Ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) candidate Dilli Ram Thapa on Saturday defeated BJP’s Suresh Khanal Sharma to win the Upper Burtuk Assembly bypoll, garnering over 8,000 votes. According to the Election Commission, Mr. Thapa secured 8,406 votes to claim the Upper Burtuk seat while nearest rival, Mr. Sharma, could only garner 374 votes out of the total 9,427 polled on […]
» Read moreNational Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday won the bypoll to the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, beating his PDP rival Nazir Ahmad Khan by a margin of over 10,000 votes. “This vote is for the rejection of the PDP,” Mr. Abdullah said after he was declared winner.
» Read moreT. V. Magaadevan (47), nephew of incarcerated AIADMK interim general Secretary V. K. Sasikala, died of cardiac arrest near Kumbakonam on Saturday. Sources said that Magaadevan was proceeding by car to a temple at Tiruvidaimarudur near Kumbakonam when he complained of chest pain. He was rushed to a private hospital at Kumbakonam where doctors declared him ‘brought dead’. Magaadevan is […]
» Read moreEight coaches of the Meerut-Lucknow Rajya Rani Express derailed near Rampur in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday leaving at least two passengers injured, railway officials said. The accident happened between Mundha Pande and Rampur railway stations, Northern railway spokesperson Neeraj Sharma said. He said while two passengers — Amit Katiyar and Megh Singh — have been injured there was no casualty […]
» Read moreActing on a complaint by the I-T department, police today filed an FIR against three Tamil Nadu ministers and one other person on charges of threatening and obstructing I-T officers from performing duties during a raid. I-T department alleged in its complaint that the four legislators had attempted to obstruct a raid at the residence of state health minister C […]
» Read moreP V Sindhu lost to arch-rival Carolina Marin in the quarter-final of the Singapore Open Super Series on Friday. The Spaniard exacted revenge for her loss at the final of the India Open earlier this month by a comprehensive 21-11, 21-15 win.
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