Headlines from today’s papers:
India goes to the polls in first of nine phases
The North East will host the first of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections Monday, which will see six constituencies — five in the upper Assam region and one in Tripura (West) — going to the polls. Fifty one candidates from Assam and 13 from Tripura will compete for the votes of over 76 lakh registered voters in the six constituencies.
FIR filed against Amit Shah for incendiary speech in riot area
The Uttar Pradesh police Sunday registered a case against Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Amit Shah for making inflammatory speeches in riot-hit sections of the state last week. Shah had said that the polls would be "the election of honour and revenge”. The BJP immediately criticised the move by the police, saying that it was an example of vote-bank politics.
BJP-TDP seal seat-sharing pact
The Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership sealed an alliance with the Telugu Desam Party for the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections on Sunday. The move ended a separation of almost ten years between the two parties, as the TDP walked back into the National Democratic Alliance. According to the pact, the BJP has been allotted 47 of the 119 Assembly seats and eight of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, along with 15 of the 175 Assembly seats and five of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Seemandhra.
Ending Indian dreams of three world titles, Sri Lanka wins T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka beat India by six wickets in the final of the 2014 ICC World T20 on Sunday in Dhaka, dashing India's dreams of holding three limited-over world titles at the same time. This was Sri Lanka's first world title after the 1996 50-over World Cup and also their first Twenty20 World Cup triumph.
Ships detect third signal in airplane search
Nearly a month after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing, Australian and Chinese ships have picked up three acoustic signals that could be from the aircraft’s black box. Over the weekend, a Chinese ship detected two ultrasonic “pings” about two kilometres apart, which matched the frequency of the beacon on a flight recorder. The third signal was picked up by an Australian navy ship on Sunday morning, around 300 nautical miles away from the Chinese ship. Twelve aircraft and 13 ships searched the Southern Indian Ocean on Sunday and focused on three large stretches about 2,000 kilometres from Perth.
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India goes to the polls in first of nine phases
The North East will host the first of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections Monday, which will see six constituencies — five in the upper Assam region and one in Tripura (West) — going to the polls. Fifty one candidates from Assam and 13 from Tripura will compete for the votes of over 76 lakh registered voters in the six constituencies.
FIR filed against Amit Shah for incendiary speech in riot area
The Uttar Pradesh police Sunday registered a case against Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Amit Shah for making inflammatory speeches in riot-hit sections of the state last week. Shah had said that the polls would be "the election of honour and revenge”. The BJP immediately criticised the move by the police, saying that it was an example of vote-bank politics.
BJP-TDP seal seat-sharing pact
The Bharatiya Janata Party central leadership sealed an alliance with the Telugu Desam Party for the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections on Sunday. The move ended a separation of almost ten years between the two parties, as the TDP walked back into the National Democratic Alliance. According to the pact, the BJP has been allotted 47 of the 119 Assembly seats and eight of the 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, along with 15 of the 175 Assembly seats and five of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Seemandhra.
Ending Indian dreams of three world titles, Sri Lanka wins T20 World Cup
Sri Lanka beat India by six wickets in the final of the 2014 ICC World T20 on Sunday in Dhaka, dashing India's dreams of holding three limited-over world titles at the same time. This was Sri Lanka's first world title after the 1996 50-over World Cup and also their first Twenty20 World Cup triumph.
Ships detect third signal in airplane search
Nearly a month after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing, Australian and Chinese ships have picked up three acoustic signals that could be from the aircraft’s black box. Over the weekend, a Chinese ship detected two ultrasonic “pings” about two kilometres apart, which matched the frequency of the beacon on a flight recorder. The third signal was picked up by an Australian navy ship on Sunday morning, around 300 nautical miles away from the Chinese ship. Twelve aircraft and 13 ships searched the Southern Indian Ocean on Sunday and focused on three large stretches about 2,000 kilometres from Perth.
