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56 killed due to torrential rains, floods in Brazil

Governor Eduardo Leite declared a state of emergency as the region grapples with the aftermath of the catastrophic weather event.

5 May 2024 11:04 am
Poonch attack: Op to flush out terrorists enters Day 2

They said a well-coordinated joint operation by the army and police is underway in many areas, including Shahsitar, Gursai, Sanai and Sheendara Top, to neutralise the terrorists.

5 May 2024 10:31 am
Uddhav would have remained silent if...: Raj Thackeray

Raj also justified his support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing the construction of the Ram Temple and abrogation of Article 370 among other reasons.

5 May 2024 10:26 am
Chhattisgarh girl axes brother to death over phone use

The teenager has been detained for the offence that took place at Amlidihkala village under Chhuikhadan police station limits on Friday.

5 May 2024 10:03 am
Cong's Puri crisis ends, names new candidate

Sucharita Mohanty, the daughter of former Congress MP Brajamohan Mohanty, in a mail to Venugopal on Friday claimed that her campaign was hit hard because the party denied her funding.

5 May 2024 9:30 am
Maulvi arrested in Guj over plot to kill Hindu leader

Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot identified the arrested accused as Maulvi Sohel Abubakr Timol (27), who worked at a thread factory as a manager and offered private tuition on Islam to Muslim children.

4 May 2024 10:08 pm
Caught smuggling 25kg gold, Afghan diplomat resigns

Wardak had taken charge as the acting ambassador of Afghanistan to New Delhi since late last year after working as the Afghan Consul General in Mumbai for over two years.

4 May 2024 10:01 pm
2 lynched in Meghalaya after teen alleges rape attempt

The woman alleged that she was in her home when the duo attacked her with a knife and tried to rape her. On hearing her screams, neighbours gathered at the spot and caught hold of the two, police said.

4 May 2024 9:47 pm
TMC accuses BJP of staging Sandeshkhali, cites video

The TMC released a video, in which a man, claimed to be a BJP mandal president in Sandeshkhali, was heard saying that leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari is behind the whole conspiracy.

4 May 2024 8:44 pm
5 soldiers injured as terrorists attack vehicles in JK

The attack took place near Shashidhar in the evening when the vehicles were moving towards Sanai Top in the district's Surankote area.

4 May 2024 8:20 pm
JD-S MLA HD Revanna taken into custody by SIT

The case was registered against Revanna, a former Minister and son of JD-S patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and his confidant Sathish Babanna in Mysuru on Thursday night for allegedly abducting a woman.

4 May 2024 8:13 pm
Supriya vs Sunetra: Which Pawar will Baramati choose

Though the contest is tough in Baramati, Sule has an edge over her rival as the locals may not break the pattern that she is meant for the Lok Sabha and Ajit Pawar for the state assembly, the political analyst felt.

4 May 2024 7:46 pm
Shahanshaah vs shehzada: Priyanka, Modi trade barbs

The Congress leader also said that the BJP wants to change the Constitution, and reduce and weaken the rights given to the people through the statute book.

4 May 2024 6:46 pm
'Now China Is Afraid'

'Ladakh will be dealt with in Modi's third term.'

4 May 2024 5:28 pm
Ex-Delhi Cong chief Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP

Lovely hailed the BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for giving him and his colleagues the opportunity to join the party when they felt lost.

4 May 2024 5:23 pm
Rohith Vemula's mother meets T'gana CM, seeks 'justice

Reddy assured her that an investigation would be conducted again into the University of Hyderabad student's suicide in 2016 and that justice would be done, an official release said.

4 May 2024 5:09 pm
Extend help to Revanna's victims: Rahul to K'taka CM

In a veiled attack on Modi, Rahul said he has never come across a senior public representative who has constantly chosen silence in the face of untold violence against women.

4 May 2024 3:10 pm
INDIA bloc PM will be...: Shashi Tharoor

'The PM who is first among equals, who has to listen to others, take their point of view into account and who would have to be a good manager'

4 May 2024 2:55 pm
No funding from Cong, Puri LS candidate returns ticket

'I tried a public donation drive to support my campaign for progressive politics without much success so far. I also tried to cut down the projected campaign spending to the minimum'

4 May 2024 2:21 pm
What's A Chopper Doing Over Parliament?

On Friday, May 3, 2024, the National Security Guard and the Delhi police conducted a security mock drill at the Parliament building. The primary objective of the drill was to assess and synchronise the readiness of the security forces to counter potential future threats effectively.

4 May 2024 1:06 pm
Does Young India Care About Elections?

Politics is not on the radar of 18 to 21-year-old Indians, reveals Rama Bijapurkar.

4 May 2024 12:58 pm
'Election Captures Evolution Of India'

'2019 was fought on delivery. But in 2024, you can see the before and after effects.'

4 May 2024 12:05 pm
Snake venom use: ED files case against Elvish Yadav

The central agency has pressed charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after taking cognisance of a FIR and charge sheet filed by the Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida) district police in Uttar Pradesh last month against him and other linked to him.

4 May 2024 11:14 am
BJP Hopes To Taste Success In SP Citadel

The BJP, which won the Samajwadi Party strongholds of Rampur and Azamgarh in 2022 bypolls, hopes to wrest Mainpuri too.

4 May 2024 11:11 am
What Happened To Tejashwi Yadav?

Rashtriya Janata Dal lead campaigner Tejashwi Yadav experienced sudden back pain and difficulty in walking while he was addressing an election meeting in Araria on Friday, May 3, 2024.

4 May 2024 10:42 am
Rohith Vemula's kin to challenge police closure report

In its closure report on Rohith Vemula's death, the Telangana police claimed he was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his eal caste would be discovered.

4 May 2024 10:19 am
Who Are Political Ads Targeting?

'It is the first-time voters and the agnostics who are often influenced by political advertising.' 'These swing voters tend to make a huge difference in the outcome of any election.'

4 May 2024 10:17 am
Boris Johnson forgets ID, denied polling booth entry

Polling station officials had to refuse Johnson's attempt to vote in South Oxfordshire on Thursday when he arrived without the necessary photo ID, CNN reported, citing PA media.

4 May 2024 9:10 am
The Richest Candidate In Election 2024

Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, the Telugu Desam Party's Lok Sabha candidate from Guntur, has Rs 5,700 crore in declared family assets.

4 May 2024 8:52 am
Amit Shah booked for poll code breach in Hyderabad

Following his complaint to the poll panel, the CEO forwarded it to the city police for a factual report, resulting in the registration of an FIR against Shah by the Moghalpura police station at 7 pm on Thursday.

4 May 2024 8:46 am
Nepal's Rs 100 note to have disputed areas with India

India maintains Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura belong to it.

4 May 2024 1:37 am
Cong social media coordinator held for Shah fake video

Arun Beereddy (37), a native of Telangana's Hyderabad, was arrested from Delhi. He handles the 'Spirit of Congress' account on X, the official said.

4 May 2024 1:25 am
Canada arrests 3 in Nijjar murder case: Report

Three people have been arrested and charged in the killing of Sikh activist Nijjar, CTV News quoted a senior government source as saying.

4 May 2024 12:15 am
Here's what EC says about delay in voter turnout figs

This is for the first time the EC has officially come out with a statement on allegations of delay in sharing turnout data.

3 May 2024 10:37 pm
Vemula not a Dalit, he ended life because....: Police

The Cyberabad police that investigated the case informed the court that Rohith Vemula did not belong to Scheduled Caste and that he was aware of it.

3 May 2024 9:58 pm
SC may consider Kejriwal's bail plea on Tuesday

A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate, that the hearing on Kejriwal's plea against arrest is likely to take time and therefore, the court was considering hearing the probe agency on interim bail to him.

3 May 2024 9:15 pm
JD-S worker accuses Prajwal of rape, filming it

The crime investigation department booked Prajwal, grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, after a JD-S worker from Hassan lodged a complaint against him.

3 May 2024 8:13 pm
Kerala horror: Woman delivers, throws infant on street

The police said the woman has been taken into custody after being traced using the address on the Amazon delivery packet in which the child was wrapped and thrown.

3 May 2024 7:31 pm
Prajwal Revanna booked for rape: CM Siddaramaiah

He said he has directed police to identify, trace and secure the victims in view of the alleged kidnapping of a victim at Krishnaraja Nagar town in Mysuru district.

3 May 2024 6:27 pm
Why BJP, Shinde Sena are courting Raj Thackeray

The BJP and Shiv Sena, which along with Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party comprise the ruling Mahayuti, for some time now have been courting Thackeray, who founded the MNS in 2006.

3 May 2024 6:13 pm
C'garh liquor scam: ED attaches assets worth Rs 205cr

The attached properties include 14 assets of Tuteja worth Rs 15.82 crore, 115 properties of Anwar Dhebar, the elder brother of Raipur Mayor and Congress leader Aijaz Dhebar, worth Rs 116.16 crore, properties of Vikash Agarwal alias Subbu worth Rs 1.54 crore and 33 properties of Arvind Singh worth Rs 12.99 crore, it said in a statement.

3 May 2024 5:25 pm
Election Fever Grips India

Scenes from the election campaign...

3 May 2024 5:19 pm
Salman home shooting accused died by hanging: Police

He had allegedly hanged himself with a bed sheet in the toilet of the lock-up, as per the police.

3 May 2024 4:50 pm
Adani Port Protest: 'Our Accounts Frozen'

'All those who participated in the agitation were branded as anti-nationals.'

3 May 2024 4:29 pm
Can't stop a Rahul Gandhi...: SC on namesake nominees

'If somebody's parents have given a similar name, can it come in their way of their right to contest elections'

3 May 2024 4:25 pm
Few chess moves...: Cong on Rahul's Raebareli move

'Rahul is a seasoned player of politics and chess. He makes his moves after careful consideration.

3 May 2024 3:58 pm
Will new symbols dent Uddhav, Sharad Pawar's chances?

Even as the two parties appeared confident that they have reached out to every voter and publicised their new symbols, experts suggested varying impact of the split and the symbols on the vote bank.

3 May 2024 3:28 pm
'There Is No Modi Wave'

'I am shocked that the BJP makes so many commitments. What did they deliver as the NDA?'

3 May 2024 2:39 pm
Gandhis not fighting from Amethi shows...: Smriti Irani

Irani said that Rahul Gandhi's candidature from Raebareli is a victory for the people in Amethi.

3 May 2024 2:23 pm
Still want a Gandhi to contest from Amethi: KL Sharma

'I have always been a 'sevak' of the Gandhi family and whatever responsibility the Gandhi family has entrusted to its sevak, I will fulfil it'

3 May 2024 1:39 pm