Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, May 7, 2019: EC Disposed Off the Case Against PM Modi Over 'Bhrashtachari No1' Remark Against Rajiv Gandhi

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07 May, 21:28 (IST)

EC on complaint against PM over 'Bhrashtachari No1' remark against Rajiv Gandhi: Prima facie, we did not figure out any literal violation of MCC as given in Election Commission of India instructions. Case is therefore disposed off.

07 May, 17:51 (IST)

Delhi: 5 labourers who fell unconscious while cleaning a Septic tank in Rohini have been admitted to Sanjay Gandhi hospital. More details awaited.

07 May, 15:26 (IST)

Sensex Falls Over 450 Points From Day's High, Nifty Below 11,550.

07 May, 15:13 (IST)

Uttarakhand: Portals of Gangotri dham and Yamunotri dham now open for pilgrims.

07 May, 15:07 (IST)

ICSE Class 10, ISC Class 12 results declared.

07 May, 14:37 (IST)

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik writes to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar urging him to postpone JEE (Advanced) 2019 online registration by 10 days as mobile and data connectivity has been disrupted in the state due to #CycloneFani.

07 May, 14:03 (IST)

2017 SSC paper leak case: Justice S A Bobde of Supreme Court adjourns the case to tomorrow, as lawyer Prashant Bhushan was absent in the courtroom during the hearing.

07 May, 13:09 (IST)

A Delhi Court quashes the FIR against AAP MLA Somnath Bharti in a domestic violence case filed against him by his wife Lipika Mitra.

07 May, 12:16 (IST)

TRS MP K Kavitha: There is no appointment fixed between Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and DMK President MK Stalin yet.

07 May, 11:07 (IST)

Supreme Court’s big thumbs up to EVM, no review of the previous order. SC junks the review petition by 21 opposition parties on EVM row.

07 May, 11:03 (IST)

INX media case: Supreme Court allows Karti Chidambaram to travel to United States, Spain and Germany in May and June. Karti Chidambaram, an accused in the case, has to deposit a security of Rs 10 Crore.

07 May, 10:55 (IST)

Supreme Court rejects review plea filed by twenty-one Opposition parties seeking a direction to increase VVPAT verification from five to at least 50% of EVMs during counting of votes in the general elections 2019.

07 May, 10:55 (IST)

Supreme Court rejects review plea filed by twenty-one Opposition parties seeking a direction to increase VVPAT verification from five to at least 50% of EVMs during counting of votes in the general elections 2019.

07 May, 10:30 (IST)

Rajasthan: A woman was allegedly gang-raped by five men in front of her husband at Alwar- Thanagazi bypass on 26 April. Case registered under sections 147, 149, 323, 341, 354B, 376(D) & 506 of the Indian Penal Code and SC/ST Act.

07 May, 09:48 (IST)

Sensex currently at 38,735.08, Nifty at 11,621.05.

07 May, 09:30 (IST)

Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu has written to the Election Commission of India demanding to verify 50% of the EVMs using the VVPAT slips.


Voting in the seven states which went to polls on Monday in round five of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 came to an end with the total voter percentage recorded in the seven states was 62.56 percent. The states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal went to polls on Monday under phase 5 of the General Elections 2019. The lowest voter turnout was recorded in Jammu and Kashmir and the highest in West Bengal.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday made another controversial remark while campaigning for his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. Accusing previous governments of being communally biased, Yogi Adityanath said earlier people would get electricity on Muharram and Eid, but not on Holi and Diwali.

After the Supreme Court appointed three-judge in-house committee probing the allegations of sexual harassment against Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi on Monday gave a clean chit to the CJI in the matter, the complainant said she was "disappointed" and "dejected". The panel comprises Justice SA Bobde, Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Indu Malhotra, said it found nothing substantial in the allegations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the whole country on the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramzan, also known as Ramadan. The Prime Minister hoped that this month brings the spirit of harmony, happiness and brotherhood to the society. During this festival, Muslims all over the world will observe fast for a month and offer special prayers to Allah.

In the latest happenings which are to take place today:

Prime minister Narendra Modi will attend party meeting and deliberations in Delhi, while Congress president Rahul Gandhi will attend three election rallies in Jharkhand and West Bengal.

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