Новости за 19.05.2016

After the assembly polls, Ajmal had asserted that no party would be able to form the next government without All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)'s help.

With exit polls in their favour, the DMK was expecting to win by a huge margin. As the day dawned, the DMK office in the city was vibrant with activity.

As the AIADMK celebrates it's win in the state, the DMK-Congress alliance makes a small dent in the Nilgiri district, where they have won seats in two of the three constituencies with a margin of over 12,000 votes in each constituency.

It came as a shock for political onlookers and experts to see Dr Anbumani Ramadoss lose his seat in Pennagaram constituency. He was the only MP to have won the seat during the 2014 Parliamentary election even when the AIADMK wave swept the state.

The Kongu belt of Western Tamil Nadu has tilted the balance in favour of AIADMK. While other regions have given a mixed verdict, western Tamil Nadu has solidly backed AIADMK giving it the much required number of seats to form the government.

Thursday's election results have proved once again that Coimbatore district continues to be an AIADMK stronghold.The ruling party won nine out of the 10 seats, making it just short of a clean sweep.

Bharatiya Janata Party's hopes, to make inroads into Tamil Nadu assembly through Coimbatore, crash yet again.

Even as the AIADMK achieved a near close sweep in the Western region, which tilted the scales of victory in their favour, a few candidates from the DMK-Congress alliance managed to swim against the tide.

The AIADMK, which contested directly in Coonoor constituency in the Nilgiris district after 25 years, has grabbed the seat, considered to be a DMK stronghold for long.

After 16 years, Coimbatore gets its first woman MLA. Kasthuri Vasu of AIADMK won in Valapari constituency by a margin of 8244 votes. Out of the three women candidates only one turned out to be victorious in Coimbatore in the 2016 assembly election.

It reads like a Cinderella story.

In a rare and big seizure, the anti-narcotics cell (I) of Ludhiana police seized 2.5 kg of ice drug worth Rs 22 crore from three Ambala-based peddlers at Vardhaman Chowk area on Wednesday evening.

Noida Authority on Thursday said that it has asked the Delhi Irrigation department to fast track the widening of the Shahdara drain. The move comes in the wake of traffic gridlocks being witnessed at the under-construction bridge near the Film City flyover.

A delegation of industrialists, led by general secretary of Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) Upkar Singh Ahuja and vice-president Jagbir Singh Sokhi, met deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at Chandigarh and raised concerns of the existing micro, small and

A student died whereas two of his friends suffered injuries after the car they were riding at a high speed fell into Sidhwan Canal near Jhammat village on Thursday evening.

The municipal corporation is mulling installation of GPS in 230 of its vehicles to keep a check on the working of the staff and also to know about the day-to-day movement of the vehicles.

Jail authorities in Ludhiana have fallen back on the good-old bhangra to keep inmates at the central jail in Sector 32A entertained and positive while spending their time behind bars.

The department of paediatrics and transfusion medicine, in collaboration with Punjab Thalassemics' Welfare Society (PTWS), celebrated the 25th International Thalassemia Day in Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana.

A high drama was witnessed outside Harkrishan Public School at Janta Nagar on Thursday when as many as 12 parents and Akali Dal councillor Kamaljit Singh Karwal were arrested in Shimlapuri area.

In a bid to develop ward 56 as a model ward, the municipal corporation (MC) has moved a proposal for developmental works worth around Rs 6 crore. It will be discussed in the meeting of the Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC) on Friday.

With the mercury shooting through the roof, getting out of home is difficult for residents. The most vulnerable sections include women, the elderly, school going children, the labour class and people travelling on two-wheelers.

People cry of very high water bills and decided not to buy water from SMC under the scheme in New North zone.