Новости за 17.05.2016

When 18-year-old R U Arjun cast his vote and heard the EVM beep, he stood there flummoxed, not knowing what to do next, even as polling officials kept gesturing for him to leave.

Technology such as CCTV surveillance, web cameras, SMS services and control rooms displaying live webcast from polling booths helped voters and polling staff in Tamil Nadu on Monday.

A decade after a stampede killed four persons and injured many others in November 2006, the inquiry report of the Justice P K Mohanty Commission into the incident was tabled in the assembly on Monday.

The poll boycott call by residents of several areas turned out to be just a farce on Monday, as a lion's share of them turned out to vote, saying it was their duty to do so.

The farmers' wing of the BJD on Monday staged dharna near governor's house here demanding more drought assistance to the state.

Parts of Odisha, mostly coastal pockets, will receive rainfall in next four days from Wednesday under the influence of a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal, said a forecast by IMD on Monday.

The state government on Monday effected a major reshuffle among IAS officers.As many as 21 IAS officers and three OAS officers were givenwith new responsibilities.

All the inmates of Kodala sub-jail in Ganjam district resorted to mass hunger strike on Sunday protesting against alleged high-handedness of prison staff and poor quality food.

A woman and her lover were sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 2,000 each for killing her husband by the additional sessions judge of Keonjhar on Monday.

The state assembly election was held in a peaceful manner in 20 polling stations that were identified as vulnerable to Maoist threat in Anaikatti and surrounding areas in Coimbatore district on Monday.

The director school education (secondary) has dismissed a science teacher at Government High School, Rajgarh, for being absent from duty for the past 18 years.

Industrialists want the state government to allot the entire land at Dhanansu to focal point.

Meanwhile, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Avon Cycles Onkar Singh Pahwa denied the allegations and told TOI that their product was different from Hero's and both the models had at least 15 differences in design.

Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi on Monday said that the BJP is planning to launch a statewide agitation against the state government for its failure in tackling drought.

For the first time in a decade, the Chikkodi educational district has not found a place among the top three districts in the SSLC results.It has slipped to sixth place this time from its last year's second position.

A leading activist involved in the Kalasa-Banduri agitation is out to prove his selflessness by leading an ascetic life.

In a joint operation, the Mumbai police and the city crime branch nabbed six persons who were allegedly involved in opening fire in a bar in Mumbai on Friday night.

A resident of Waghodia Road was arrested by the detection of crime branch (DCB) for organizing betting racket on a T20 match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils of Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday night.

Two children died after a wall collapsed on them in Kherda village of Karjan taluka.

A truck driver had a narrow escape when the vehicle fell off the Sama-Savli bridge into a 15-feet ditch near Asoj village of Vadodara taluka late on Sunday night.The truck caught fire after plunging down.

Family of Suraj Achary, who was found dead near Kapurai Bridge in January last year, demanded CBI inquiry into his death.