Tag: EC
K Chandrashekhar Rao Takes Oath As Telangana Chief Minister
K Chandrashekhar Rao, who led the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to a landslide victory in Assembly elections, on Thursday took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for a second term in a row. ....
11 Killed In Jammu And Kashmir Gunfight, Clashes
Eleven people were killed on Saturday in a gunfight and subsequent clashes in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, in one of the bloodiest days in the valley's recent history.....
Gehlot CM Picked In Rajasthan, Pilot To Be His Deputy
Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot was on Friday picked as Congress choice for Chief Minister of Rajasthan and his rival in the race Sachin Pilot could be the Deputy Chief Minister.....
Cyclone Phethai: Over 50 Trains Cancelled In Andhra
The South Central Railway has cancelled over 50 trains in coastal Andhra Pradesh in view of severe cyclonic storm Phethai, which is set to hit the coast near Kakinada on Monday afternoon. ....
Dalit Girl Set Ablaze In Agra, Dies In Delhi
A Class 10 Dalit student, set ablaze by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Agra district on Tuesday, succumbed to her burn injuries in a Delhi hospital on Thursday, police said. ....
GoM To Look Into Anomaly In GST Collection In States: Jaitley
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to form a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to study anomalies in tax collection in some of the states which showed wide deviation from what was expected.....
Remember The Poor, Shun Materialism: Pope On Christmas
Pope Francis led the world's Roman Catholics into Christmas urging people to seek a simpler, less materialistic life and condemning the yawning gap between the rich and the poor.....
Cold Thursday Morning In Delhi; Air Quality 'very Poor'
It was a cold Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 3.7 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season's average, the Met Office said.....
Bangladesh PM Wins New Term In Vote Marred By Violence
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a new term with a landslide victory, the country's Election Commission said on Monday, in an election marred by deadly violence and allegations of widespread rigging. ....
Ailing Parrikar Gives Goa New Year Surprise, Visits Secretariat
In a move which caught Goa by surprise on the first day of 2019, ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday visited the state Secretariat for the first time in months, where he was welcomed by ministers, party MLAs and several BJP workers.....
