Congress releases fourth list of 27 candidates (12 Kerala, 7 Uttar Pradesh, 5 Chhattisgarh, 2 Arunachal Pradesh and 1 Andaman & Nicobar islands) for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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17 Mar, 00:05 (IST)
YSR Congress Party has announced its list of 9 candidates for Lok Sabha elections- YS Avinash Reddy from Kadapa, Gotteti Madhavi from Araku, Nandigam Suresh from Bapatla, Talari Rangaiah from Anantapur, PV Mithun Reddy from Rajampet, Chinta Anuradha from Amalapuram, Gorantla Madhav from Hindupur, Sanjeev Kumar from Kurnool and N Reddappa from Chittoor.
Tomorrow party president Jaganmohan Reddy will announce the list of rest of the candidates.
16 Mar, 23:02 (IST)
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar Really Ill, Doctors Seeing Him, Says Assembly Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo
16 Mar, 22:12 (IST)
Ibrahima Kassory Fofana, Prime Minister of Republic of Guinea, arrives in Delhi.
16 Mar, 21:23 (IST)
Apna Dal’s Krishna Patel faction joins Congress alliance for 2 Lok Sabha seats- Basti and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh. Pankaj Niranjan Singh Chandel, son-in-law of Krishna Patel, has taken membership of the Congress.
16 Mar, 20:53 (IST)
Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai issues show cause notice to DD Desai’s Associated Engineering Consultants&Analysts Pvt Ltd. on inventory of bridges in Greater Mumbai; seeks reply within 15 days asking why they shouldn't be blacklisted and loss shouldn't be recovered from them.
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16 Mar, 20:21 (IST)
Dadar footover bridge in Mumbai to be temporarily closed for strengthening work with effect from 17th March 2019. Staircase to stay closed for 13 days and the ramp for 90 days.
16 Mar, 20:02 (IST)
Election Commission of India has fixed a timeline for the release of manifesto by political parties. Manifestos for both single and multi phase elections shall not be released during prohibitory period, as prescribed under Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
16 Mar, 20:00 (IST)
All India Minorities Youth Federation earlier today held a protest in Kolkata against terror attack in Christchurch, New Zealand.
16 Mar, 18:18 (IST)
Nitin Bhansali, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) Spokesperson, quits the party.
16 Mar, 18:02 (IST)
Congress stakes claim to form government in Goa; writes to Governor to dismiss BJP-led govt which is in "minority" & call "single-largest party Congress to form govt".Also states in its letter, "any attempt to bring Goa under President's rule will be illegal & will be challenged".
Read the Congress letter in the tweet below:
16 Mar, 17:55 (IST)
Jammu and Kashmir Police: Brief exchange of fire at Kulgam; area under cordon. Details shall follow.
16 Mar, 17:38 (IST)
Delhi: Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj, Kiren Rijiju, and former MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan arrive at BJP headquarters for the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting.
The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) will discuss candidates for Bihar, Uttarakhand, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir, and Andaman & Nicobar islands, in its meeting today.
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16 Mar, 17:22 (IST)
Hyderabad: Former MLA from Pithapuram Vanga Geetha and former TDP leader Adala Prabhakar Reddy join YSR Congress Party in presence of party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy.
16 Mar, 16:52 (IST)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has released the first list of candidates for seats from the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.
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16 Mar, 16:43 (IST)
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) directs one of their consultants to carry out inspections and review the structural audit report of 157 bridges in Mumbai within one month and submit the same with a detailed investigation on a 'most urgent' basis.
16 Mar, 16:33 (IST)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) releases first list of seats for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
16 Mar, 13:37 (IST)
BJP MP Shyama Charan Gupta has joined Samajwadi Party ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. He will contest from Banda parliamentary seat.
16 Mar, 12:29 (IST)
Danish Ali, who was general secretary of the Janata Dal (Secular), has joined the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
16 Mar, 10:34 (IST)
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter Scale hit the Nicobar Islands region at 9:43 am today, reports ANI.
New Delhi, March 16: A 28-year-old man from Australia, identified as Brenton Harrison Tarrant, was charged with murder in connection with the mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch city of New Zealand. Tarrant was produced before district court judge Paul Kellar on Saturday morning. He has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in court on April 5. At least 49 people were killed and 48 others, including an Indian, injured when at least two gunmen, said to be right-wing extremists, opened indiscriminate fire during Friday prayers at two mosques in Christchurch. What New Zealand, the U.S., Norway and Canada Have in Common After the Christchurch Attack?.
Meanwhile, in India's Andhra Pradesh, troops of 198 Battalion of CRPF and the state police gunned down two armed Naxals in Pedabayalu of Visakhapatnam district earlier this morning. One CRPF personnel was injured and later shifted to a hospital. The encounter has concluded. Indian and Myanmar Army Conducted Joint Strike on Insurgent Camps Across Border.
There is good news for India from sports. India will host the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in 2020. The decision to award the rights to India was taken at the FIFA Council meeting in Miami, the USA on Friday. All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel also confirmed the news, saying organisers would ensure to make the event a "grand success."
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