SRINAGAR: Two terrorists were killed in an overnight encounter in Sopore area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Two soldiers and a civilian sustained bullet injuries in the fire exchange, and were stable after treatment, officials said Friday.One of the slain terrorists was identified as Saifullah. The identity of the other terrorist was being ascertained, said … Read more
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOCHI: Various church factions in Kerala on Friday urged the people to go and vote for those supporting secularism and democracy in the general elections in the southern state. Voting commenced in all 20 Lok Sabha seats of the state at 7 am today. Archbishop Raphael Thattil of the influential Syro-Malabar Church, after casting his … Read more
RAIPUR:Rajnandgaon is superheated these days, and it’s not just because of the sweltering 40-degree summer heat. LS polls have rarely been this exciting here in the past 25 years.Since 1999, when Raman Singh — who would become CM for three terms — won this seat, the saffron flag has flown high and largely unchallenged in … Read more
CHANDIGARH: Finally, the Congress party on Thursday released the much-awaited list of its eight candidates from Haryana for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. As per the list declared on Thursday late evening, former union minister and four times MP, Kumari Selja would contest from Sirsa (reserved) seat, Congress party’s only Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana … Read more
NEW DELHI: Lakhs of voters will have to bear the searing heat when they step out to exercise their franchise in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Friday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday warned of heatwave to severe heatwave conditions in parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, … Read more
DARJEELING: The Election Commission on Wednesday urged the forest department to make “one-time exception” and allow mules in Singalila National Park to ease a five-hour trek by poll officials to reach Darjeeling’s Srikhola village, which at 6,900 feet, houses Bengal’s highest and remotest polling booths.After TOI reported on Tuesday that the ban on mules in … Read more
NEW DELHI: Synapses, a venture capital fund dedicated solely to identifying and supporting STEM-based solutions for climate change and health, announced its launch recently. Founded by IIT alumni and veteran investors, Ruchira Shukla and Karthik Chandrasekar, Synapses, a $125 million venture fund, fills a critical gap between STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) ingenuity and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Modi and top BJP leaders of lying to people and attempting to mislead and scare them. “From the behaviour of top BJP leaders, it appears that the elections are not going as per their expectations. They are raking up irrelevant issues instead of … Read more
MANDYA: On the face of it, Mandya parliamentary constituency presents a picture of a David vs Goliath battle, but appearances can be deceptive.Former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, the candidate of the JD(S)-BJP combine, is no doubt a titan, but his main rival, Congress’s Venkataramane Gowda, aka ‘Star’ Chandru, is no pushover. The richest candidate … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nasa on Monday awarded two Indian students‘ teams from Delhi-NCR and Mumbai for human exploration rover challenge. The KIET Group of Institutions from Delhi-NCR won the award in “Crash and Burn” while Kanakia International School from Mumbai received the “Rookie of the Year” award.The HERC marked its 30th anniversary as a Nasa competition, … Read more
