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Differences resurface between Himachal Congress leaders

Voting begins late in some booths in Delhi

10:43 am May 12, 2019

New Delhi: Voting, that was scheduled to start at 7 am, began late at some booths in the national capital Sunday. Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain said that voting started 50 minutes late at three polling booths. “Voting started at 7.50 am at 3 booths of Railway Jhuggi, Shakurbasti,” he tweeted. However, there was no […]

President Kovind casts his vote

10:38 am May 12, 2019

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, the first citizen of the country, exercised his franchise at a voting booth in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. Kovind along with his wife Savita cast his vote at the booth. This is the first time that Kovind has exercised his voting right after taking over as the President of […]

Delhi cops avert suicide bid by man

11:25 pm May 11, 2019

New Delhi: Swift action by the Delhi Police prevented a man from committing suicide by jumping into the Yamuna river here, officials said Saturday. According to police, at around 11.20 pm on Friday, a man named Omi approached a Police Control Room (PCR) van of north east zone at its base point. He told them […]

ITC Chairman Y C Deveshwar passes away

2:44 pm May 11, 2019

New Delhi: Noted industry leader and ITC Chairman YC Deveshwar, who transformed the cigarette major into a diversified player with interests in FMCG, hospitality, IT and other sectors, passed away Saturday morning after a brief illness. Deveshwar (72), who stepped down from executive role as chairman and CEO in 2017 but remained as a non-executive […]

SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea to regulate Netflix, Amazon Prime Video content

8:46 pm May 10, 2019

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday asked for the Centre’s response on a plea seeking guidelines to regulate the functioning of online media streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video which display “uncertified and sexually explicit” content. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to the ministries of […]