Dhanbad (Jharkhand) [India], May 11 (ANI): Dhanbad city in Jharkhand, which has always been known as the land of coal mafia and gangsters, is all set to go to polls on May 12.
Algiers [Algeria], May 11 (ANI): Thousands of Algerians on Friday took to the streets here on the first Friday of Ramadan, pressing their demands for democratic reforms and ousting of key officials from former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's regime.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani took a veiled jibe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi saying that they are people who wear "janeu" once in five years and come for "Ganga-darshan" only during elections.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Election Commission of India (EC) has declared "void", the polls held on May 6 at polling station no-116 in Barrackpur parliamentary constituency and polling station no-110 in Arambag parliamentary constituency of West Bengal.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked Sam Pitroda to apologise for his "happened, so what" remarks on 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 11 (ANI): A team of Hyderabad police nabbed two persons accused of illegally transporting and selling unauthorised herbicide-tolerant cotton seeds.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 11 (ANI): Odisha Information and Public Relations secretary said that the government has provided enough food to the cyclone-affected districts Puri and Khordha.
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): Singer Rihanna is coming up with a new luxury fashion line 'Fenty' which is expected to debut in spring this year.
Maiduguri [Nigeria], May 11 (ANI): Almost 900 children have been freed by a pro-government local militia fighting against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, UNICEF said on Friday.
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], May 11 (ANI): National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), in its investigation of the Alwar gang-rape case, has found carelessness on the part of the police officials.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) May 11 (ANI): After receiving complaints regarding postal ballots, the Army has said that preliminary investigations have indicated that the complaints are unfounded.
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his attack on Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy over the latter's comment on soldiers that "only people who cannot make a livelihood, join Army".