Day: April 6, 2019

Rs 3.50 crore unaccounted cash seized in Bihar

Patna :  Election Commission teams have seized unaccounted cash of Rs 3.50 crore from different parts of Bihar since the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced, a senior election official said Friday. Additional Chief Electoral officer S K Singh said authorities have so far seized Rs 3.50 crore cash […]

Guj LS poll: Cong says Shah hid Rs 25 cr loan detail in

Ahmedabad :  The Congress Friday accused BJP national president Amit Shah of concealing facts in his poll affidavit submitted along with his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat. The Congress’ candidate from the seat, CJ Chavda, demanded that Shah be disqualified. District Election Officer S K Langa […]

Kohli, de Villiers fire RCB to 205/3

Bengaluru :  Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers shared a delightful 108-run stand to propel Royal Challengers Bangalore to 205 for three against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League here on Friday. Kohli (84 off 49) and AB de Villiers (63 off 32) smashed sensational half centuries […]

Nomination papers of TMC’s Kokrajhar candidate rejected

Guwahati :  The nomination papers of Trinamool Congress candidate in Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency in Assam were rejected during scrutiny on Friday, the election office here said. Besides papers Trinamool Congress nominee Kamala Kanta Daimary, those of two Independent candidates of Kokrajhar were also rejected. The TMC has fielded […]

Additional police observers appointed for LS seat in WB

Kolkata :  The Election Commission Friday appointed two additional police observers for the two Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal, where polling will be held in the first phase on April 11, a senior official said. The two Lok Sabha seats are Coochbehar (SC) and Alipurduar in north Bengal. […]

Kohli overtakes Raina to become IPL’s leading run-getter

Bengaluru :  Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli on Friday overtook Suresh Raina to become the leading run-getter in the Indian Premier League. India captain achieved the feat during the game against Kolkata Knight Riders. He scored a delightful 84 off 49 balls, taking his IPL runs tally to […]

2019 LS poll to be fought on nationalism, says Fadnavis

Gondia :  The 2019 Lok Sabha polls is a contest between “nationalists” and those taking “favours from anti-national elements”, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here Friday. He was addressing a rally in Amgaon town in Gondia district for the BJP’s Gadchiroli-Chimur Lok Sabha candidate Ashok Nete. “This general […]

Gold worth Rs 5.54 cr seized by DRI

Mumbai : The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said Friday that it has seized 19 kg of smuggled gold worth Rs 5.54 crore. Acting on a tip-off, DRI officials intercepted five containers carrying metal scrap at Hind Terminal container freight station outside the country’s largest container port, JNPT, near […]

6 drug smugglers arrested in Jammu

Jammu : Six narcotics smugglers have been arrested and 550 kg of contraband was recovered from them here, officials said Friday. A police team intercepted a truck on the highway at Nashri in Ramban district and recovered 300 kg of poppy, concealed in 12 gunny bags, on Friday night, […]

EC orders transfer of Andhra Chief Secretary

New Delhi/Amaravati :  The Election Commission Friday ordered the transfer of Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha and posted IAS officer L V Subrahmanyam in his place, officials said. The EC has asked the state government to effect the order by Saturday forenoon. The poll panel’s move comes […]

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