25 Apr, 23:40 (IST)

The Congress party released a list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections in Haryana today, April 25. The grand old party has fielded Deepender Singh Hooda from Rohtak, Kumari Selja from Sirsa and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.

25 Apr, 22:32 (IST)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, on Thursday, April 25, and thanked her for the invitation to the G7 Summit in June. In a post on X PM Modi said he greeted Meloni and the people of Italy on the 79th anniversary of Liberation Day.

25 Apr, 20:49 (IST)

On Thursday, Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said they would send wedding-style invitations to voters across the state, thereby turning polling day into a joyous occasion. Agarwal further said with the ambitious goal of achieving a remarkable 75 percent voter turnout, this initiative is set to redefine the way elections are perceived and experienced in Haryana.

25 Apr, 19:21 (IST)

An earthquake of magnitude 3.2 on the Richter Scale hit Haryana's Sirsa today, April 25. The National Center for Seismology (NCS) said that the quake hits Sirsa at 6:10 pm today.Quake Hits Haryana

25 Apr, 18:35 (IST)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on Thursday, April 25, assured the people of Telangana that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes the PM for a third term, he will free the state of corruption. Speaking during an election rally at Siddipet in Medak Lok Sabha constituency, Amit Shah urged people to give 12 Lok Sabha seats to the BJP from the state.

25 Apr, 16:58 (IST)

The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Thursday, April 25, sought a response from the BJP by April 29 after taking cognisance of the alleged Model Code of Conduct violation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The EC notice comes after complaints raised by Congress, CPI and CPI-M(L).

25 Apr, 15:04 (IST)

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav filed his nomination papers for the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, April 25. The Party had earlier named Tej Pratap Yadav its Kannauj candidate, but on Wednesday evening, April 23, Akhilesh Yadav replaced him.

25 Apr, 12:10 (IST)

A landslide in Arunachal Pradesh has cut off road connectivity with Arunachal Pradesh's Dibang Valley with the rest of the country. The rains in the last few days have triggered landslides in Dibang Valley, which shares its border with China.

25 Apr, 09:56 (IST)

In a tragic incident in Telangana, six people lost their lives when their car collided with a lorry on Durgapuram Road, under the jurisdiction of Kodad Police Station in Suryapet. The car was carrying ten passengers who were travelling from Hyderabad to Vijayawada at the time of the accident. The lorry driver has been taken into custody and a case is being registered in connection with the incident.

25 Apr, 08:09 (IST)

In a tragic incident, two people were injured in a cylinder blast that occurred in a slum area in Mumbai’s Antop Hill. Fire tenders from the Mumbai Fire Department were immediately dispatched to the spot. The injured individuals have been rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate medical attention.

Mumbai, April 25: Leading the BJP's attack over senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda's comments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, April 24, alleged the Opposition party plans to tax inheritance passed down from parents to their children. The Congress has distanced itself from Pitroda's remarks and said they do not reflect the party's position.

Rahul Gandhi has partially retracted his "wealth survey" remark as the Congress scrambles to put out the fire caused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation that the party plans to "redistribute wealth to infiltrators" and senior leader Sam Pitroda's remarks on the subject. At a party event in New Delhi, the Congress MP said, "I have not said we will take action yet... I am just saying, let's find out how much injustice has been done."

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday attached immovable properties worth Rs 73 crore belonging to Pravin Raut, an alleged associate of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, in connection with a money laundering case linked to purported irregularities in the redevelopment of Mumbai's Patra Chawl. The probe agency seized the land parcels belonging to Pravin Raut and his close associates located in and around Palghar, Dapoli, Raigad and Thane. In the same case, Pravin and Sanjay Raut were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in 2022.

Lebanon's Hezbollah said it fired dozens of rockets at an Israeli border town on Wednesday and sources in Lebanon reported heavy Israeli airstrikes on a Lebanese town just across the frontier, following an escalation of violence in recent days. The Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have been waging their worst hostilities in nearly two decades since war erupted in Gaza last October, stirring concern about the risk of a wider and more destructive conflict between the heavily armed foes.

The US Senate set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution when it approved a bill on Tuesday to ban the social media platform from app stores unless its Chinese owner sells it. While the bill itself does not say anything about speech, the proposal has alarmed civil rights advocates, TikTok and users of the app, all of whom could sue if President Joe Biden signs it into law as expected.