Nearly 34 per cent of the state's electorate have cast their ballots in the Goa assembly polls which began on Saturday morning, election officials said. "North Goa recorded 35 per cent voting, while in South Goa 32 per cent of the electorate has voted as of 11 a.m.," Chief Electoral Officer Kunal told reporters in Panaji. The percentage of male and fem...
The BJP on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government following a High Court rap on Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar for a false affidavit. BJP state General Secretary Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the latest indictment proved that "all rules in the book have been flouted in the five years of the SP regim...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that Goa and Punjab will create history in their assembly polls. "Goa and Punjab will create history today (Saturday)," Kejriwal said in a tweet. Punjab began voting for all 117 assembly constituencies in the state at 8 a.m., while polling for Goa's 40 assembly seats got underway at 7 a.m. Kejriw...
US President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of the Army, Vincent Viola, has withdrawn, citing trouble disengaging with his business ties, media reports said on Saturday. "Viola has informed President Trump that he will be unable to accept his nomination to serve as Secretary of the Army as the challenges of separating Viola from the organisations th...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people, particularly the youth, to vote as Goa and Punjab went to polls on Saturday. "Urging people... to turnout in record numbers and vote in the assembly elections. I particularly urge my young friends to vote," the Prime Minister said in a tweet. In Punjab, out of over 1.98 crore electorates, about six lakh ...
Several first time female voters who cast their ballot in 40 selected polling booths in Goa, came away with more than just an indelible ink stain on their fingers. Pink teddy bears were distributed at the specially designed polling stations, in a bid to incentivise young voters to vote. The polling booths were decorated with pink balloons, pink table cloths, p...
It is a major issue to be corrected,†said Dr. Thomas Abraham, in an exclusive interview with this writer. “GOPIO has now taken up this issue and has sent this appeal to Hon. Prime Minister Modi and to other officials at the Indian government. ...
The death of Kerala MP and former union minister E. Ahamed snowballed into a major row with allegations of "deliberate" attempts to delay the announcement of his demise. Both Congress and Left demanded a probe....
The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that the office of the Attorney General of India does not come within the ambit of the Right to Infomation Act, saying its "predominant function" is to give advice on legal matters to the government....
Expressing disappointment at the way she was treated in Pakistan, NatGeo's famed "Afghan Girl" Sharbat Gula, said she was taken aback by the treatment meted out to her by Islamabad....
