Chennai, 25/3: Chennai was on Monday named venue of this year’s IPL final on May 26 and was also awarded hosting rights of the second qualifier on May 24 as the BCCI unveiled the tournament’s complete schedule, factoring in the polling dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. Chennai has been awarded the final by…

New Delhi, 25/3: The Congress on Monday announced its sixth list of five candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, fielding Prahlad Gunjal from Kota to take on outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The Congress also fielded Ramchandra Choudhary from Ajmer, Sudarshan Rawat from Rajsamand, Damodar Gurjar from Bhilwara and and C Robert Bruce from…

New Delhi, 25/3: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has alleged that Khalistani groups provided financial support to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) with approximately Rs 133.54 crore from 2014 to 2022. In a video circulating on social media, Pannun further claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had purportedly offered to secure the release of…

London, 25/3: Cheistha Kochhar, a 33-year-old Indian student living in London, got run over by a truck while cycling back home on March 19. The news was shared by Amitabh Kant, former CEO of NITI Aayog as Kochhar who was pursuing PhD at the London School of Economics, had earlier worked at the public policy…

Ujjain, 25/3: Thirteen priests were injured in a fire that broke out in the Mahakal Temple in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on Monday during ‘bhasma aarti’, an official said. The blaze took place in the ‘garba griha’ (sanctum sanctorum) of the temple, Ujjain Collector Neeraj Kumar Singh said. “Thirteen priests suffered burn injuries and are…

The BJP on Sunday released its fifth and final list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, announcing 111 candidates. Some notable names include Giriraj Singh, set to contest from Bihar’s Begusarai, Nityanand Rai from Ujiarpur, and Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib. New joinee Naveen Jindal will contest from Haryana’s Kurukshetra, while Sita Soren…

New Delhi, 24/3: Former Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria joined the BJP on Sunday and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and the steps taken by his government to modernise and strengthen the armed forces. Varaprasad Rao, a former MP and a YSR Congress leader from Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, also joined the BJP…

New Delhi, 24/3: Opposition I.N.D.I.A. bloc will hold a rally at the iconic Ramlila Maidan in the national capital on March 31 to protest against the “illegal” arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, which will also sound the bugle for the joint campaign of Congress and AAP . This will be the joint action…

Patna, 24/3: Janda Dal (United) on Sunday released the names of 16 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections from Bihar, reports news agency ANI. As per candidate list, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh will contest from Munger and Lovely Anand from Sheohar.