NEW DELHI: The fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections for 49 seats on Monday saw 62.2% turnout (according to data available at 10.30 pm on Tuesday), which may rise marginally when final data is released by EC. In 2019, the polling in this phase was 62.5%.According to data updated by EC on its voter turnout…
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Election Commission on Tuesday censured BJP neta and former Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his “low-level personal attack” on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and debarred him from campaigning for 24 hours from 5 pm on Tuesday.In a strongly-worded order, EC said the BJP candidate’s statement was a “direct affront on the…
Russia‘s military on Tuesday began drills involving tactical nuclear weapons that were announced by Russian authorities earlier this month in an apparent warning to senior Western officials who had spoken about the possibility of deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine. It was the first time Russia has publicly announced drills involving tactical nuclear weapons,…
NEW DELHI: Posing tough questions to former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren who has challenged his arrest in an alleged money laundering case relating to illegal possession of 8.8 acres in Ranchi, Supreme Court on Tuesday said since the chargesheet had been taken cognisance of, the trial court was prima facie satisfied that an offence was…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his meetings with Chinese envoys and said the Congress functionary must be having “extra understanding” about the neighbouring country as he had secret meetings with them.In an interview with Times Now, the minister said, “Rahul understands China so much…
PUNE: A prominent builder and father of the 17-year-old boy involved in Sunday’s fatal Porsche Taycan crash was detained Tuesday along with his driver and an associate in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, 240km from Pune. The builder faces charges for allowing his underage son, who lacks a valid driving licence and proper training and consumed alcohol, to…
TIRUPATI/COIMBATORE/HYDERABAD: NIA on Tuesday arrested a techie from Andhra Pradesh‘s Anantapur district and a former convict who was in transit in Telangana in connection with the Rameshwaram cafe blast in Bengaluru on March 1. The probe agency also searched houses of two doctors in Coimbatore.NIA sleuths searched the residence of a retired principal in Rayadurgam…
HYDERABAD: A day after being unable to secure US visa appointments, students from Hyderabad floated on Tuesday an online petition urging the consulate here to open additional visa slots. Some students said they had been trying, unsuccessfully, to book a slot for over six months.The US consulate-general, Hyderabad, responded officially on ‘X’, saying they had…
LONDON: British MPs have called on govt to take action over blatant evasion of sanctions on Russia by companies in Europe.UK purchases of fuel from China, India and Turkey — much of which originates from Russian oil — have shot up since the sanctions regime began. From 2021 to 2023, purchases from India went up…
NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) batter Rahul Tripathi was left crestfallen and disconsolate on Tuesday after an ill-fated and luckless run-out in the crucial Qualifier 1 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.The unfortunate dismissal left him dejected and dispirited, as it was a pivotal moment in the game that…
