In another run feast at the IPL, the RCB posted a 214-run total against KKR. The chase fell 10 runs short, with Bangalore picking their second win in the tournament. Check full scorecard here.
BJP releases statement over the remarks made against late Hemant Karkare by BJP LS candidate for Bhopal, Pragya Thakur; says, "BJP considers him a martyr. This is Sadhvi Pragya's personal statement which she might have given because of the mental & physical torture she had faced".
AAP leader Gopal Rai on alliance with Congress: Today also we have again given a chance, people of the country want that. We have given Congress a last chance to think it over, let's see what happens.
Former Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi is likely to join Shiv Sena. She is in talks with senior Shiv Sena leaders, official announcement expected later today: Sources.
Indian Navy warships including destroyer INS Kolkata and fleet tanker ship INS Shakti to take part in Chinese Navy International Fleet Review on April 23. Chinese President Xi Jinping will review the naval parade.
Deve Gowda said he is not going to retire and will be by Rahul's side when he becomes Prime Minister. Former PM & JDS leader HD Deve Gowda. "I announced three years back that I will not contest polls. There are circumstances now in which I have been forced to contest. I have no ambition for anything but what I always said I am not going to retire from active politics", Gowda added.
New Delhi, April 19: On Thursday, India announced suspension of trade across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir from Friday. Reports inform that the decision was taken as the route was being misused by Pakistan-based elements to send weapons and illegal currency to fuel terrorism and separatism in this country.
According to reports by IANS, the government said the decision, taken more than a month after withdrawing the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status granted to Pakistan, will be revisited after stricter regulatory mechanisms are put in place to ensure that "only bonafide trade" takes place, benefitting the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
Meanwhile, a voter turnout of 66 per cent was recorded in 95 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and a Union Territory in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Reports inform that polling was marred by stray incidents of violence in West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir and EVM glitches in seven states. Srinagar constituency in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed the lowest polling at 13. 43 percent while the highest was recorded in Puducherry at 80 per cent.
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