Thiruvananthapuram, May 16: Congress leader A K Antony today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial Kerala-Somalia comparison will impact the prospects of BJP, which has been pulling out all the stops in its bid to open its account in Kerala Assembly. "Modi had compared Kerala to Somalia, which is infamous for starvation deaths and sea pirates. The pride of Keralites has been hurt,"
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Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram/Puducherry, May 16: Polling to Tamil Nadu, Kerala state assemblies and Union Territory of Puducherry commenced on Monday morning. Polling to 232 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu that will decide the fate of over 3700 candidates, including chief minister J Jayalalithaa and DMK chief M Karunanidhi, commenced today at 7 AM. Electronic Voting Machines across 65,000-odd polling
Ahmednagar, May 16: Social activist Anna Hazare's office today received a letter threatening to kill him for stoking "unrest" in society, his aide said. "The handwritten letter in Marathi was received at Hazare's office in Ralegan Siddhi village in the afternoon," said his spokesperson Shyam Asawa. When asked about the content of the letter, he said it reads: "Tumhi samajat asantosh pasravat ahat
New Delhi, May 16: The Election Commission tonight decided to defer holding of Assembly elections to the Thanjavur constituency in Tamil Nadu following evidence of large scale distribution of money to the voters, a move which came a day after it took similar decision for Aravakurichi. As per the Commission order, polling for Thanjavur Assembly constituency, which was scheduled to be held tomorrow
New Delhi, May 15: Expensive SUVs, usually found zipping across roads in urban locations, have for the first time been deployed at high-altitude border posts of the ITBP along the Sino-India border to transport troopers. Four white-coloured Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), two Toyota Fortuner and as many Ford Endeavour, with a price tag of around Rs 25 lakh each, have been deployed by the border
Mumbai, May 15: Waiting to be auctioned off by tax authorities for recovery of their dues, the erstwhile 'King of Good Times' Vijay Mallya's private luxury jet is reminiscent of his high-flying days -- interspersed with plush sofas, a cushioned bed, bars, showers and even a bathrobe. The 25-seater has also got portraits of gods inside while the exterior has got names of Mallya's three children --
Leh/New Delhi, May 15: An alert has been sounded along the Sino-India border after local residents, including a village head, got several telephone calls from "spies" either from Pakistan or China about army deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The caller, posing himself as either a colonel or a local official, made queries about the army presence in the area and the timings of their
Thiruvananthapuram, May 15: For the very first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is actually growing wings as it embarks this month on a never before space flight that would make history. The Indian space agency is all set to undertake the maiden launch of its very own indigenously version of a 'space shuttle', a fully made-in-India effort. Today, a sleek winged
May 15: Seven construction workers were killed when a wall of an under-construction shopping complex collpased in Guntur on Saturday evening. The workers gace been identified as Seshu, Bhagya Rao, Moshe, Solomon, Babloo, Sudhakar, and J. Prasanth. Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Fire and Emergency Department have been rushed to the site. They rescued one
New Delhi, May 14: Former TERI chief R K Pachauri was today summoned as accused by a Delhi court which took cognizance of a charge sheet filed against him for allegedly sexually harassing and outraging the modesty of an ex-colleague. "The court is satisfied that there is sufficient material to proceed against accused R K Pachauri under sections 354-A, 354-B, 354-D, 509 and 341 of IPC. Cognizance