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…
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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…
US B52 bomber crashes in Guam
Washington, May 19 (IANS) A B-52 bomber jet crashed on Thursday at a US Air Force base in Guam during a training mission, with all seven crew members safe. The huge bomber crashed at Andersen…
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)…
EgyptAir flight disappears from radar
Cairo, May 19 (IANS) An EgyptAir flight heading from Paris to Cairo disappeared from radar on Thursday, CNN reported.
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…
Characters on ‘The Royals’ are different: Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley (Credit: Youtube) ondon, May 19 (IANS) Actress Elizabeth Hurley, who essays the role of Queen Helena on British dramedy “The Royals”, says all the characters on the show are “very different”. “All the…
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…
Italy retrieves stolen Christopher Columbus letter
Rome, May 19 (IANS) A stolen letter written by Christopher Columbus on his first voyage of discovery to the Americans was retrieved by Italian and US authorities and returned to Italy. The rare letter was…
UN chief appoints new climate chief
United Nations, May 19 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Patricia Espinosa Cantellano of Mexico as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The appointment was made after consultation with…
‘Earth sees 12th consecutive record warm month in April’
Washington, May 19 (IANS) April 2016 was the 12th consecutive month a monthly global temperature record has been broken, the US government’s climate agency said on Wednesday. “This is the longest such balmy streak in…
Hackers trying to infiltrate presidential campaigns
Washington, May 19 (IANS) US intelligence chief James Clapper has said there were “some indications” that cyber hackers were trying to infiltrate presidential campaigns. “We’ve already had some indications of that,” said the director of…
New Finnish firm to revive Nokia mobile phone brand
Helsinki, May 19 (IANS) A new company called HMD has been allowed to produce mobile phones and tablets in the name of Nokia. The Finnish media called it a resurgence of Nokia brand. Nokia announced…
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…