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Poll Body Censures Trinamool's Humayun Kabir For Threatening Rivals, Voters

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, New Delhi

The Election Commission on Saturday censured TMC leader Humayun Kabir for allegedly threatening voters and rival party workers through statements based on religious lines.

NDTV Exclusive - When Scope, Scale And Speed Meet Skill: PM Modi's Recipe For Success

NDTV News Desk | Saturday May 18, 2024, New Delhi

Laying out a pathway to success, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a 'four-S' mantra for a country to achieve big things.

Poll Body Notices To Bengal BJP Chief Over "Misleading" Ads Targeting Trinamool

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, New Delhi

The Election Commission on Saturday issued two separate show-cause notices to West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar for "misleading" advertisements targeting the state's ruling TMC.

Rs 8,889 Crore Including Drugs Seized So Far During Lok Sabha Polls

Asian News International | Saturday May 18, 2024

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said that election-time seizures have reached Rs 8,889 crore, with drugs comprising 45 per cent of the total.

Elephant Accidentally Comes In Contact With Electricity Transmission Line, Dies

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu)

A male elephant died of electrocution on Saturday at a village near Kothagiri in the Nilgiris district when it accidentally came in contact with an overhead electricity transmission line, authorities said.

Those Promising To Make Odisha Number 1 Should...: Naveen Patnaik

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, Bhubaneswar

Lashing out at visiting Union ministers and chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that "political tourists" promising to make Odisha number one in the country should first concentrate on their own states.

"Misleading": Centre On Reports Of Model Of Chinook Chopper Missing In UP

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, New Delhi

The defence ministry on Saturday trashed reports that a model of a Chinook chopper installed by the DRDO at the 2020 edition of DefExpo went missing.

One Corrupt Party Covering Another: PM Modi's Swipe At Congress-AAP Alliance

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said opposition INDIA bloc can go to any extent in pursuing its "vote bank" politics, claiming that the then Congress government during the 2014 elections had handed over 123 properties spread across prime loc

UP School Principal, Staff Stop Outsiders From Playing In Campus, Assaulted: Cops

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, Aligarh (UP)

The principal and few other staff members of a private school were on Saturday allegedly assaulted by a group of people here after they stopped some outsiders from playing in the campus, police said.

"Vote Responsibly": Ratan Tata Urges Mumbaikars Ahead Of Polls

Asian News International | Saturday May 18, 2024, Mumbai

The head of polling in Mumbai scheduled for May 20 in phase 5, Industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata urged all the Mumbaikars to go out and vote responsibly.

After Kanhaiya Kumar Assault, Firing At Rally Of Congress Pick In Punjab

Reported by Gurpreet Singh Chhina, Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi | Saturday May 18, 2024

A person was injured in the firing at the Congress Lok Sabha candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla's rally at Ajnala town near Amritsar on Saturday, said police.

Anti Terror Agency Chargesheets 2 Bangladeshis For Human Trafficking Racket

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, New Delhi

The NIA on Saturday charge-sheeted two Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly crossing into India illegally 10 years ago and pushing people from their country into forced labour through an organised racket.

Man Fatally Stabbed In Chest, 2 Injured After Fight At Bar In Daman: Cops

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, Daman

A 26-year-old man was killed and two others injured in a brawl at a bar in Daman town in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, police said Saturday.

Jailed Candidate From Baramulla Declares Assets Increased In 5 Years

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, Baramulla

Independent candidate from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who is lodged in Tihar for alleged terror-funding activities, has significantly reduced his liabilities and increased assets in the last five years, his poll affidavit shows

Sandeshkhali BJP Worker Released A Day After High Court Grants Her Bail

Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2024, Kolkata

A BJP worker of Sandeshkhali, Piyali Das, was released from a correctional home on Saturday, a day after the Calcutta High Court granted her bail in a criminal case and ordered her immediate release on personal bond.