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Bengal Assembly by-poll: Trinamool takes huge lead in Maheshtala

In the 2016 Assembly polls, CPI-M's heavyweight candidate Shamik Lahiri had finished runner up to Trinamool's Kasturi Das in the constituency.

May 31, 2018

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Punjab Assembly by-poll results: Congress leads in Akali Dal stronghold

Congress candidate Hardev Singh Ladi Sherowalia was leading over his Shiromani Akali Dal rival Naib Singh Kohar after the first few rounds of counting. Ladi received over 34,000 votes while Kohar got only around 18,000 votes.

May 31, 2018

West Bengal Dalit boy a victim of clash between BJP and Bajrang Dal: TMC leader

The BJP youth worker was found hanging a few metres away from his house in Purulia district of West Bengal. BJP leaders have lashed out at the Trinamool Congress for the teenage boy's death.

May 31, 2018

Southwest Airlines asks mother to 'prove' relation to her biracial son

Southwest Airlines issued a statement apologising to the mother for the 'insensitive' incident if their interaction made the family uncomfortable as they never intended to do such things.

May 31, 2018

Congress wins Bengaluru's RR Nagar, CPIM Saji Cherian victorious in Chengannur by-polls

The Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency of Bengaluru went to polls much after the rest of Karnataka and the results will be announced on Thursday, May 31. The results of bypolls in Kerala's Chengannur will also be out in sometime.

May 31, 2018

PM Narendra Modi arrives in Malaysia, to meet newly-elected Mahathir Mohammad

The Indian prime minister is on a three-nation tour of the south-east Asian countries.

May 31, 2018

China is our biggest long-term challenge: US Admiral

Admiral Harry Harris made the remarks at a ceremony as he turned over the reins of the US Pacific Command to Admiral Phil Davidson at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

May 31, 2018

Counting underway for Kerala by-polls, CPI-M candidate takes early lead

The by-polls for the Chengannur Assembly seat was necessitated following the death of CPI-M legislator K.K. Ramachandran Nair in January.

May 31, 2018

J&K sex scandal: 5, including former DIG and DSP, found guilty in 12-year-old case

Those found guilty in the J&K sex scandal are ex-deputy superintendent of police Mohammad Ashraf Mir and former BSF deputy inspector general KS Padhi, along with three locals -- Shabbir Ahmed Laway, Shabbir Ahmed Langhoo and Masud Ahmed. The quantum of their sentence will be announced on June 4.

May 31, 2018