TVK candidate K Sivakumar SALEM: TVK candidate K Sivakumar secured 4,034 votes in Salem North after the first round of counting, ahead of DMK’s R Rajendran by 431 votes. Rajendran, who is the tourism minister, secured 3,603.PMK stood in third place with 2,178 votes, while NTK polled 374 votes. The early trend pointed to a…
Hyderabad: One and a half months after a raid at the farmhouse of BRS former MLA Pilot Rohit Reddy in Moinabad and the arrest of 11 accused in a drugs case, police are yet to nab any of the alleged peddlers who supplied cocaine and MDMA to the accused.According to the investigators, during the raid…
Kolkata: Security across all 77 counting centres, including the seven in Kolkata, have been beefed up substantially but the political optics outside counting centres continued for yet another day across the city.The Kolkata Police also announced comprehensive security measures within the city in a bid to stop any law and order conflict, with local QRTs,…
Ahmedabad: A house near Income Tax Circle was burgled even as the occupants were home, police said. The crime occurred on the night of April 30, and a complaint was registered with Vadaj police on Saturday.The complainant, Mayank Shah, 37, who runs a computer sales and service business from his residence, told police that he…
Chandigarh: BJP’s internal strife after Rajya Sabha MP Rekha Sharma allegedly used a slur to describe members of the influential Bishnoi political dynasty has derailed the party’s campaign for Haryana’s civic elections.Supporters of senior state BJP member Kuldeep Bishnoi have filed 14 criminal complaints across Haryana, accusing Sharma of referring to former chief minister Bhajan…
Pune: The three overhead tanks at NIBM Annexe Road in Mohammadwadi may soon fill with water after years, but residents of nearby housing societies are sceptical about how and when the supply will reach their homes.Many residents said they had applied to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) for pipeline connections, a process that could take…
GUWAHATI: From Himanta Biswa Sarma to Gaurav Gogoi, from Badruddin Ajmal to Akhil Gogoi, Assam’s next political narrative will take shape on Monday as the state gears up for counting of votes.While a clear mandate for the NDA will strongly reinforce CM Himanta’s stature, as it is the first assembly polls fought under his leadership,…
Lucknow: A living-donor kidney transplant on a 41-year-old HIV-positive patient was successfully conducted at Max Super Speciality Hospital.Diagnosed with HIV in 2018, the patient later developed end-stage renal disease and had been on dialysis since 2023. Despite ongoing antiretroviral therapy, he faced difficulty finding a transplant centre willing to take up the case.In Jan 2026,…
Heart donated in Panchkula gives Sudanese teen in Delhi new life NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old boy from Sudan, who had come to Delhi for treatment, got a second chance at life after a donor heart was flown in from neighbhouring Haryana’s Panchkula, where a 41-year-old woman was declared brain dead and her family consented to…
US President Donald Trump unveiled an initiative called “Project Freedom”, aimed at assisting commercial vessels currently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions in the Gulf region.In a post on Truth Social on Sunday (local time), Trump said that multiple countries had requested American assistance to help their ships safely exit the strategically…
