Rain wreaks havoc in Kerala; flight services affected

Many parts of Kerala, especially cities, were flooded since Wednesday night owing to the heavy rains lashing the state. Flights service at the Kozhikode international airport were also disrupted. At least five rain related deaths were reported from various parts of the state over the last couple of days.

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Defence sector challenges before the new government

Elections are often barometers indicating the shape of things to come in a country’s national security domain as a new government takes office.

In the Indian context, the new government has its task cut out on national security as the priorities of defence planners have seldom been clearer: changing geopolitical realities such as an assertive China’s arms build-up, political and economic instability in neighbouring countries, and the insurgencies in some restive states.

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Dharamshala Assembly bypoll: BJP rebel in fray, straight contest turns into three-way fight

A straight fight between the BJP and the Congress for the Dharamshala Assembly seat has turned into a triangular contest after a saffron party rebel decided to enter the fray as an Independent. This is the second time that Rakesh Kumar Chaudhary has rebelled against his party after being denied a ticket. In 2019, when he was with the Congress, Chaudhary contested an assembly bypoll from the same constituency as an Independent after being denied a ticket by his party. He lost the election and joined the BJP.

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Bangladesh MP's friend paid Rs 5 crore to murder him: West Bengal CID

The initial probe into the “murder” of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar revealed that one of his friends had paid around Rs 5 crore to kill the neighbouring country’s parliamentarian, a senior police officer said here on Thursday.

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West Bengal: BJP launches protest in Nandigram over party worker's death

BJP workers in Nandigram, Purba Medinipur on Thursday protested and blocked road after a party worker died in an attack by miscreants on a few houses last night, news agency ANI reported.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Employment, traffic major issues in UP's Jaunpur constituency

For young voters of Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur parliamentary constituency, employment seems to be a major concern. Traffic jams in some areas is also a concern for the voters in the constituency which shares borders with Pratapgarh and Prayagraj districts.

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Take your ‘sajni' on a voting date: EC resorts to Bollywood to improve turnout

The Election Commission of India has attempted to take the Bollywood-way-out of the persistent problem of a low voter turnout that the country is facing in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024. In its bid to improve the overall voter turnout with a focus on women voters, the Election Commission on May 22 posted a meme on social media plarform X (formerly known as Twitter) from the movie Laapataa Ladies.

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Rishi Sunak’s call for a July 4 election puts the Tories out of their misery

A British general election on July 4th almost certainly means the end of 14 years of Tory rule. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has finally put the Conservative administration out of its misery. The government has been bleeding out in public for months. Today, Sunak finally decided to put an end to it by calling the vote.

There was no obvious trigger for the decision. The latest inflation figure — a less-than-expected fall to 2.3 per cent — may have removed any last hope that the Bank of England would start cutting interest rates as soon as June.

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Maharashtra Congress MLA P N Patil passes away

Patil, who represented the Karvir assembly constituency in Kolhapur district, suffered a severe head injury on Sunday after falling in the bathroom of his house, according to sources.

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | EC wrong in directing Congress not to 'politicise' Agnipath scheme: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said the Election Commission was "egregiously wrong" in directing his party not to 'politicise' the Agnipath scheme, asserting that it is the right of an Opposition party to criticise a policy of the government.

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BJP holds protest over killing of woman party worker in Bengal's Nandigram

A woman BJP worker was killed in Nandigram in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, triggering large-scale protests by the saffron party activists there on Thursday, police said.

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BREAKING | Massive explosion in industrial unit in Maharashtra's Dombivli

A massive explosion and fire was reported in an industrial unit in Thane's Dombivli on Thursday afternoon. The unit where eyewitnesses reported a chain of explosions is located in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation complex.

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