Thiruvananthapuram: K.M. Abraham, former chief secretary of Kerala and present principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday suffered a rude jolt when after standing in the queue to cast his vote he failed to press the button on the electronic voting machine, as he was told that the number on his Electors Photo Identification Card (EPIC) had already been cast.

Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and JD-S state President H. D. Kumaraswamy alleged on Friday that the Election Commission has failed to ensure fair elections in Bengaluru Rural parliamentary constituency.

SRINAGAR: Former Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed any move to postpone the voting date in Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat.

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Friday that a case has been registered after some miscreants attempted to disrespect a local shrine in Dadsara at Tral in South Kashmir by damaging windowpanes.

NEW DELHI: A local court on Friday extended the judicial custody of former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia till May 8 in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) related to the alleged excise policy scam.

MUMBAI: A voter turnout of 31.77 per cent was recorded till 1 p.m. for the 8 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra where voting is being held on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission (EC) to frame guidelines or rules, if in any election, all the contesting candidates individually do not surpass NOTA.

Agartala: A multi-cornered contest will be witnessed in the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat, which goes to the polls in the second phase of the 7-phase parliamentary elections on Friday.

HYDERABAD: Union Home Minister, Amit Shah on Thursday assured the people of Telangana that if Narendra Modi becomes the Prime Minister for a third term, he will free the state of corruption.

Bhubaneswar: Two Maoists have been killed in an encounter between the security personnel and the Left-wing extremists in Parhel Reserve Forest under Kantamal police station limits of Boudh district on Thursday.

Ahmedabad: Following a violent confrontation at Vastrapur in Ahmedabad that left a 70-year-old woman dead and seven injured, the police on Thursday charged seven people under criminal sections.

Imphal: With the deployment of a huge contingent of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and state police forces, tight security arrangements are in place for the second of the two-phased Lok Sabha elections in Manipur, involving the remaining part of the Outer Manipur seat, on Friday.

NEW DELHI: An ice cream vendor was stabbed to death by a man near the highly secured India Gate late on Wednesday, police said.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has upheld Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) admission policy allocating an 80 per cent quota for students, who have recently completed their Class 12 exams, in the First Year of the three-year B.A. (Hons.) programme in Foreign Languages.

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud on Thursday announced the integration of WhatsApp messaging services with the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) services of the Supreme Court.

JAIPUR: An Indian Air Force aircraft crashed in Jajia village near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, confirmed officials here.

Thiruvananthapuram: With the high voltage election campaigns by political parties over, Thursday saw election officials engaged in their work to ensure smooth polling on Friday for 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala.

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Tamannaah Bhatia has been summoned by the Maharashtra Cyber Police for the ongoing investigations into the multi-crore Mahadev online gambling and betting scam, officials here said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government has approached the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court's order cancelling 25,753 appointments in teaching and non-teaching posts made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016.

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday apprised the Supreme Court that all three units (i.e. ballot unit, control unit and VVPAT) of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) have their own microcontroller.

Bengaluru: Karnataka's Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena on Wednesday announced the voters' list for the 14 Lok Sabha seats which would go for polling on May 7, in the third phase of the polls, has been finalised and has more women voters than men.

NEW DELHI: India and Japan on Wednesday exchanged a wide range of views on major current issues in the fields of disarmament and non-proliferation, including nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, during the 10th Round of India-Japan Consultations on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Export Control held in Tokyo.

KOLKATA: In a joint operation, the West Bengal Police and the South Bengal Frontier of the BSF seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 1,48,500 from a house close to the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda district.

NEW DELHI: AAP leader and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia, on Saturday withdrew his interim bail application to campaign for his party for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls

Guwahati:Boys have outshined girls this time in the Class 10th board examination, results of which were announced by the Secondary Education Board of Assam (SEBA) on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, attending the Viksit Bharat Ambassador Srinagar meet-up event on Saturday, highlighted the country’s transformational journey in the past ten years, saying that India is set to outclass Germany and Japan in next few years and will emerge as top three economies in the world.

Bengaluru:A total of 337 candidates in Karnataka on Friday filed their nominations for the 14 Lok Sabha seats on the last date of the submission of nominations. These seats will go for polling on May 7, the State Election Commission said.

MUMBAI: In a significant initiative, the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) plans to replace more than 6,500 trucks operating in and around the port with battery-powered vehicles as part of its ‘Zero Emission Trucking’ strategy, officials said.

Thiruvananthapuram: The focus in Kerala these days is on the Lok Sabha polls that will take place on April 26 and also on whether the ED will question Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan in an alleged money laundering case.

KOLKATA: Taking lessons from reports of sporadic violence in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal on Friday, especially at Cooch Behar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to increase the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for the second phase on April 26.

Bengaluru: As the slugfest around the murder of MCA student Neha Hiremath on Thursday continued on Saturday, the mother of the accused Fayaz Kondikoppa apologised to the parents of the victim and said that her son should be punished. The apology came on a day when Karnataka Home Minister, Dr G Parameshwara also apologised for his “in love” remark in the case.

Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the Congress party’s ‘Yuvraj’ will contest from one more seat.

JAMMU: Brisk voting was witnessed at different polling stations in the Kathua-Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency as the day advanced.

NEW DELHI: When India was celebrating its 75th year of independence, author and former diplomat Navdeep Suri thought it was important that we realise the price we paid for it. He says in many ways 'A Game of Fire' (HarperCollins India), which his grandfather Nanak Singh wrote in Punjabi decades ago, holds more significance today.