India

Mumbai, May 1 (PTI) At least 16 persons, including 15 security personnel, were killed in an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district Wednesday, police said

The blast followed Naxals torching 25 vehicles belonging to a road construction contractor earlier in the day, police said

Those killed were members of the Quick Response Team (QRT) of Gadchiroli police, which was on way to inspect the torched vehicles, an official said.

The blast took place as the vehicle reached Lendhari nallah in Kurkheda area, the official said

KANPUR: What has been immensely appreciated by the district election officer/ district magistrate V V Pant is hundred percent voting at city's one polling booth. The voters numbered 1119 who cast their votes. None of them was absent on April 29. A record has been established by the voters' enthusiasm. No other polling booth has seen this marvellous act.

Ex-BSF Tej Bahadur Yadav’s, who filed his nomination against Narendra Modi for Varansi LS seat, got his nomination rejected by the Election Commission.

According to India Today, Tej Bahadur had filed nomination as an Independent but was later named by the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance as the candidate from the seat, and was supported by Arvind Kejriwal of AAP, who had taken on PM Modi in 2014 and got more than 2 lakh votes.

New Delhi, Apr 30 (PTI) The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Tuesday to file response by May 4 to the petitions seeking review of last December's verdict by which the apex court had dismissed the pleas challenging India's deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not allow the plea of the Centre that it be granted four weeks time to file its response to the pleas.

Chandigarh, May 1 (PTI) Three youths killed when they were clicking selfies on a railway track, about 2-3 km from Panipat railway station in Haryana, a senior Government Railway Police (GRP) official said on Wednesday.

They were clicking selfies on the track between Panipat and Babarpur railway stations on the Delhi-Ambala route on Monday evening, he said.

New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) The body of a 25-year-old doctor with her throat slit was found in her flat in central Delhi's Ranjeet Nagar area, police said Wednesday.

The deceased has been identified as Garima Mishra, a native of Uttar Pradesh, they said.

Police were informed at 12 AM after which they went to the spot and found the body of the doctor lying in the two-room apartment.

New Delhi, May 1 (PTI) Lashing out at the Election Commission over the clean chit given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on complaints of Model Code of Conduct violations, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury Wednesday said the poll body's dealing with such cases was "emboldening perpetrators."

In a letter to the poll body, he said, "Across the country, there is a growing concern about the manner in which the Election Commission of India is dealing with complaints regarding gross violation of the Model Code of Conduct by Narendra Modi".

Kanpur: Chandrasekhar Azad Agricultural University saw another sight of fight among the senior and junior students on Tuesday evening. The senior students along with outsiders created ruckus. 

Reaching at the Tilak Hostel they created all the din. They not only beat the students but also tried to damage the hostel room' s door. At about 4.30 pm on Tuesday unidentified outsiders along with nearly three senior students reached the hostel and started abusing other students. 

Agartala, Apr 29 (PTI) A Congress delegation met the full bench of the Election Commission in New Delhi and demanded fresh polling in West Tripura seat alleging large scale rigging by the ruling BJP, senior party leader said Tuesday.

Elections in West Tripura seat was held in the first phase on April 11.

Amaravati, Apr 30 (PTI) The Election Commission Tuesday directed film maker Ramgopal Varma Tuesday not to release 'Laxmi's NTR', the biopic based on the life of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao RPT Rao, reiterating its April 10 order not to screen it and another movie till further orders.

The biopic was planned to be released on May 1.