TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu exercised his franchise along with wife, Ms Bhuvaneshwari, son Mr Lokesh and daughter-in-law Brahmani in favour of BJP at Jubilee Hills. It must be noted that TDP has forged an alliance with the BJP.
MBT leader Amjadullah Khan Khalid alleged that things were made difficult for his agents in Bhawani Nagar and Talab Katta and other areas of Yaqutpura segment. Passes of MBT agents were torn while MBT agents were not allowed to sit at many polling booths.
Amjadullah Khan Khaled showed samples of slips which were torn after snatching them, to media representatives. He claimed that MBT agents were harassed. Police was also seen using force. Police tried to keep things under control through aggressive behaviour while many youth were arrested during polling as precautionary measure.
The Election Commission has issued a showcase notice to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for allegedly making a statement asking for funds from people.
At an election meeting in Jalandhar, Badal had asked people to give funds to the party secretly for campaigning.
The EC, in its notice to Badal, has said, “The Commission is, prima facie, of the opinion that by making such statement you have violated the above said provision of Model Code of Conduct and also incited others to violate the law.”
Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejariwal will begin his second leg of campaign in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency on May 1.
During his two-day stay in Amethi where party nominee Kumar Vishwas is pitted against sitting MP and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and actor-turned-BJP candidate Smriti Irani, Kejriwal will address a series of rallies.
The former Delhi Chief Minister will address at least five public meetings in Jagdishpur, Tiloi and Salon Assembly segments of the constituency, Vishwas said on Wednesday.
A case has been registered against international cricketer Robin Uthappa’s father Venu Uthappa and two others for allegedly subjecting his wife to cruelty.
“We have booked a case against three persons, including Robin Uthappa’s father for allegedly subjecting his wife Roselyn Uthappa to cruelty,” Kodagu Superintendent of Police Anucheth told PTI here. The case was booked yesterday evening, he said adding that the other two accused are Venu Uthappa’s relative Calvin Varghese and his wife Manjushri.
Prince Harry has denied claims that he broke up with his girlfriend of two-years Cressida Bonas because she was “too needy”.
A palace source told the Daily Star that it was actually the 25-year-old beauty who ended their relationship because she feels too young for marriage and wanted to focus on her showbiz career.
According to the insider, the 29-year-old Prince felt he needed her more than she needed him.
And though the pair has called it quits, they intend to remain “best of friends” as the split was very “amicable”, added the insider. (ANI)
Terror groups such as the Haqqani Network and the Afghan Taliban continued to find ‘safe haven’ in Pakistan in 2013, the State Department has said.
The claim was made by the Department in its annual global report on terrorism that it submitted to the Congress on Wednesday.
In the report, the Department also accused Pakistani authorities of not taking ‘significant military or law enforcement action against these groups,’ the Express Tribune reports.
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Lex Property Developers, seeking stay on the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and three others.
Justice Satyanarayan dismissed Lex’s plea, observing that it was an attempt by the company to delay the main case, in which Jayalalithaa has been charged with accumulating Rs 66 crore wealth disproportionate to known sources of income from 1991 to 1995 when she was Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
The judge also imposed Rs one lakh penalty on the company.
Dr. (Rank) Nazeer Ahmed has been appointed a Core Member of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission (KKC). The Karnataka Knowledge Commission (Karnataka J?ana Aayoga) is a high powered commission with an overarching aim of transforming Karnataka into a vibrant knowledge society. The KKC which aims to enable the development of a vibrant knowledge based society in Karnataka was reconstituted by the Government of Karnataka in December 2013. It is headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan, member of Planning Commission, Government of India and a former member of Rajya Sabha.
Powered by David Warner’s fighting 65-run knock and his stellar 111-run partnership with Lokesh Rahul (46), Hyderabad overcame a shaky start to score a competitive 172 for five after being invited to bat.
After losing three quick wickets, Mumbai fought through big-hitting Kieron Pollard (78) and Ambati Rayudu (35 off 27) but all they could manage was 157 for seven in the end.The defeat means that Mumbai Indians now need to win most of the nine matches in the Indian leg to make it to the knockout stage of the tournament.
Mr. Muhammad Atharullah Shariff has been appointed as the new president of the Karnataka State chapter of the Jamaat e Islami Hind by its National President Moulana Jalaluddin Umri.
Mr. Shariff will continue as the Ameer of Karnataka Jamaat for the remaining term- till March 2015, said the statement issued by the Jamaat. He took the charge from outgoing Ameer Mr. Mohammad Abdullah Javed on 16 April at Shanti Sadan, the statement said.
It will be a hot Thursday in Delhi and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 43 degrees Celsius, said the Met Office.
“The sky will remain mainly clear throughout the day,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
The day’s minimum temperature settled at 24.2 degrees Celsius, one notch below the season’s average.
Humidity at 8.30 am was 33 percent.
As the third anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s assassination nears, social psychology researchers are contemplating whether his death has placated the vengeful desires of the Americans in the aftermath of 9/11.
A new study from a team of social psychology researchers led by Mario Gollwitzer of Philipps University of Marburg, has questioned whether this instance of vicarious revenge led to feelings of satisfaction and reestablished justice within the American public, including whether bin Laden’s assassination ignited craving for more revenge.
A recent study has revealed that violence against women in politics is rampant in South Asia.
The study conducted by the Centre for Social Research and UN Women titled ‘Violence against Women in Politics’ discloses that insufficient implementation of laws, lack of support from police and judiciary, low awareness about politics and overall decline in ‘moral’ values are the major reasons for violence.
In another provocation, Pakistan’s Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif on Wednesday termed Kashmir as the “jugular vein” of his country.
Addressing the main ceremony to mark the ‘Youm-e-Shuhada’ (Martyrs’ Day) at GHQ Rawalpindi, Gen Sharif said Kashmir was an internationally recognised dispute.
“Matchless sacrifices offered by Kashmiris will not go in vain,” he said.
The resolution of the Kashmir issue is “indispensable” for lasting peace in the region, he said.
“Pakistan Army is in favour of peace but is always ready to respond to any aggression in befitting manner,” he said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday warned Pakistan not to interfere and intervene in India”s internal matters, especially in the electoral politics of the country. BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said that India is very clear about not interfering in internal matters of any other country. “India is very clear of not interfering in internal matters of any other country.
Moderate to high turnout today marked the polling in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections on a day when Narendra Modi sparked a major controversy by violating the election law by making a speech and displaying BJP’s poll symbol in a booth.
The fate of some of the top guns of Congress, including Sonia Gandhi, and BJP like Modi, L K Advani, Rajnath Singh and Murli Manohar Joshi and Arun Jaitley were decided in the seventh round that covered 89 constituencies across seven states and two union territories.
Students and staff were evacuated from a high school in the US state of Texas Wednesday after a bomb threat on the campus, a media report said. Police with sniffer dogs searched the campus but found no explosives.
Tomball High School, some 55 km northwest of downtown Houston, was evacuated late Wednesday morning before lunchtime after school officials learned of a bomb threat, Xinhua quoted local media KHOU as reporting.
Hundreds of students and staff were relocated to the school’s track and field court while parents were notified through text messages.
Madrasa Rowzatul Banath of Godavari Khani is starting a summer course in Deeni Taleemi with effect from 1st May it will continue till 10th June. Parents of the girls are requested to send them to this course. For further details, please contact cell phone number 9032736623.
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Siasat Urdu Daily in collaboration with Minorities Development Forum is organizing Professional Training Courses for 45 days during summer vocation in Kodangal. New Horizon Academic Society of Kodangal is cooperating in this program.
Instructor of the courses Ms. Faheem Zinath told that Tailoring, Embroidery, Mehendi Designing and other courses are being offered. Interested students may avail of this facility and register their names by contacting cellphone number 9581637288.
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Mr. Bhanwarlal, IAS, Chief Electoral Officer of A.P. said that there will be a ban on Opinion and Exit polls till 16th May. No TV Channel or Newspaper can publish any opinion poll or exit poll results till that date. Violation of these orders will be viewed seriously and action would be taken by registering criminal cases.
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Ruyath Hilal Committee of Majlis-e-Ulema-e-Deccan announced that Moon was sighted yesterday and today, Thursday, 1st May will be the first of Rajab 1435 A.H.
The senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley here on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission’s directive to file criminal case against the media, besides Narendra Modi, for violation of election norms.
“They have asked (Gujarat authorities) to file an FIR against the media for asking questions. Well if that is the situation, then I think (its) legality is in seriousness (sic),” Jaitley said, after casting his vote at a polling booth off Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway here.
Jaitley, who is contesting Lok Sabha election from Amritsar, is a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat.
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Punjab chief minister Prakash Singh Badal for allegedly saying that while crores of rupees are spent on elections, only little is disclosed and asked people to secretly fund the campaign.
Noting that he has prima facie violated the Model Code of Conduct, the EC has asked him to explain his stand on the alleged statement by the evening of 2 May failing which the poll panel will take action without further reference to him.
Senior Congress leader Kripa Shankar Singh today accused Narendra Modi of disturbing peace in the temple town of Varanasi by trying to polarise voters along communal lines.
? ?”There have been subtle attempts by Modi’s men, upon directions from their leader, to polarise voters of Varanasi along communal lines.