Voting begins in Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections

In Maharashtra, polling is being held in all 288 Assembly constituencies where 3,237 candidates, including 235 women, are in the fray. The voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. A total of 6.5 lakh polling personnel have been deployed at 96,661 polling booths across the state. Nearly 1,35,021 VVPAT machines have also been installed. … Read more

Twenty dead in DR Congo bus accident

Deputy administrator of Mbanza-Ngungu territory, Didier Nsimba told a news agency that the bus, laden with people and goods, was travelling from Lufu to Kinshasa when the brakes failed. Mbanza-Ngungu is located about 150 kilometres west of Kinshasa on Highway 1, a road with a notorious reputation for deadly accidents. Download Udaipur Kiran App to … Read more

Four killed in protest over Facebook post in Bangladesh

People of the area came out in large number to protest after the post went viral on social media. While the police were trying to control the crowd which wanted to vent its anger out on the minority community and their properties, some people started pelting stone on the police. SP of Bhola district today … Read more