Saturday, April 27, 2024

India

Another dip in polling; provisional turnout for second phase polls at 64%

The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections wrapped up on Friday. Voter turnout statistics for 88 constituencies, available until 10 pm, indicated a decrease, continuing the trend from the first phase, compared to the turnout in the 2019 elections.

Karnataka: FIRs against BJP leaders Tejasvi Surya, CT Ravi for ‘communally polarising’ voters on social media

Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday notified that separate cases have been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tejasvi Surya and CT Ravi for their hate-inducing social media posts aimed at polarising voters. The cases come as 14 constituencies in the state went to poll today.

Lok Sabha elections: 7 collapse and die amidst intense heat in Kerala

At least seven persons collapsed and died in different parts of Kerala after voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 started on Friday.

We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court

Messaging application WhatsApp on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the company would leave India if it was compelled to break encryption of messages and calls under the 2021 Information Technology Rules.

SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips

Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.

Priyanka Gandhi shares video of car running over farmers, asks PM Modi: ‘Have you seen this?’

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lucknow visit, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi tweeted a viral video of a car -linked to Union minister Ajay Mishra's son- running over farmers at a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.

Assam CM responsible for extrajudicial killings of Bengali origin Muslims: Report

The cops used excessive force against displaced people in Assam's Darrang and acted without direct provocation, causing deaths of two Muslims including a minor boy, and many injuries, according to a fact-finding report by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).
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Lakhimpur Kheri: Punjab CM Channi’s helicopter denied landing permission in UP

The Yogi Adityanath-led government has not allowed Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi to land in Uttar Pradesh in state government chopper.

Lakhimpur: Retired HC judge will probe violence, UP to give Rs 45 lakh to victims’ families

This comes after a countrywide protests of farmers and Opposition parties against the violence against farmers.
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MP: Hindu mob blows up Dargah with gunpowder

A group of Hindutva militants on Monday night set off explosives in a Dargah in the Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh. Hazrat Bheda Peer Dargah Sharif was partially damaged in the attack.

Roorkee: VHP, Bajrang Dal and Yuv Morcha members vandalise Church, attack Christians

Over 200 men and women belonging to Hindutva groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, and BJP's youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, vandalised a church in Roorkee in Uttarakhand on Sunday, injuring several Christians who had assembled for morning prayers.
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Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Akhilesh Yadav arrested

Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was arrested by the police from outside his residence in Lucknow

Lakhimpur Kheri: Congress accuses UP cops of manhandling Priyanka Gandhi

Farm leaders are conducting protests in all districts across the country on Monday to demand punishment for the culprits.
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Pandora Papers: Biggest-ever investigation exposes super-rich

The bombshell revelations known as the Pandora Papers were published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on Sunday, exposing the financial secrets of the super-riches. It includes private...

Lovepreet Singh (20), Nachhatar Singh (60) Daljeet Singh (35), Gurwinder Singh (19): Farmers killed in UP

The dead farmers are Lovepreet Singh (20), Nachhatar Singh (60) Daljeet Singh (35) and Gurwinder Singh (19).
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UP: Farmer shot dead by son of Union minister, two killed in his car attack, claims SKM

Farmers protesting in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri Sunday were run over by a convoy of vehicles associated with a Union Minister of State Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish Mishra. Three farmers have lost their lives in the incident, leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers said.

“I have not lost in a single ward.”: Mamata after secures CM post with easy by-poll win

"What is most heart-warming is, I have not lost in a single ward in the constituency. In 2016, I had trailed in a couple of wards. Today, I have won in all," Trinamool Congress chief added.
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