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Chandigarh, Oct 15: Haryana was heading towards registering an all-time record high turnout, with over 72 per cent voters having cast their votes shortly before close of polling at 6 PM. In 1967, maximum polling of 72.65 per cent had taken place while in 1968 minimum polling of 57.26 per cent was registered. In 2009 polls, 72.37 per cent polling was recorded. According to tentative figures

Mumbai, Oct 15: Polling began on a brisk note in Maharashtra this morning, where 7.31 per cent of the over 8.35 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours. A policeman on election duty was killed after being struck by lightning in Avdeghat polling station of Savner constituency in Vidarbha, where polling in some parts was marred by rains. The estimated polling in some districts

Visakhapatnam, Oct 14: The very severe cyclonic storm `Hudhud' couldn't have come at a much worse time for Andhra Pradesh in general and Visakhapatnam, the 'city of destiny', in particular. The State, post-bifurcation, is in the process of rebuilding and foundations for that are being laid. Visakhapatnam, the largest city in the truncated State, has been getting ready to transform into a Mega City

Mumbai, Oct 14: A day after the high decibel campaign for Maharashtra Assembly polls ended, the Shiv Sena today launched a fresh attack on its former ally BJP, terming it as "hungry for power" even as it likened the Congress and the NCP to "dead snakes". "The BJP asks us who the real enemy of Shiv Sena is and who are we fighting against. But the Congress and the NCP are like dead snakes, so there

Visakhapatnam, Oct 14: After the devastation caused by Cyclone Hudhud, the port city has been hit by shortage of essential commodities with people scrambling for milk, drinking water, vegetables and petrol even as power supply is yet to be restored. Some residents complained that they are not getting drinking water and milk. Serpentine queues were seen at petrol stations, where people have milled

Mumbai, Oct 14: With the end of campaigning on Monday, Maharashtra braces for an epic poll battle. With a riveting and unprecedented five-way contest, even Mumbai’s bookies are hedging their bets. The splintering of long-standing political alliances, just three weeks before the polls, set the stage for an election which could dramatically alter the State’s political map. The big question is

Visakhapatnam, Oct 14: The death toll in Andhra Pradesh rose to 21 on Monday, with officials saying that most people died when trees or walls fell on them in Visakhapatnam (15 deaths), Vizianagaram (5) and Srikakulam (1). Special commissioner for disaster management K Hymavathi said 320 villages have been affected and 5,727 electricity transformers have been damaged. At least 400 government

Visakhapatnam, Oct 13: The picturesque port town of Visakhapatnam, a major industrial, educational and tourism hub in the east coast, is still reeling under the impact of havoc caused by the cyclonic storm Hudhud and is picking up pieces from a trail of destruction left behind by the calamity. Under the impact of Hudhud that made a landfall here yesterday, accompanied by gusty winds and heavy

New Delhi, Oct 13: The Kerala unit of the Congress appears to have won its battle against Shashi Tharoor as the party high command, Monday, decided to remove the Thriuvanathapuram MP from the post of party spokesperson. The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) had wanted action against Tharoor for his praise of Narendra Modi and accepting the Prime Minister's invite to him to participate in

Pune, Oct 13: Shiv Sena leader and former Maharashtra Minister Shashikant Sutar today asserted that BJP's mocking at the Sena by calling it a "mouse" had created a rage among the Sainiks and galvanised them into a frenzied campaigning for a clear win in the October 15 Assembly polls. Pointing to BJP President Amit Shah's oblique reference to the estranged ally with the "mouse" analogy at a rally