National 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 moreMalala Yousafzai is using her honorary Canadian citizenship to call on the country’s leaders to take real action to improve educational opportunities for girls. The teenage Nobel prize winner spoke to the Canadian Parliament after becoming an honorary citizen on Wednesday. She asked lawmakers to make education for girls a top priority when it hosts the G7 summit next year. […]
» Read moreA 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck the center of Mindanao island in the Philippines on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.0, struck at 5:21 a.m. on Wednesday (2121 GMT on Tuesday). It was very shallow, at a depth of 4 miles (6 km), which would have amplified its effect. Its epicenter was 47 miles […]
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