The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, May 7, expelled 28 party leaders who contested the April 19 Assembly elections against the party's official nominees after being denied tickets. BJP’s state disciplinary action committee head Tarh Tarak said the leaders were expelled from the party for six years.
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A bomb exploded in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Monday, injuring two people and killing a minor, according to the police. The incident took place in the Hooghly district's Pandua neighbourhood next to a pond where some youngsters were playing.
07 May, 23:03 (IST)
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday night said she is divesting her nephew Akash Anand of his responsibilities as the party's national co-ordinator and her "successor".
07 May, 21:42 (IST)
The Election Commission of India (ECI) said today, May 7, that 61.45 per cent voter turnout was recorded until 8 p.m. in Phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024. According to the ECI data, Assam recorded the highest voter turnout of 75.26 per cent, while Maharashtra recorded a lower voter turnout of 54.77 per cent.
Voting Percentage till 8 PM
07 May, 20:09 (IST)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today, May 7, that the Lok Sabha election is about Adivasis, Dalits, and the backward. Speaking at a rally in Jharkhand, the Congress leader also promised the electorate to "save the Constitution" even if it comes at the cost of his life. He waved a copy of the Constitution from the stage and said, "This is not an ordinary book, this is the Constitution - the voice of the Adivasis, the Dalits, the backwards and the poor."
07 May, 18:21 (IST)
Karnataka today, May 7, recorded 54.20 per cent voting till 3 pm for its remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats, where polling was held in the fourth round of the general elections. The Chikkodi Parliamentary seat recorded the highest voting at 59.69 per cent, against 45.69 per cent by 1 pm.
07 May, 16:46 (IST)
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology today, May 7, said it disconnected several mobile numbers and blocked 20 mobile handsets for misuse in cybercrime and financial fraud. In a post on X, the DoT department wrote several disconnected mobile numbers.
07 May, 15:23 (IST)
In the ongoing excise policy ED case, the Supreme Court refrained from issuing an interim order on bail for Arvind Kejriwal. The matter is expected to be revisited for hearing on Thursday or possibly next week, indicating continued legal deliberations over Kejriwal's bail plea.
SC Delays Interim Bail for CM Arvind Kejriwal
07 May, 14:32 (IST)
In the ongoing legal proceedings surrounding the alleged liquor policy scam, a Delhi Court has extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until May 20. The decision, made by Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, signifies the continued scrutiny of Kejriwal's involvement in the money laundering case.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's Custody Extended
07 May, 13:03 (IST)
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday in a joint news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping said that France is not at war with Russia. "We are not at war with Russia or the Russian people," Russian state media TASS cited Macron as saying at a joint news conference with Chinese President.
07 May, 11:52 (IST)
A presiding officer on election duty at a polling booth in Bihar's Supaul passed away, allegedly due to a heart attack, on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Shailendra Kumar.
07 May, 10:03 (IST)
An earthquake of 2.6 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Tuesday, according to National Centre for Seismology (NCS) data. The epicentre of the earthquake was located at Latitude 31.00 and Longitude 79.31, at a depth of 5 kilometres, the NCS stated.
07 May, 08:32 (IST)
Amid the massive manhunt for the gunmen behind the ambush attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in the Poonch sector, a fierce exchange of fire broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Redwani Payeen area of south Kashmir's Kulgam, Kashmir Zone Police informed on Tuesday.
07 May, 08:01 (IST)
After days of high-octane campaigning, voting in 92 constituencies across 11 states and Union Territories commenced on Tuesday in the third phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The third phase will see over 1,300 candidates, including approximately 120 women, in the fray.
Mumbai, May 7: During an event in Behrampur on May 6, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that resource-rich Odisha remained impoverished for more than 70 years due to looting by the Congress and then the Biju Janata Dal, even after independence. PM Modi was campaigning for the BJP ahead of the State Assembly Elections in Odisha that coincide with the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. At a Ganjam rally, the Prime Minister questioned why labourers from his constituency, Hinjili, migrate to neighbouring states, posing a rare criticism of BJD leader and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
A bomb exploded in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Monday, injuring two people and killing a minor, according to the police. The incident took place in the Hooghly district's Pandua neighbourhood next to a pond where some youngsters were playing. Three teens were injured when, according to the police, a bomb went off. Sadly, one of the teenagers passed away after they were taken to Pandua Hospital. Because of the severity of their wounds, the other two were sent to Chunchura Imambara Hospital. An inquiry into the instance has been launched by the Hooghly Rural Police.
In Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted several searches on Monday, recovering Rs 25 crore in unaccounted cash. Raids carried out in compliance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have taken aim at about six sites connected to Virendra Ram, the erstwhile chief engineer of the Jharkhand Rural Development Department, and his close circle. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained Virendra Ram in February 2023 in relation to a money laundering investigation.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) suffered a blow when its leader from Nashik, Vijay Karanjkar, joined the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) in presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde. Vijay Karanjkar reportedly switched ship with the Shinde Sena section when the Uddhav Thackeray-led party denied him a ticket. A day prior to the third round of the Lok Sabha election polling, Karanjkar became a member of the Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena. Hemant Godse, a Nasik MP, is the current nominee of the Shinde Sena.
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