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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its eighth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The latest list comprises 11 candidates from three states. Bhartruhari Mahtab, a six-time MP who recently defected from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), will contest from Cuttack.
Preneet Kaur, a suspended Congress MP and spouse of former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, will run in Patiala. Kaur, a four-time MP and ex-Union minister, switched allegiance to the saffron party amidst senior leaders at the BJP headquarters. (Read More)
A total of 172 roads, including four national highways, have been closed for vehicular traffic in the state since Friday night, according to the state emergency operation centre.
Most of these roads are in difficult terrain of Lahaul and Spiti. A total of 662 transformers are out of order in the state. (PTI)
All India Football Federation executive committee member Deepak Sharma arrested by Goa police in assault case.
To facilitate the construction work of Lakkasandra Underground Metro station, the Bannerghatta main road here will be closed from MICO signal upto Anepalya Junction for a period of one year from April 1 onwards, officials said on Saturday.
In its statement, the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) said traffic moving on Bannerghatta Main Road intending to reach Anepalya Junction will have to take a right turn at MICO signal to reach Adugodi signal via BOSCH link road and take left. (Read More)
The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Saturday filed its first chargesheet against newsportal Newsclick, in the case registered under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following allegations that the news portal received huge money for pro-China propaganda.
A woman and her three children, including a 11-month-old, died in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning due to a gas cylinder explosion, an official said.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Delhi Transport Minister and AAP leader Kailash Gahlot in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
Actor Daniel Balaji, who worked primarily in Tamil films, has passed away at the age of 48 due to cardiac arrest. He died while going to a hospital in Chennai. His mortal remains are at his Purasaiwakkam home for the last rites.
The family members of former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur expressed their happiness and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for honouring the former with the Bharat Ratna (posthumously), the country's highest civilian award. (READ MORE)
Delhi on Saturday registered a minimum temperature of 21.8 degrees Celsius, four notches above the season's average, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The humidity levels were recorded at 64 per cent at 8:30 am.
District Magistrate Gazipur Aryaka Akhoury said on Saturday that police have been deployed along the route leading from his home to the graveyard as the last rites of the gangster turned politician Mukhtar Ansari would be held today. Mukhtar Ansari will be laid to rest in Mohammadabad, in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh.
A fire broke out at a scrap godown in the Kota district of Rajasthan on Saturday morning, an official said. According to the Fire Service Department, the fire broke out in the early hours of today. As soon as the department received the information, fire tenders reached the spot to douse the fire. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
Ten bodies have been recovered a day after a passenger taxi rolled down a deep gorge on the Jammu and Srinagar National Highway, police said. They said that a rescue operation is underway.
Three individuals were arrested in Argentina on Wednesday for issuing threats against Argentine footballer Angel Di Maria and his family, as confirmed by Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich, according to a CNN report.
At least 23 Pakistani nationals were rescued from the clutches of Somali pirates during a daring 12-hour-long operation in the Arabian Sea, said the Indian Navy.