Author: Starvision Desk

As per the findings of the poll, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi came a distant second as the preferred candidate for the post.The poll’s results have put out an interesting finding with Lok Sabha elections just eight months away.The opinion poll, which was conducted between July 18 and August 19 in Chhattisgarh among 7,679 respondents, has found that 62 per cent respondents preferred Modi as the prime ministerial candidate, while 19.8 per cent of them preferred Rahul Gandhi for the post.Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath with 2.8 per cent votes and 2.7 per cent…

These last few weeks have seen a series of protests from interest groups that want the Metro to go underground on the lifeline of the city, the Mahatma Gandhi Road. The existing plan includes an overhead Metro line on pillars.The owners of the commercial establishments, shops, and showrooms, have been agitating to demand change in the plan, as they fear that once work starts on the MG Road stretch, commercial activities would be badly affected and there would be permanent traffic jams.At a public rally held two days ago at the Shaheed Smarak, the protesters voiced their concern and demanded…

In the previous elections, the Congress won 11 seats. According to the survey, the BJP is projected to gain three additional seats in the southern region, but it still remains behind the Congress in terms of the total number of seats. In the last election, the BJP secured only one seat in the southern region of Chhattisgarh. However, this time they are projected to win four seats. The survey also indicates that no other party will win like the previous time. Meanwhile, the Congress seems to have a significant lead over the BJP in terms of projected seat ranges, with…

The Governor’s House has announced the appointment of Buddhadeb Sau, a faculty member with the mathematics department of JU, as the interim vice- chancellor of the university.The state government has challenged the decision claiming that the decision to appoint Sau as the interim vice- chancellor in JU was done by the Governor’s House without discussing or taking the consent of the State Education Department.The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Monday at the apex court’s division bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Dipankar Dutta.Earlier also the Raj Bhavan and the state secretariat had been at loggerheads…

Gaikwad made 58 off 43 balls and shared a crucial 71-run partnership with Samson, who made a quick-fire 26-ball 40. Though it appeared that India was losing some momentum in the back-end of the innings, Rinku found his groove in a late burst to make 38 off 21 balls and with Shivam Dube being 22 not out, the duo hit 42 runs in last 12 balls to take India past 180.Pushed into batting first, runs began to flow for India from the second over with Gaikwad clipping Josh Little for four. Yashasvi Jaiswal swivelled twice off the backfoot to take…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) India cricketer Nitish Rana has announced that he will be playing for Uttar Pradesh and leaving Delhi for the current 2023-24 domestic cricket season.Rana, the left-handed batting all-rounder who captained Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023, will be reuniting with his franchise team-mate, left-handed middle-order batter Rinku Singh in the Uttar Pradesh side. He is now eligible to play in the inaugural edition of the UPT20 League, where he will be playing for Noida Super Kings.“I would like to express my deepest gratitude for the opportunities, guidance, and support which DDCA has provided me over…

According to the survey, the ruling Congress is expected to lose seven seats in the region, against 14 picked up in the previous polls. Other parties failed to secure any seats previously, and it seems they are facing a similar situation this time around too. As per the survey, while the BJP is the dominant party, but both it and the Congress have the potential to win between five to nine seats each in the northern region. It assigns one possible seat to other parties. –IANS atk/vd

The final day’s proceedings saw incredible performances with four new national records being created. Palak Joshi of Maharashtra created a new national record in 200m backstroke for group I girls with a time of 2:21.38, pushing top contender Ridhima Veerendra Kumar of Karnataka to second place. While Ridhima clocked 2:22.51, Palak’s gold medal-fetching swim also eclipsed Maana Patel’s record of 2:21.41 set in the year 2015.In another record-breaking performance, Vedanta V Madhir of Karnataka clocked 2:11.74 to erase the previous record of 2:11.97 held by Aaryan Bhosale in 200m backstroke for group II boys. Arnav Ramdas of Maharashtra finished second…

The incident happened during the latest Jonas Brothers concert in Toronto. A video from the event showing Nick being struck by the wristband has gone viral. The video was captured by a fan on TikTok and is now going viral.The video shows the band hitting the right side of his chest as it left the singer shocked.Nick immediately flinched and asked the fan not to do it again.A few days back, Nick was hitting with another object while performing, a female fan hurled a bra at him during his show at Yankee Stadium in New York. At that time, he…

After being nominated as Permanent Invitee of Congress Working Committee (of AICC) on Sunday, Chodankar said that he is thankful to the Bahujan Samaj for not falling prey to the tactics of BJP to rope them in to achieve their agenda.“Anti-people BJP is baffled after going through the voting patterns of last two assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Goa, wherein it is clear that Bahujan Samaj is not with them and they could not increase their share of votes. Hence, to have fake bonhomie with Bahujan Samaj, this insensitive party is using a religious platform,” Chodankar said.He said that…