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LS polls phase 7: Approximate voter turnout 11.31 pc in 57 constituencies of 8 states

LS polls phase 7: Approximate voter turnout 11.31 pc in 57 constituencies of 8 states

New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) In the seventh and final phase of the general election on Saturday, polling is being held for 57 constituencies spread across seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh, including Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term in the Lok Sabha. […]

 Press Trust of India

Final phase of Lok Sabha polls in 57 seats today, PM Modi in fray

Final phase of Lok Sabha polls in 57 seats today, PM Modi in fray

Varanasi/Chandigarh: Fifty-seven seats across seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh will go to polls in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday that include Varanasi, from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third consecutive term. Polling is scheduled in all 13 seats of Punjab and four of […]

 KV News

Weatherman predicts relief from scorching heat in Kashmir

Sgr records 28.0 degree Celsius, Jammu seethes at 43.7 degree Celsius Srinagar: With no rains in sight, the Kashmir Valley is all set to breathe a sigh of relief as the weatherman here has predicted no heat wave for the next nine (9) days. The maximum temperature continued to settle above normal across Kashmir on […]

 Press Trust of India

Newly-elected LS members to be welcomed in Parliament Annexe

New Delhi: The newly-elected members of the 18th Lok Sabha will be welcomed in the Parliament House Annexe and provided transit accommodation in Western Court till they are allocated houses in the national capital, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on Friday. This time the secretariat has made registration arrangements of the new members in the […]

 Press Trust of India

BJP reviews election activities, expresses confidence of win in Jammu and Udhampur

Jammu: The BJP held a parliamentary election management committee meeting here on Friday to review its election activities during the recent Lok Sabha polls. The final phase of Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir concluded with the polling of the Anantnag-Rajouri seat on May 25. The Udhampur constituency went to polls in the first […]

 Press Trust of India

Fiscal deficit in FY24 improves to 5.6 pc on better tax mop-up

New Delhi: The central government’s fiscal deficit during 2023-24 at 5.6 per cent of the GDP was better than previous estimates of 5.8 per cent on account of higher revenue realisation and lower expenditure, according to official data released on Friday. In actual terms, the fiscal deficit — or gap between expenditure and revenue — […]

 Press Trust of India

Srinagar Airport operations halted for an hour after bomb threat

Srinagar: Flight operations at the Srinagar International Airport had to be halted for an hour on Friday after a bomb threat as the authorities took preventive measures, officials said. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the Srinagar Airport received a bomb threat on an Air Vistara flight from New Delhi, prompting a response from the […]

 Press Trust of India

Fire engulfs several forests, urban areas in Jammu region

Jammu: Fire engulfed several forest and urban areas in the Jammu region, devastating vast tracts of land, officials on Friday said. The fire, which spread to Rajouri, Samba, Reasi and Udhampur districts, and urban parts of Jammu city, destroyed large areas of plantation and other forest wealth, they said. In Samba, the fire broke out […]

 Press Trust of India

Jammu bus accident: Six transport department officials suspended

Jammu: Six transport department officials in Jammu and Kashmir were suspended for alleged dereliction of duty on Friday, a day after 22 people were killed and 64 injured in a bus accident in Jammu district. The tragic incident occurred on Thursday, when the bus carrying 86 devotees from Haryana’s Kurukshetra and heading towards the Shiv […]

 Press Trust of India

At least 25 poll staff among 40 heat-related deaths as north India boils

Mirzapur/Patna: India Friday reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the country. According to officials, heat-related deaths were reported from Odisha (10), Bihar (8), Jharkhand (4) and Uttar Pradesh (1) on […]