Counting of votes would be held on Tuesday in Assembly byelection to 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh, where the fate of Shivraj Singh Chouhan government hangs in the balance, and 30 seats in 10 other states in the first major pan-India electoral exercise amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The counting will begin at 8am, and as per the Election Commission’s Covid-19 guidelines, a candidate, his poll agent and counting agent can remain present in the counting hall, officials said, adding various measures have been taken to ensure social distancing and avoid crowding. While the ruling BJP needs at least eight more…
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Komanpally, a non-descript village in Nizamabad district of Telangana was shocked to listen to that Army jawan Rada Mahesh, a native of the village, was killed in an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir. Besides Mahesh, three private security force personnel, including a military officer, and three militants were killed during a failed infiltration bid by ultras along the road of Control (LoC) in Machil sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. A pall of gloom descended on Maheshs residence with relatives and friends offering condolences to the bereaved parents and Suhasini, widow of Mahesh. Nizamabad District Additional…
Actor Taapsee Pannu on Monday said she has started filming her upcoming sports drama “Rashmi Rocket”. Set in Kutch, Gujarat, “Rashmi Rocket” stars Pannu within the name part of a gifted athlete and is directed by Akarsh Khurana, who helmed Irrfan Khan’s “Karwaan”. Pannu took to Instagram and shared an image of herself on a race track. “Let’s do this! #RashmiRocket,” the 33-year-old actor wrote. The film, backed by producer Ronnie Screwvala’s banner RSVP, began filming last week. The movie’s shoot was previously set to commence earlier this year but got delayed thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Actor Priyanshu Painyuli,…
he Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday issued summons to actor Arjun Rampal and his partner Gabriella Demetriades in connection with a drug case lodged following actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Sources in NCB said the couple has been asked to appear before the agency at 11 am on November 11. Officers said searches were carried out at Rampal’s residence in Bandra and 11 electronic gadgets, including laptops, mobile phones, pen drives and tablets were seized. “Some documents and banned pills were also seized and his driver was brought in for questioning. However, he was allowed to leave after sometime,”…
Delhi on Monday recorded 5,023 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally to 4,43,552. According to the latest figures released by the Delhi government’s health department, a total of 71 people died due to coronavirus in the national capital. With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Delhi touched 7,060. In the last 24 hours, 7,014 people recovered or cured from the deadly new coronavirus. With Monday’s figures taken into account, a total of 3,96,697 people have been cured or recovered in Delhi so far. There are now 39,795 active cases of Covid-19 in Delhi as…
Speaking through the gaps of the police van that was taking him to quarantine centre, Republic Media Network’s Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami appealed to the Supreme Court of India to grant him bail, making shocking revelations about the treatment meted out to him. Arnab Goswami was moved to Taloja jail in a police van with black screens on its windows to prevent him from being seen, though he managed to speak to Republic mics through gaps in the window of the van at traffic signals. “I requested them to let me talk to my lawyers. They said they will not allow…
After Republic TV’s Editor claimed that his life was in danger, another journalist whose life was threatened was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu witnessed the worst misuse of law and order when a television journalist in was hacked to death on Sunday, allegedly by a gang of drug dealers who suspected that he had alerted the authorities about them in Kancheepuram district, police said. So far four men have been arrested in connection with the murder. Isravel Moses, 27, was called out of his house on Sunday evening and hacked to death, police said. His family initially…
A tragic incident that left two military personnel dead near the Armenian border, Azerbaijan admits that it shot the helicopter by mistake. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured when the helicopter was shot down in Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan on Monday, the defence ministry in Moscow said. Azerbaijan admitted on Monday it had shot down a Russian military helicopter on its border with Armenia and apologised. Two crew members were killed and a third was injured when the helicopter was shot down in Armenia near the border with Azerbaijan on Monday, the defence ministry…
It’s a “shame” that Sunrisers Hyderabad could not make the IPL final, feels top batsman Kane Williamson but asserted that the side can take pride in its remarkable fightback to make the play-offs after the early struggle in the tournament. Williamson’s counter-attacking 67 went in vain as Delhi Capitals made it to their maiden IPL final with a 17-run win over Hyderabad in the second Qualifier here on Sunday. It was Delhi’s second win in last seven games, while the loss snapped SRH’s four-match winning streak. “Delhi is a very good side. They have been trying to find the rhythm…
The national capital’s air quality remained severe for the fifth consecutive day on Monday, with calm wind speed exacerbating the effect of stubble burning. The city’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 469 at 9 am. Its 24-hour average AQI was 416 on Sunday, 427 on Saturday, 406 on Friday and 450 on Thursday, the highest since November 15 last year, when it was 458. The neighbouring cities of Faridabad (462), Ghaziabad (483), Noida (476), Greater Noida (482), and Gurugram (475) also recorded severe air quality. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101…