KERALA: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday lost his cool while speaking to the media after casting his vote at home base Kannur.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the Union Ministry of Defence to decide within eight weeks on including women in the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force through the Combined Defence Services (CDS) exams.

LUCKNOW: Lashing out at the Congress on Friday, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Congress manifesto is harmful to India, the world's largest democracy.

BHOPAL: Assuring that it is a 'Modi ki Guarantee' (PM Modi's guarantee), Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the government led by the BJP will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) across the country.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court recently ruled that falsely accusing a spouse of having an extramarital affair and denying parentage of children amounts to severe mental cruelty.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: K.M. Abraham, former chief secretary of Kerala and present principal secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday suffered a rude jolt when after standing in the queue to cast his vote he failed to press the button on the electronic voting machine, as he was told that the number on his Electors Photo Identification Card (EPIC) had already been cast.

KARNATAKA: BJP is going to get total support in the elections to 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi stated in Hubballi on Friday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Political circles in Kerala are abuzz after confirmation of the news that there was a meeting between veteran CPI(M) leader and Left Convenor EP Jayarajan and BJP Kerala incharge Prakash Javadekar.

BENGALURU: Former Chief Minister and JD-S state President H. D. Kumaraswamy alleged on Friday that the Election Commission has failed to ensure fair elections in Bengaluru Rural parliamentary constituency.

JAIPUR: A speeding car ran over 11 persons sleeping on the roadside at Mahwa town in Rajasthan's Dausa district, killing three persons and leaving eight others injured, the police said on Friday.

LUCKNOW: Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has asked municipal commissioners of major cities in the state to deal with the problem of beggary.

JAIPUR: A voter turnout of 26.84 per cent was recorded till 11 a.m. for the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where voting is being held on Friday.

KOLKATA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed the Mamata government, saying that the massive corruption unleashed by Trinamool Congress in West Bengal has ultimately resulted in the loss of peace and happiness of around 26,000 families in the state.

HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader and former minister T. Harish Rao on Friday reached the Telangana Martyrs Memorial in front of the Assembly Building with his resignation, a day after throwing a challenge to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to come with his resignation so that they could be handed over to intellectuals.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought the issuance of guidelines for the release of undertrial prisoners on bail under judicial oversight.

JAIPUR: BJP leader and former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will get a third term at the Centre as the people want development.

LUCKNOW: A cashier at Lucknow Electric Supply Authority’s (LESA) Mahanagar sub-divisional office allegedly vanished after stealing over Rs 52.5 lakh in collected revenue from customers.

SRINAGAR: Two terrorists were killed while a civilian and two soldiers were injured in the ongoing gunfight between the security forces and holed-up militants in Sopore town of J&K’s Baramulla district on Friday.

KERALA: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan soon after casting his vote here on Friday said the Left in the state will register a historic win.

NEW DELHI: Polling for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections started in 88 parliamentary constituencies across 12 states and a Union Territory.

AYODHYA: Saints in Ayodhya have reacted strongly amidst reports that Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are planning to visit the holy city to offer prayers at the Ram temple.

KARNATAKA: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the residence of slain MCA student Neha Hiremath, who was brutally stabbed to death, on Thursday to console her family members here.

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said on Thursday that people are ready to give a befitting reply to the Congress on issues like "corruption, paper leaks and its policy of appeasement".

PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said the party's vote count and lead in both the Lok Sabha seats in the state will increase after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally on April 27.

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Esplanade Court on Thursday extended the police custody of the accused duo in the Salman Khan house firing case by four days till April 29.

GUWAHATI: Family members of Sikh radical preacher Amritpal Singh met him in Assam's Dibrugarh jail on Thursday, officials said.

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena spokesperson Susiben Shah on Thursday said the announcement of Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP) in its manifesto 'Shapathnama' with regards to minimum support price (MSP) for farmers is to "deceive" and "allure" them.

BIDAR: Reacting to the charges levelled by the BJP that the Congress is taking away the reservation of SCs-STs and giving it to the Muslims in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claimed on Thursday that the 4 per cent quota which existed earlier for the Muslims has been continued in the southern state.

GUJARAT: In the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the BJP and the Congress are expected to be in a face-off. The BJP has nominated Chandubhai Shihora, a community leader.

CHENNAI: Senior BJP leader Nainar Nagendran, who is the legislative party leader of the party in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, said on Thursday that police were targeting him.

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BHOPAL: Accusing the Congress party of "tying the hands of soldiers" in the past, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, said that it is his government that has given full freedom to the armed forces to retaliate in a befitting manner.

SRINAGAR: An elderly tourist died of heart failure on Thursday, in Jammu and Kashmir’s ski resort of Gulmarg.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has upheld Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) admission policy allocating an 80 per cent quota for students, who have recently completed their Class 12 exams, in the First Year of the three-year B.A. (Hons.) programme in Foreign Languages.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Kerala Government official on his way to poll duty, was knocked down by a speeding vehicle near Alappuzha.