Left set to win in Kerala, BJP to open account
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) The Left appeared set to stage a comeback in Kerala on Thursday, as it took winning leads in 87 of the 140 constituencies. The BJP was poised to enter the assembly…
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Congress-DMK leads in 14 seats in Puducherry
Puducherry, May 19 (IANS) The DMK-Congress combine was leading in 14 seats and the All India N.R. Congress in 11 seats in trends available for 28 seats in Puducherry. The AIADMK was leading in one…
Trinamool tsunami in West Bengal
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The ruling Trinamool Congress appeared set to retain power with a two-third majority in West Bengal on Thursday, as its candidates led in 208 of the 294 constituencies. The Left-Congress nominees…
AIADMK leading, coasting towards victory
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Proving the exit poll results wrong, the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu has taken an early lead and appeared likely to retain power as counting of votes cast in the elections…
Chinese fighter jets intercept US military aircraft
Washington, May 19 (IANS) Two Chinese J-11 tactical jets carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a US EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft that was conducting a routine mission in over the South China Sea, a US defence…
Congress loses Assam, BJP way ahead
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was on the road to victory in Assam on Thursday, having crossed the half-way mark as counting trends became available from almost all the 126 constituencies….
Indian equities open flat amid vote counting
Mumbai, May 19 (IANS) Indian equity market indices opened flat on Thursday as counting for the assembly polls was on in five states. The sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 25,704.61…
Indian Army team led by J&K officer scales Mt Everest
Jammu, May 19 (IANS) An Indian Army mountaineering team led by an officer belonging to Jammu and Kashmir Thursday scaled Mount Everest. Colonel S.D. Goswami, spokesman of army’s Udhampur-headquartered Northern Command told IANS in winter…
Trinamool, AIADMK to retain power, upsets in Assam, Kerala
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK were set to retain power on Thursday as the BJP was on the road to victory in Assam and the…
Warm Thursday morning in Delhi, heat waves expected
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning with minimum temperature recorded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, which was two degrees up from Wednesday, the weather office said. The day ahead is expected…
Flavour of romance in uniform: ‘Love in Olive Greens’
By Nirendra Dev Title: Love in Olive Greens; Author: Anju; Publisher: Notion Press.Com; Pages: 85; Price: Rs.125 What is love? What does love mean in our lives? We have often heard that love happens only…
The ‘Bimbo’ and the ‘Boor’: Anchor Megyn Kelly has face-off with Donald Trump
By Arun Kumar Washington, May 19 (IANS) Donald Trump called her a “lightweight” and a “bimbo” and, after a dustup back in August, he set the twitter afire by saying “You could see there was…
Pichai unveils ‘Google Assistant’ to help with daily tasks
San Francisco, May 19 (IANS) Taking on intelligent virtual friends like Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana, Indian-born Sundar Pichai has announced “Google Assistant” which will help you with daily tasks like booking movie tickets. Pichai…
Karunanidhi, Jayalalithaa lead
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Thursday forged easy leads in the assembly elections, officials said. Jayalalithaa contested from Radhakrishnan Nagar constituency in Chennai while…
DMK-Congress lead in Puducherry
Puducherry, May 19 (IANS) The DMK-Congress alliance was leading in 13 of the 20 constituencies where trends were available on Thursday, officials said. The ruling All India N.R. Congress (AINRC) led in seven seats. Puducherry…
Left ahead in Kerala, veterans lead
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) The Left Democratic Front (LDF) took crucial early lead in the Kerala assembly elections as officials on Thursday counted the millions of votes across the state. Election officials said that LDF…
Trinamool way ahead in West Bengal poll count
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress was way ahead of its rivals in assembly elections on Thursday, leading in 146 of the 204 constituencies where trends were available. The Left-Congress alliance had…
Gogoi prays to Kamakhya, Congress trails
Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday prayed to Goddess Kamakhya as counting trend showed that his Congress was trailing to the BJP in the assembly elections. “People have made the…
EgyptAir flight with 69 people disappears
Cairo, May 19 (IANS) An EgyptAir flight with 69 people on board heading from Paris to Cairo disappeared from the radar on Thursday, the airline said. Flight MS804 departed Paris at 11.09 p.m. on Wednesday,…
Left forges ahead in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) Left candidates took early lead on Thursday in Kerala as the millions of votes polled three days ago to pick a new 140-member assembly were counted. Election officials said candidates from…