Day: May 24, 2019

If Modi is a wave, I am tsunami: Bhagwant Mann

8:42 pm May 24, 2019

New Delhi: Bhagwant Mann, the lone AAP member in the new Lok Sabha, Friday said the “Modi wave” could not shake him off because he had earned the people’s trust and asserted that the electorate has given “one last chance” to the Congress in Punjab ahead of 2022 Assembly polls. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) […]

Age fraud issue: AITA to subject junior players to age verification test during Nationals

Under-16 Tennis: Hooda shocks Duhan to enter boys final

8:37 pm May 24, 2019

Mumbai: Fifth seed Krishna Hooda fought back to oust Haryana state rival and second seed Chirag Duhan and enter the final of the 13th Ramesh Desai Memorial Under-16 Tennis Nationals Friday. Hooda carved out a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over his higher ranked opponent in a boys’ singles semi-final match at the Cricket Club of […]

1.44 pc voters in Chhattisgarh opted for NOTA in 2019 LS polls

8:32 pm May 24, 2019

Raipur: Naxal-hit Bastar Lok Sabha seat saw the maximum number of voters opting for NOTA (none of the above) in the just-concluded general elections. Of the 1,36,22,725 people who cast their votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh, 1.44 per cent, or 1,96,265 electors, opted for NOTA, an EC official said Friday. NOTA […]

BJP garnered over 51 % votes in Karna LS polls

8:27 pm May 24, 2019

Bengaluru: The Modi wave that swept through the State enabled the BJP to garner over 51 per cent of votes, thereby decimating the Congress and its ally, JD(S), eating into their vote share. The JDS, the state’s lone regional party, that had two Lok Sabha members in the previous Lok Sabha was reduced to just […]

Surat blaze: Two fire officers held for 'negligence'

Fire in Surat building, 15 coaching class students dead

8:24 pm May 24, 2019

Surat: At least 15 students of a coaching class died – many falling to their deaths – and several others were injured, after a major fire broke out in a four-storey commercial complex here Friday afternoon. TV channels showed horrific scenes at the Takshashila Complex in Sarthana area where the building is located, as students […]