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New Delhi: Lok Sabha polls 2024 – billed by the BJP as a milestone to 2047 and the Opposition as a battle for democracy’s survival – began today. In the first of the 7-phase exercise, voting is being held in 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories The first phase of polls is being held on all seats of Tamil Nadu (39), Rajasthan (12), Uttar Pradesh (8), Madhya Pradesh (6), Uttarakhand (5), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Meghalaya (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Puducherry (1), Sikkim (1) and Lakshadweep (1). Besides, there will be five seats each…

The interception of hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones Iran fired at Israel on April 13 demonstrated the robustness of the latter’s multi-layered air defence network and has also put the spotlight on how well India is prepared to defend itself from aerial threats, the existing weapons in its arsenal and plans to enhance capabilities with new systems. Israel is reported to have retaliated against the Iranian attack on Friday, and reports state that Iran has activated its air defence system to defend itself from the retaliatory strikes. From developing ballistic missile defence (BMD) capabilities to intercept long-range missiles, to…

New Delhi: Israel launched an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, US officials said, in the latest tit-for-tat exchange between the two arch foes, whose decades of shadow war has broken out into the open and threatened to drag the region deeper into conflict. Israel launched a strike against Iran in retaliation for its weekend attack, said US officials, though media from both countries appeared to downplay the severity of the incident. Iran activated its air defence system over several cities, state media reported, after the country’s official broadcaster said explosions were heard near Isfahan, Iran’s third-biggest city. Several Iranian nuclear…

New Delhi: Almost zero voting has been recorded across six districts in Nagaland so far today, after the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation – which is demanding a separate administration with more financial autonomy – declared a ‘public emergency’ and called on locals to boycott this election. The north-eastern state’s Chief Election Officer has issued a notice to the ENPO for disrupting the electoral process. In a statement, the top poll official said the group had attempted “to use undue influence… by interfering with the free exercise of those residing in Eastern Nagaland areas to vote in the general election”. The ENPO, the officer said,…

Goemkarponn desk COLLEM: Abdul Rafique, a 62-year-old Bengaluru visitor, vanished on Thursday afternoon while travelling to Dudhsagar in a jeep. Rafique and his wife were visiting the well-known Dudhsagar waterfalls in Goa when the event happened. Around 1:30 PM, the jeep they were riding in broke down next to a river in the thick jungle. At this point, Rafique’s wife and other travellers realised he was absent. They immediately searched the neighbourhood, but Rafique was nowhere to be found. His fellow travellers quickly alerted the Collem police, who then began a thorough search of the region after they were unable…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: With rising temperatures becoming a major concern, water scarcity also raised its ugly face in several parts of Canacona, while PWD had already begun to service these affected areas with water tankers. Water is being supplied through Water Tankers to the areas of Polem and Shellim (in Loliem-Polem village), Avali, Bordem, Yedda and a few other areas in Khotigao village, besides some parts of Khola village in Xelpem, Vagon and Saleri, where the groundwater resources have already dried- up. Besides there are a few pockets in Gaondongrim where tankers meet water requirements’, informed JE Deepraj Madkaikar in…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Party (GFP) Leader Vikas Bhagat has slammed Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) MLA Viresh Borkar for his ‘Kattappa’ remarks. Reacting to statement Bhagat termed MLA Borkar as “Bhallaladev”. “RGP MLA Viresh Borkar is “ Bhallaladev”. After filing Nomination at North and South Goa , RGP attacks INDIA Alliance on the directions of their Father “BJP”.,” said Bhagat He further said that MLA Borkar has not seen the film Bahubali while stating that Kattappa was a loyal soldier. “Kattappa always stayed loyal till the last,” he added Bhagat said that RGP has been targeting our Leader Vijai…