As counting of postal ballots for the bypolls in Tripura’s Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly constituencies is currently underway, the BJP candidates in both the seats have taken an early lead, election officials said on Friday. BJP candidates Taffajal Hossain in Boxanagar and Bindu

Thiruvananthapuram – Counting of votes for the Puthuppally by-election, voting for which took place on September 5, began this morning amid tight security. The process started with postal votes followed by those cast by the elders and then the Electronic Voting Machines. Congress

New Delhi – Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, has not been invited for dinner to be hosted by President on Saturday. Sources at Kharge’s office told IANS, “He has not been invited for dinner

Amaravati -The ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh have blamed each other for the violence during TDP leader Nara Lokesh’s padayatra in Bhimavaram town earlier this week. Lokesh, who is the General Secretary of

New Delhi – The Delhi Police on Thursday warned the rumour mongers against spreading misinformation by “incorrectly” depicting videos of the Chehlum procession as a communal protest ahead of the G20 Summit. “Some social media handles are wrongly projecting videos of the Chehlum

New Delhi – The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested a man and recovered 2.465 kg of foreign-marked smuggled gold in the form of biscuits and bars during raids in Bhubaneswar, an official said on Thursday. The official stated that the raids

Chennai – Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said on Thursday that it was ‘unfair’ for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to comment on the statement of Udhayanidhi Stalin without properly ascertaining facts. In a statement, the Chief Minister said that Udhayanidhi Stalin had

Even the excise department registered revenue increase of around Rs 300 crore as it collected around Rs 3,300 crore in August 2023 as compared to around Rs 3,000 crore in August last year. Clarifying on treasury data showing a loss of Rs 18.26

Shimla – Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday virtually participated in the ‘Himachali dham’ event organised by the Himachali Association of Alberta in Calgary in Canada. Dham is a mid-day meal served in Himachali culture on the occasions of marriage

The portrait now hangs opposite the stained glass window, which highlights the roles of Women in the RAF since its inception in 1918, and was inaugurated by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2018. Queen Camilla also formally named the room in the

New York – An Indian national has admitted that he defrauded various telephone providers and insurance companies out of millions of dollars by using stolen or fake identities to submit fraudulent claims for replacement cellular devices and then reselling those devices outside the

With this move, Georgia joins a list of states from across the country, including Texas, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida, Minnesota, Virginia, etc, to commemorate Hindu heritage, culture, values, and traditions. October is significant as it is the birth month of Mahatma

Business is booming for fruit store owners, with sales of pineapples rising by 10 to 15 per cent in August from the month before, The Straits Times reported. In addition, eateries and bars in the city-state have been rolling out pineapple-related products and

Kaira Karmakar, a student of United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) on Dover Road, died in a road accident on June 1 while she was on an unchaperoned school trip to Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, The Straits Times reported. She was

In a letter, the MPs urged Sunak to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “immediately release” Jagtar Singh Johal, who has been “arbitrarily detained” for over five years in India, the BBC reported. Johal from Dumbarton was in Punjab for his wedding

The Telegraph reported that the Sunak’s relatives will host a feast with flower bouquets and “non-stop dancing” to Punjabi music in New Delhi on Thursday or Friday. Sunak’s maternal uncle, Gautam Dev Sood, said all relatives have been asked to gather in New