorists in J&K’s Kulgam

Srinagar (IANS) An encounter started early Tuesday between terrorists and the security forces in J&K’s Kulgam district, said officials here.

Police said that following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists in the Redwani area…

Amid incidents of violence, 15.85 pc turnout in first two hrs in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Around 15.85 per cent polling was recorded till 9 a.m. as voting is underway in four Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.

The first two hours of polling were marred by the aggravating incidents of violence, especially in…

Excise policy case: Delhi court extends CM Kejriwal's judicial custody till May 20

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday extended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's judicial custody till May 20, in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

It…

'Those on bail are batting for Muslim reservation', PM Modi’s fierce counter to Lalu’s quota pitch

Bhopal (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday tore into Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for making a fresh quota pitch for Muslims, saying the INDI Alliance cannot see beyond ‘appeasement’.

Addressing a public rally…