Srinagar, May 20 (UNI) Ladakh Parliamentary Constituency registered 52.02 percent voting till 1 pm, which begins on Monday, officials said. Kargil registered 52.02 percent and Leh 45.90 percent of voting till 13 hours. As many as three candidates are contesting in Ladakh: Tashi Gyalson from the BJP, Tsering Namgyal from Congress, and an independent candidate,…
Lucknow, May 20 (UNI) Polling for 14 seats in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, which will seal the fate of several stalwarts including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Smriti Irani and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, began on Monday amid tight security arrangements. Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Navdeep Rinwa…
Kolkata, May 20 (UNI) Under a massive security blanket, the fifth phase election to seven Lok Sabha seats comprising mainly the industrial belt of West Bengal began at 7 am on Monday. More than 1.25 crore electorates will exercise their constitutional rights in this phase to elect seven winners among the odd 88 contestants in…
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (UNI) People in large numbers were seen queuing up outside the polling booths as voting began at 7 am in Odisha on Monday for five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats spread over 11 districts in the state. The second phase of the four-phase polling in Odisha will decide the electoral fortunes…
Colombo, May 20 (UNI) Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry expressed deep concern over Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter accident, praying for the safety and well-being of the president, the foreign minister and his entourage. In a statement on Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter, Sabry said Sri Lanka’s thoughts were with the Iranian…
Riyadh, May 20 (UNI) The Saudi Royal Court announced on Sunday that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will undergo treatment for a lung infection. He underwent medical examinations on Sunday at the Royal Clinics of Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah due to high temperature and joint pain. The Saudi king was admitted to the…
Tehran, May 20 (UNI) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prayed for the safe return of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter made a “rough landing” a day ago in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. Khamenei told Iranian people not to be worried as there would be no disruption in the country’s affairs….
Temp above 40 degrees in Bhopal, Indore Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh is experiencing scorching heat with above normal temperatures. On Saturday, the temperature reached a record high, with Datia being the hottest place in the state at over 47 degrees Celsius. This marks the highest temperature recorded so far this season. The mercury reached up to…
Tehran, May 20 (UNI) Iran’s Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohsen Mansouri said on Sunday that contact had been established with one of the passengers and one of the crew members aboard the helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. He told the state IRIB TV from an area near the possible scene of the incident,…
Accra, May 20 (UNI) At least one person was killed and some others were injured as Ghana’s presidential convoy was involved in a fatal road accident on Sunday. The president was not in the convoy. The accident occurred on the Accra-Kumasi highway while the convoy was returning to Accra after accompanying the president to Kumasi…
