Day: May 17, 2019

Outsiders threatening voters in Varanasi: Mayawati

3:13 pm May 17, 2019

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati Friday alleged that outsiders are being used to lure and threaten voters in Varanasi to ensure a win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked why the EC was not focusing on the constituency. Slamming the Election Commission, she asked why the poll body was not keeping a watch on Varanasi […]

Veteran Congress leader passes away

3:09 pm May 17, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam: Veteran Congress leader and former Kerala Minister Kadavoor Sivadasan passed away at a private hospital here early Friday, party sources said. He was 87 and was being treated for age related ailments when the end came. Sivadasan, a five-time MLA, was part of the governments headed by K Karunakaran and A K Antony and […]

Anti-national forces misguiding youth, farmers: Goa CM

Goa Dy CM visits Hebrew University, holds talks

3:00 pm May 17, 2019

Panaji: Goa Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai has discussed the possibility of student exchange programme between Goa and Hebrew University at Rehovot in Israel, during his visit there. Sardesai is currently on a private visit to Israel. He has been visiting various state government agencies and institutions to work out ties between Goa and that […]

Woman naxal killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

Naxals call for ‘bandh’ in Gadchiroli on Sunday

2:56 pm May 17, 2019

Nagpur: Naxals have called for a ‘bandh’ in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on May 19 to protest the killings of two fellow women in an encounter last month, police said. Naxals had put up banners in some villages in Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli on Wednesday night, in which they gave the ‘bandh’ call, an official […]

Woman killed by husband over family dispute

2:39 pm May 17, 2019

Muzaffarnagar: A woman was allegedly killed by her husband over a family dispute in Garhi Pukhta area of Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said Friday. Sonam was strangled to death by her husband Abdul Kalam, 40, on Thursday in Bunta village of the district, they said. Victim’s father Ali Hasan in his complaint to the […]