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BJP ahead in early Assam vote count

Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ahead in seven constituencies in the initial Assam vote count on Thursday, officials said. The ruling Congress was leading in three seats while the All…


AIADMK leads in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIAMDK party was ahead of the DMK as officials counted the millions of votes polled to pick a new 234-member assembly, officials said. Of the 137 constituencies where…


Trinamool takes early lead in West Bengal

Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday took early lead as officials counted the millions of votes cast in staggered assembly elections, officials said. Of the 44 of the 294 constituencies…



Chinese shares open lower

Beijing, May 19 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.19 percent to open at 2,802.31 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.11 percent lower at 9,684.12 points,…


Chinese yuan weakens against USD

Beijing, May 19 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese yuan weakened 315 basis points to 6.5531 against the US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading System. In China’s spot…


Left takes early lead in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) The Left made initial gains in Kerala as officials counted the millions of votes polled to pick a new 140-member assembly. Election officials said candidates from the Left Democratic Front (LDF)…



Counting of votes begins in Puducherry

Puducherry, May 19 (IANS) Counting of votes cast to pick a 30-member Puducherry assembly started on Thursday morning, officials said. The counting began at 8 a.m. in the union territory. Voting took place on May…


Counting of votes begins in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) Counting of votes began in Kerala on Thursday morning to elect a new 140-member assembly. The process will start with the over one lakh postal ballots cast in the May 16…


Assam vote count begins

Guwahati, May 19 (IANS) Authorities on Thursday began counting the millions of votes cast in the Assam assembly elections. The process began at 51 centres at 8 a.m. A total of 1,064 candidates were in…



Bengal vote count begins

Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Authorities on Thursday began counting the millions of votes cast in the West Bengal assembly elections. The process started at 90 counting centres across the state at 8 a.m. The fate…


Vote counting starts in Tamil Nadu

Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Counting of votes cast in Tamil Nadu’s assembly elections began on Thursday morning, officials said. The counting started at 8 a.m. across all the counting centres to elect 232 legislators. Polling…







US to double overtime payment

Washington, May 19 (IANS) The US Labour Department has agreed to increase overtime rates for workers amid a continuing shrinking of the middle class. The rule will increase protection of over 4.2 million workers by…