Mathura: Operation continues to rescue a 5-year-old boy, who is trapped in a borewell at about 100-foot deep at a village in Shergarh. Police & NDRF team present at the spot.
Malkajgiri: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Nayakapu Venkatesh arrested for clicking picture in a strong room. Circle Inspector, Keesara police station says, "before sealing of strong room, Venkatesh attending as TRS' political agent clicked picture unauthorisedly."
Delhi: Employees of Jet Airways, including pilots, flight attendants & ground staff, demonstrate at Delhi Airport against Jet Airways' Management over non-payment of their salaries.
Gujarat: In joint operation, Anti-Terrorist Squad, Indian Coast Guard & Marine Task Force arrested 9 Iranian Nationals & seized 100 kg heroin from their boat. Smugglers set their boat ablaze to destroy evidence. Rescue team tried to douse the fire but failed; the boat later sank in water.
I will be meeting all political parties in Delhi. We will explain to them our stand and fight for transparency in the electoral process: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu meets Election Commissioner over alleged EVM malfunction. After phase 1 of Lok Sabha elections 2019, Chandrababu Naidu claimed that 30-40 per cent EVMs in the state did not function properly.
Sources: Former IL&FS MD & CEO Ramesh Bawa arrested By Serious Fraud Investigation Office(SFIO) in connection with the ongoing investigations against IL&FS and its group entities. SFIO had also arrested Ex-Chairman Hari Shankaran on April 1.
"Their valour and sacrifice will never be forgotten. Their memory inspires us to work even harder to build an India they would be proud of," tweets PM Narendra Modi on Jallianwala Bagh Centenary.
"The event reflects a shameful act in British-Indian history": British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith's message in the visitor's book at Jallianwala Bagh memorial.
The Aam Aadmi Party and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) have announced an alliance for 10 seats in the Haryana Lok Sabha polls.
New Delhi, April 13: The Year 2019 marks the Centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre that occurred on April 13, 1919. Congress President Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to pay floral tributes at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar today. British High Commissioner to India Sir Dominic Asquith also laid a wreath at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has said the voter turnout during the first phase of the seven-phase elections was recorded at 69.43 per cent in the 91 Lok Sabha seats spread across 18 states and two Union Territories where polling took place on Thursday. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the final voter turnout was 66.44 per cent. Congress to Go Alone in Delhi as Talks with AAP Fail.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold two rallies in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka each to campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He will address rallies in Theni and Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu. In Karnataka, PM Modi will address people of Mangalore and Bengaluru. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will also address three public meetings in Karnataka today.
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