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Baharampur dumps Adhir Chowdhury to find a new MP in ex-cricketer Yusuf Pathan

Kolkata: It took the electorate of the Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency a quarter of a century to break the status quo and elect a new representative from the seat to the lower…
Poll results mandate against PM Modi: Kharge

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections was a mandate against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a political and moral defeat for him.…

Gold worth Rs 3.83 crore seized from aircraft lavatory of at Delhi airport: Customs

New Delhi: Gold worth Rs 3.83 crore has been seized from a lavatory of an aircraft at the airport here, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. During rummaging of a…
Akasa Air to launch regular flights between Saudi Arabia, India

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has announced that it has authorised India’s Akasa Air to operate regular flights between Saudi Arabia and India. Starting Saturday, June…
Bloodbath on D-Street: Sensex, Nifty tank nearly 6%, biggest 1-day fall in 4 years

Mumbai: In the biggest single-day fall in four years, benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty plunged by nearly 6 per cent on Tuesday, June 4, as counting trends showed the ruling BJP…
Youngest, oldest members set to win: SP’s Pushpendra, Priya Saroj; DMK’s T R Baalu

New Delhi: Two Samajwadi Party candidates – Pushpendra Saroj and Priya Saroj – are set to become the youngest candidates to win the Lok Sabha polls at 25 years of age, while…
‘Ungal Thambi’ BJP Tamil Nadu chief Annamalai in second place

Chennai: Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, who described himself as “Ungal Veetu Pillai” and “Ungal Thambi” (“your son” and “your younger brother”) in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls,…

Modi must resign immediately: Mamata

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should immediately resign “accepting the moral defeat” because he campaigned in the Lok Sabha polls claiming that the…
Lok Sabha elections: All Samajwadi Party Muslim candidates leading in UP

The counting results in Uttar Pradesh show Samajwadi Party (SP) leading in 36 seats and the BJP trailing behind, unlike in the last two General Elections in 2019 and 2014. Interestingly, all…
Saudi Arabia: Indian Haj pilgrim saved after suffering from heart attack

Jeddah: The medical team recently saved the life of an Indian pilgrim who suffered a heart attack upon arriving at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah to perform the upcoming…
In spite of losses, south India helps NDA win Lok Sabha elections

Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has managed to comfortably sail through and win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Though it faced severe defeats in states like Uttar…
‘100% fruit juice’ claim inaccurate as per FSSAI regulations

Hyderabad: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has ordered all food companies to remove ‘100% fruit juice’ claims from both packaging and advertising. “Upon thorough examination, FSSAI has concluded…
Jio takes down John Oliver’s ‘Last week tonight’ episode for being critical of Modi

JioCinema, an Indian over-the-top media streaming service, recently took down a 2020 episode of John Oliver’s show ‘Last Week Tonight’. Now after a month, the show’s fresh episode has criticized Prime Minister…
Sexual assault case: SIT proposes ‘manhood test’ for Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna

Bengaluru: In a significant development, officials of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) have proposed to subject Hassan Member of Parliament (MP) Prajwal Revanna to a ‘manhood test’ in connection with the sexual…
Upsets in J&K: Omar Abdullah, Mehboba Mufti taste defeat in LS polls

Srinagar: In one of the biggest electoral upsets in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid has taken an unassailable lead over former chief minister…