Kolkata, May 12 (UNI) After an incident-free three-phase polling in ten Lok Sabha seats in northern districts, Bengal goes to fourth phase election to eight Lok Sabha seats on Monday. An estimated over 1.5 crore electorate, including 71,45,379 women and 282 third genders, spanning over 15,507 polling stations will have to return eight winners from…
By Sangeeta Sharma New Delhi, May 11 (UNI) G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant has assured the legal fraternity that the role of lawyers will be duly acknowledged during the next G20 conference, and we will make sure that the Legal Fraternity is included. Amitabh Kant was honoured by the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) in…
Sao Paulo May 9 (UNI) At least 100 people have died and nearly 100,000 homes have been destroyed or significantly damaged from more than a week of record rainfall and flooding in south Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state, local authorities said on Wednesday. The National Confederation of Municipalities said in an update that overflowing…
New Delhi, May 7 (UNI) The electorate of the National Capital has increased by approximately 8.85 lakh voters, with the gender ratio rising to 851 from 818 compared to the last general elections, Delhi Chief Electoral Officer P. Krishnamurthy said on Tuesday. The number of third-gender voters has also seen a hike of 1228 from…
Kolkata, May 7 (UNI) The third phase election to four Lok Sabha seats of Malda (Uttar), Malda (Dakshin), Jangipur and Murshidabad in West Bengal began at 7 AM on Tuesday under a massive security blanket with over 7.3 million electorate expected to exercise their franchise. Exactly 73,37,651 voters, including 26,12,395 women and 154 transgenders, will…
Kolkata, May 5 (UNI) After weeks of intense canvassing by political parties to woo voters despite the sweltering heat, the campaign drums feel silent at 5 PM Sunday in four Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal slated to go to the hustings on Tuesday. The stage is set for the third phase election in the…
Houston, (UNI) More than 600 people have been rescued from flooded areas around Houston, the fourth largest U.S. city, as a flood watch continues through Sunday afternoon in eastern Texas. More rainfall was forecast, raising the risk of major flooding. “The next round of heavy rainfall is expected late (Saturday) into Sunday,” National Weather Service…
Sao Paulo, May 5 (UNI) The death toll from heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to 56, with 67 missing, 32,900 evacuated and at least 356,000 without electricity, the Civil Defense agency said Saturday. Heavy rains in the state for nearly a week have so far affected…
Bengaluru, May 4 (UNI) In a significant development, JDS MLA HD Revanna was taken into custody from his father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s residence here on Saturday as part of the ongoing investigation into the sex scandal case. This development marks a pivotal turn in the probe into the allegations of sexual…
New Delhi, April 29 (UNI) India on Monday strongly protested the raising of separatist pro-Khalistan slogans at a Sikh community event in Toronto attended by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner in that context. The Canadian Deputy High Commissioner was today summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs office here…
