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Farmers burn stubble in Punjab's Ludhiana

Ludhiana (Punjab), May 22 (ANI): Farmers burned wheat straw at Talwandi Kalan village in Punjab's Ludhiana. Incidents of stubble burning cases are continuously rising in the state. Stubble burning results in a lot of air pollution in northern states of India. Despite ban on straw burning, farmers have continued their practice. No action has been taken against farmers at fault.

Police seized a suspicious boat in AP's Nellore

Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), May 22 (ANI): Police seized a suspicious boat in AP's Nellore on Tuesday. The incident happened at Pannapudi Patooru village. The empty boat was found at the time of PSLV rocket launching, which caused security alert. A case has been registered under Sec 102 of Cr. P.C (Unclaimed Property).

First-ever 'Tandav Aarti' performed in HP's Kinnaur

Kinnaur (HP), May 22 (ANI): 'Tandav Aarti' performed at Satluj River bank for the first time in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur. The aarti was performed by 'acharyas,' who came from Varanasi, to perpetuate spiritual significance of the river. Before the 'aarti', locals were seen dancing in traditional clothing.

2 terrorists killed in encounter in J and K's Kulgam

Kulgam (J and K), May 22 (ANI): 2 terrorists were killed in an encounter that broke out in Gopal Pora area of J and K's Kulgam. The exchange of fire started between terrorists and security forces on Wednesday. Operation is still underway. More details are awaited.

Locals face acute water shortage in Gujarat's Dang

Dang (Gujarat), May 22 (ANI): Despite heavy rainfall, a village in Gujarat's Dang district reels under water shortage during the summer season. Locals travel almost 3 km every day to fetch water to meet their daily needs. Even, the village has no sufficient water to drink, which makes it difficult for locals to survive. Government has not taken any major step towards the issue yet.

LS polls: Re-polling underway at Amritsar's booth no 123, voters get 'certificate of appreciation' by EC

Amritsar (Punjab), May 22 (ANI): Re-polling for LS elections underway at booth No. 123 in Punjab's Amritsar Parliamentary constituency on Wednesday. Voting process is being held peacefully. The voters are being given 'certificate of appreciation' by the Election Commission. Earlier, the Election Commission ordered for re-polling due to negligence during the polling process.

Watch: Dalit body president attacked during presser in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, May 22 (ANI): National SC Reservation Parirakshana Samithi president, Karne Srisailam was attacked during a press conference at Press Club in Hyderabad. He was speaking on irregularities in Gurukul Pathshala (residential schools for SC/ST in Telangana). Karne Srisailam filed police complaint against Osmania University's scholar P Alexander and his associates for the attack. Case has been registered from both the sides as Alexander alleged that he was also attacked by Srisailam's followers. Further investigation is underway.

CID busts illegal call centre, 37 people arrested in Guwahati

Guwahati (Assam), May 22 (ANI): A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested 37 persons, including 9 women, for making fraud calls from an illegal call centre at Zoo Road in Assam's Guwahati. The call centre by the name of 'Avenir Pvt Ltd' was being run by Rajesh Khan, who has also been arrested. Additional Director General of Police (Admn), LR Bishnoi said, "CID has seized 22 monitors, 40 CPUs, 2 pen drives, 1 laptop and 32 mobile phones. Additionally, documents of the company and a diary containing the script they used were also recovered." A case has been registered under section 120B, 419, 420, 468, 471 and 384 of the Indian Penal Code, read with section 66 of the Information Technology Act.

2 labourers die after getting stuck inside mill tank

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Two labourers of a flour mill in Lawrence Road died after getting stuck inside a tank of the mill. Fire official said, "Victims got inside the tank to clean it. Since the tank was closed for a while now, they might have inhaled the poisonous gas that formed inside the tank."

Exchange of fire underway between security forces and terrorists in J and K's Kulgam

Kulgam (J and K), May 22 (ANI): Exchange of fire broke out on Wednesday between terrorists and security forces in Gopal Pora area of J and K's Kulgam. Operation is still underway. More details are awaited.

Watch: PSLV-C46 lifts off carrying RISAT-2B satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), May 22 (ANI): the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the wee hours of Wednesday launched the PSLVC46 which carried RISAT-2B, a radar imaging earth observation satellite, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota. In the 48th mission of PSLV, RISAT-2B will be placed into an orbit of 555 km at an inclination of 37 degree.

Hyderabad woman who went to Saudi Arabia for work dies, kin seeks Swaraj's help

Hyderabad (Telangana), May 22 (ANI): A woman from Hyderabad who had gone to Saudi Arabia in search of work 22 months is now dead, her mother-in-law, Ghousia Begum, told ANI. The deceased, identified as Nasreen Fatima, had gone to Saudi Arabia almost two years ago after her husband met with an accident and couldn't afford to run the house. "Two days ago we received a phone call and were told that she had died. I asked for the reason of her death but that was not conveyed. They are not even sending her mortal remains," Begum said. Begum has also sought Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's help in the matter.

Bastar: 14-day 'pad-yatra' demanding revival of Indravati river ends

Bastar (Chhattisgarh), May 22 (ANI): Locals of Bastar in Chhattisgarh, who had embarked on a 14-day 'padyatra' (foot march) on May 08 demanding the revival of Indravati river, concluded their march on Tuesday. Indravati river, regarded as a lifeline of Bastar, is facing grave crisis due to depleting water level. Indravati originates from Odisha and covers a distance of 164 km before it enters Chhattisgarh's Bastar, and because of this, the river has also become a bone of contention between the two states. Locals who marched for 14 days said the mission of the padyatra is to demand immediate steps to save Indravati river.

Allies who skipped NDA meet pledged their support in writing: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said a total of 36 allies attended the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meet organised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah at the Ashoka Hotel in Delhi. Three of the remaining NDA allies did not participate in the get together on which the Home Minister said the absentee partners have pledged their support to the NDA in "writing". Shah had organised the get together of NDA parties in an apparent show of strength ahead of the vote count of May 23. The NDA partners honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Fire breaks out at chemical factory in Gujarat's Valsad

Valsad (Gujarat), May 22 (ANI): A major broke out at a chemical factory in Gujarat's Valsad. Eight fire tenders were at the spot to douse the flames. Drums filled with chemicals worsened the situation as blasts were happening inside the factory which left the locals in a panic. More details are awaited.

Chandrababu Naidu meets HD Deve Gowda in Bengaluru, intensifies EVM criticism

Bengaluru (Karnataka), May 22 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu Naidu, who has met a number of opposition leaders in the last couple of days, on late Tuesday met former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Karnataka Chief Minsiter H.D. Kumaraswamy in Benguluru. Naidu and other opposition leaders have intensified their attack on alleged EVM manipulation issue and have been continuously demanding VVPAT verification of at least 50 percent votes polled in the just concluded Lok Sabha elections. Rumours are also also rife of Naidu cobbling a third front ahead of the vote count on Thursday. Although, Deve Gowda said talks on opposition alliance were not discussed in the meeting with Naidu as they are waiting for the results to come out first. The former prime minister, however, thanked Naidu for leading the issue of alleged EVM manipulation.

Digvijaya Singh visits EVM strong room in Bhopal amid row on voting machines

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), May 22 (ANI): Amid the allegations of opposition on the movements of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines), Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday visited the District Jail in Bhopal where an EVM strong room has been established. The opposition has intensified its criticism of EVMs ever since the exit polls predicted the return of NDA government at the centre, and while pointing to possible inaccuracies in the exit polls, the opposition has accused the government of manipulating the voting machines in order to get a favourable result.

Scientists invent method to transfer life-saving vaccines to impoversished areas

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new way that can help store vaccines and their subsequent transfer to remote and impoverished areas of the world. The new method developed by McMaster scientists and published in the 'Scientific Reports' combines the active ingredients in existing vaccines with a sugary gel, where they remain viable for eight weeks or more, even at elevated temperatures. The invention is significant because it can replace the cumbersome "cold chain" - constant storage at temperatures between 2C and 8C - which is currently necessary to keep anti-viral vaccines viable.

Instagram quietly overhauls IGTV interface to take on TikTok, Snapchat

New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): The battle of the best between Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat continues to intensify. In its latest effort at keeping user interest alive, Facebook-owned Instagram has quietly redesigned IGTV's interface inside of the main app.The new design is more immersive and allows users to see the breadth of videos in IGTV instead of showing the horizontal scrolling interface that previously existed, TechCrunch reported. The redesigned IGTV now shows one central feed of algorithmically suggested videos based on user behaviour, instead of showing dedicated tabs, similar to how TikTok and Snapchat show content in their feed.

Arunachal Pradesh's former Home Minister suspects political rivalry behind Tirong Aboh's murder

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), May 21 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh's former Home Minister Kumar Waii condemned National People's Party's (NPP) Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) death. Kumar Waii said, "I condemn this incident. This kind of incident has never taken place before. A political rival has done this, an inquiry into the incident is important". NPP leader Tirong Aboh was ambushed by unknown militants in which total 11 people got murdered including Tirang Aboh and his son.