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3:43 PM

Heavy rains likely in Andhra Pradesh for next five days

The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast heavy rains for four days in parts of Andhra Pradesh due to the influence of a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal. According to the Met Department, heavy rainfall is expected in isolated areas of South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP) and Rayalaseema from November 11 to 15.

3:40 PM

Planes, helicopters of top leaders checked as part of SoP: EC on checking of Uddhav's bag

A day after Shiv Sena (UBT) questioned the move of poll authorities to check the bag of party chief Uddhav Thackeray, sources in the Election Commission on Tuesday said aircraft and helicopters of top leaders across political spectrum are checked as part of standard operating procedure (SOP). They said in the previous polls too, planes and helicopters of BJP president J P Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah were checked.

3:21 PM

News update: If BJP comes to power in Jharkhand, 150,000 to get govt jobs before November 2025, says Nadda

3:08 PM

Jharkhand's brave sons, daughters challenged British; they will now uproot corrupt JMM: JP Nadda

Lalu opposed formation of J'khand saying it can be created over his body; only BJP which formed the state can shape it, BJP chief JP Nadda said in Bagodar.

2:57 PM

Maharashtra Cong chief Patole stirs controversy with dog jibe at BJP

Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has courted fresh controversy after he asked OBC voters in Akola district if they would vote for the BJP who calls them "kutta" (dog). "I want to ask the people belonging to the OBC in Akola district, will you vote for the BJP who calls you kutta (dog)? Now the time has come to make the BJP 'kutta' (dog)," he said. Patole, while addressing a public meeting in Akola for Congress's candidate from the Akola West constituency on Monday, alleged that the BJP has become so arrogant that it calls the Other Backward Class community dog.

2:43 PM

Will make Jharkhand most prosperous state in country in next 5 years, says Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday stated that train loads of infiltrators to be sent to Bangladesh, if BJP voted to power in Jharkhand.

2:39 PM

BJP's Sankalp Patra poll manifesto will be guarantee for Maharashtra's development: PM Modi

Our govt giving financial assistance to soybean farmers to help them tide over crisis, says PM Modi at poll rally at Chimur in Maharashtra.

2:27 PM

Will hang corrupt J'khand leaders upside down, stop coal smuggling if BJP voted to power: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed the JMM-led coalition in Jharkhand for alleged corruption and coal smuggling and urged voters to strengthen BJP's hands so that “corrupt leaders are hanged upside down”.

2:10 PM

Karnataka CM's position has become weak, Cong govt's lifespan coming to end: LoP

Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Tuesday  said repeated assertions of Siddaramaiah that he would continue as CM suggest that his position is no longer strong, raising questions about the stability of the Government, which assumed power in May last year. "DK Shivakumar (Deputy CM) is claiming during the Channapatna by-poll campaigning that he will become the Chief Minister. What is the guarantee that the Congress party will be there (in power). Last time also during the JD(S)-Congress coalition government they (Congress) had claimed no one can shake them for five years, but 14 MLAs quit Congress (resulting in the govt collapse)," Ashoka said.

2:04 PM

ED raids in poll-bound Jharkhand to help BJP set 'Bangladeshi infiltration narrative', alleges JMM

The ruling JMM hit out at the BJP-led Centre for ED raids at multiple locations in Jharkhand on Tuesday, a day before the first phase of state polls, alleging that the central agency's action was an attempt to "help the saffron camp establish its Bangladeshi infiltration narrative".

1:47 PM

Sitharaman to meet state FMs for pre-Budget, GST Council meet on Dec 21-22

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to meet her state counterparts on December 21-22 for pre-budget consultations and meeting of the GST Council, an official said.

1:25 PM

Two bodies recovered in Manipur's Jiribam

Bodies of two elderly men were recovered on Tuesday morning in Manipur's Jiribam district where a gunfight between suspected militants and security forces broke out a day before, police said. During a search operation for missing persons, the bodies of Laishram Balen and Maibam Kesho were detected in debris in Jakuradhor Karong area where a few shops were set on fire by suspected militants on Monday, a senior officer said.

1:12 PM

UPPSC controversy: Congress hits out at UP govt over police action against agitating students

The Congress on Tuesday alleged that police in Prayagraj lathi-charged students raising their voice against the "arbitrariness" of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission and claimed that earlier also attempts have been made to suppress the voice of the youth demanding jobs. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said it is unfortunate that "lathi charge" was done on students protesting for their demands in Prayagraj.

 

12:50 PM

Assam: Four killed as car falls from under-construction culvert

At least four people, including a five-year-old child were killed when the car they were travelling fell from an under-construction culvert in Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday, police said."Four of the six passengers, including a 5-year-old child, died on the spot. The two others sustained critical injuries and were rushed to Assam Medical College and Hospital in Dibrugarh for immediate treatment," he added.

12:46 PM

Israeli strikes kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, medical officials say

Palestinian medical officials say two Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 14 people, including two children and a woman, most in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone. One strike late Monday hit a cafeteria in the so-called Muwasi humanitarian zone west of the city of Khan Younis, killing at least 11 people including two children, according to officials at Nasser Hospital, where the casualties were taken.