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Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi, May 3: India has evacuated more than ten lakh people living along its east coast ahead of an extremely severe cyclone that is due to make landfall on Friday afternoon, government officials said. Cyclonic storm Fani, which has been churning up the Bay of Bengal, is currently about 150 km (93 miles) northeast of the Hindu temple town of Puri in the eastern state of Odisha

New Delhi: India may witness the highest ever voter turnout since Independence in the ongoing elections, if there is a marginal increase in voting during the remaining three phases, a research report by country's largest bank SBI said Thursday. About 900 million are expected to cast their votes in the ongoing seven-phase general elections to be completed on May 19. The country will vote in the

Bengaluru, May 2: South Western Railway (SWR) has announced cancellation of seven trains due to extremely cyclonic storm 'Fani'. According to a SWR release here on Thursday the trains cancelled include Train No 22818 Mysuru–Howrah Express commencing journey from Mysuru on May 6, Train No. 22884 Yesvantpur–Puri Express on May 4, Train No 12863 Howrah–Yesvantpur Express from Howrah on May 3, Train

New Delhi, May 2: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission to decide by May 6 nine complaints of the Congress party alleging MCC violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. The poll panel told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that it has already decided on two out of the 11 complaints which were filed by the Congress party against Modi and

Rae Bareli, May 2: Far from the rough and tumble of hectic electioneering, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday met snake charmers in Raebareli constituency of Uttar Pradesh and boldly held a reptile, saying "it's fine". Photojournalists covering Vadra's election campaign caught the rare sight on camera as she halted at Kuchariya village in an obscure nook on her way to Belavela

New Delhi, May 2: Girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class 12 examinations announced on Thursday, with toppers Hansika Shukla from Ghaziabad and Karishma Arora from Muzaffarnagar scoring 499 out of 500 marks. Rishikesh's Gaurangi Chawala, Raebareli's Aishwarya and Bhavya from Jind bagged the second rank, scoring 498 out of 500 marks. Neeraj Jindal and Mehak Talwar from Delhi are among 18 students to

Ahmedabad, May 2: A special CBI court in Ahmedabad Thursday discharged former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case. Vanzara and Amin had filed discharge applications in the court after the Gujarat government refused to grant sanctions to the CBI to prosecute the two former police officers. Special CBI court judge J K Pandya said that since the

May 2: CBSE Class 12 result 2019: CBSE 12th result 2019 has been declared by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). CBSE released Class 12 result 2019 on its official website cbse.nic.in or cbseresults.nic.in. 83.4 per cent students passed CBSE 12th exams this year. In a surprise move, CBSE will soon declare toppers' list and CBSE Class 12 result 2019 at a press conference scheduled to be

Bhubaneshwar/New Delhi, May 2: India will use boats, buses and trains to evacuate 800,000 people along its east coast on Thursday ahead of an approaching cyclone that is forecast to make landfall within 24 hours, officials said. Severe Cyclonic Storm Fani was centred in the west of the Bay of Bengal, the India Meteorological Office said. The south coast of Odisha state was also expected to get

New Delhi, May 1: Accusing the BJP of indulging in horse trading, AAP leader and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that seven of his party MLAs in the national capital have been offered ₹10 crore each to join the saffron party. The BJP however rubbished the claim terming it "bizarre allegation" and a "desperate bid to gain attention". Sisodia alleged the BJP had