12:04 PM: Ten-day long Hot Air Balloon festival begins in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi (ANI)
11:53 AM: Chennai: Supporters of TTV Dhinakaran await his arrival at the airport, RK Nagar bypoll (ANI)
11:41 AM: "13 prisoners at Haridwar District Jail tested HIV positive, they have history of using intravenous drugs. Their treatment is being done through NARCO unit in Dehradun and are being taken care of.": Deepak Rawat, DM, Haridwar, Uttarakhand (ANI)
11:34 AM: Lalu Yadav framed due to political rivalry. We will go the High Court, will defeat BJP at the end: Senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Lalu Yadav's conviction in a Fodder scam case (ANI)
11:23 AM: Official EC trends on RK Nagar bypoll: TTV Dhinakaran leads with 5447 votes, AIADMKs E. Madhusudhanan 2512 votes and DMK's N. Marudhu Ganesh 1367 votes at the end of counting round 3 (ANI)
11:12 AM: Karnataka Government planning to frame a law enabling capital punishment to rapists of minor girls. Have asked officials to get details of a similar law passed by Madhya Pradesh Government: Karnataka Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy (ANI)
11:02 AM: Muhajirs are people who migrated to Pak at the time of partition, we don't get accepted there as Pakistanis. We are still considered Indians.We have many people who have lost their lives in Karachi, we don't have jobs, no financial stability and there is clear discrimination: MQM worker (ANI)
10:54 AM: Official EC trends on RK Nagar bypoll: TTV Dhinakaran leads with 5082 votes, AIADMKs E. Madhusudhanan gets 1783 votes and DMK's N. Marudhu Ganesh gets 1142 votes in round 2 of counting Click Here To Read
10:41 AM: Death of four army personnel in ceasefire violation by Pakistan, yesterday: Army clarifies "there has been no mutilation of bodies, the injuries suffered are due to splinters and gun shot wounds sustained due to firing by the enemy on the patrol" (ANI)
10:34 AM: All India Muslim Personal Law Board holds emergency meeting in Lucknow ahead of tabling of bill on Triple Talaq in Parliament (ANI)
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10:16 AM: Counting halted for about 15 minutes after clash between AIADMK and Dhinakaran supporters, later resumed. Chennai district Electoral Officer says "Police restored peace, nothing alarming. Compilation of second round going on" (ANI)
10:05 AM: Chennai: TTV Dhinakaran supporters celebrate outside a counting center as early official EC trends indicate his lead (ANI)
09:54 AM: Bhandara, Maharashtra: Family of Major Moharkar Prafulla Ambadas mourns the loss of their son who passed away in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in J&K yesterday; mother says "my son had promised to visit us next year, but for us, now that year is never going to come" (ANI)
09:47 AM: Official EC trends: Early trends indicate DMK's N. Marudhu Ganesh gets 1181 votes (ANI)
