Post results, violence erupts in parts of West Bengal

BJP blames Trinamool, says it will follow ‘tit for tat’ policy
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NEC Labs plans to expand scope of work

Looking at opening office in City
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‘Summit fever’ takes a toll on three more Indians

Expedition agencies say climbers become exhausted and dehydrated while waiting in the queue on Mt. Everest
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NOTA most popular in Bihar, 8 lakh shun parties

In 17 constituencies, the NOTA vote share was above 2%.
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BJP wins big by churning candidates

Party bags 93% of the 89 seats where it replaced its sitting MP with a new face across the country
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Madurai Central, North Assembly segments did more damage to AIADMK

AMMK factor was significant only in Melur
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Pakistani teacher hails the release of ‘American Taliban’

Lindh was ‘upset over situation in Afghanistan, Kashmir & Palestine’
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BJP rewarded for focus on non-core seats

Amit Shah expanded the party’s outreach to win in Telangana and West Bengal
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H. Raja suffers yet another defeat

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary H. Raja, known for his rhetoric and controversial remarks, has suffered yet another defeat in his pol
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Internal contradictions sink SP-BSP alliance

BJP scored over the combine with a better choice of candidates, re-writing caste equations in U.P.
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Trump, Pelosi trade barbs over impeachment talks

Speaker questions President’s mental fitness; he calls her crazy
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Popular imam dies in blast at Kabul mosque

A blast at a Kabul mosque during Friday prayers killed two people, including a prominent Afghan religious scholar, and injured 16 others, officials sa
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Workshop at SGBIT

S.G. Balekundri Institute of Technology (SGBIT), in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University, organised a workshop on Intellectual Prope
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Carpenter falls to death in under-construction building

A-24-year-old carpenter died after slipping from tenth floor of an underconstruction building in Gunjur near Varthur on Wednesday. The deceased, Raja
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Gun stolen from army man’s house

Madurai A double-barrel gun and four sovereign gold chain were stolen from an army man at his house near Alanganallur. The complainant, K. Murugan, sa
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‘Facebook plans to launch its own cryptocurrency next year’

The firm is in talks with U.S. and British financial regulators
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Opinion sought on polling stations for local body polls

MADURAICollector S. Nagarajan on Friday chaired a meeting with representatives of recognised political parties on the location of polling stations for
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Live updates | 21 students killed in fire at commercial complex in Surat

Video footage shows students jumping off the third and fourth floors of the building to escape
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PU colleges shed integrated tag, find workaround

They have tied up with coaching classes nearby
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HC directive on medical care for Virudhunagar woman

MaduraiConsidering the plight of a victim of medical negligence, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court directed the authorities concerned to find
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Internship criteria unsettles students

Students of some of the city-based arts and science colleges who are enrolled in select programmes such as English Literature and Visual Communication
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Partial cancellation of train

Madurai Train No.56320 / 56319 Coimbatore- Nagercoil- Coimbatore passenger is partially cancelled between Erode - Madurai on Saturday and Tuesday, due
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Manjeswaram by-poll: CEO to approach court

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Teeka Ram Meena is planning to approach the High Court for clearing the legal hurdles in holding by-election to the Manj
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Tiruchi and Karur back in Congress kitty

The two constituencies used to be its traditional strong ground about two to three decades back.
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Partial cancellation of train

Madurai Train No.56320 / 56319 Coimbatore- Nagercoil- Coimbatore passenger is partially cancelled between Erode - Madurai on Saturday and Tuesday, due
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Manjeswaram by-poll: CEO to approach court

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Teeka Ram Meena is planning to approach the High Court for clearing the legal hurdles in holding by-election to the Manj
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CPI(M) sees erosion in vote base

Thinks right-wing forces succeeded in misleading a section of them
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Akila gets a cool birthday gift

Shower system installed for the elephant of Tiruvanaikoil
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LDF failed to sense the under-current

CPI, CPI(M) meet to review the drubbing it received at the hustings
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Watch | NDA II's foreign and economic policy priorities

As PM Modi gets ready to kick-off his new term, what are the new government’s tasks on the Foreign policy front?
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HC reduces sentence of former jail warden

The imprisonment of three years that was awarded to a former jail warden for accepting a bribe of ₹1,000 for permitting a person to visit an accused,
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Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh declared a banned terrorist organisation

The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which was blamed for the terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka in 2016 in which 22 people including 17 foreigne
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Tiruchi prepared to tackle snake bites

Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi claims to have all facilities to handle snake bite cases in place even as the World Health Orga
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Myth created by DMK cost us dear in poll: Rajenthra Bhalaji

MADURAI The myth created by the DMK that AMMK has split the base of AIADMK cost the ruling party dear in the Lok Sabha poll and by-election held for
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Expect to see farmers’ income doubled: Chamber

MADURAIMembers from the Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce wished the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi luck for his second term and said that they h
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Breakthrough in gold heist case, one held

Police suspect involvement of Idukki residents in crime
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Briefly

Coir courseApplications are invited for a coir artisan’s training course offered by the Coir Board. The six- month course will begin on July 1 at the
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Top stories of the day: At least 17 students killed in Surat fire, Theresa May to quit as British PM, and more

Here are the important news stories of the day
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Six Assembly seats up for grabs

Byelections on the cards after 4 MLAs win LS polls and death of 2 incumbents
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Patriarch of Antioch arrives on a State visit

Likely to meet Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
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Saradha chit scam: Supreme Court dismisses former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s writ petition

Court conveys displeasure at the multiple pleas for extension of protection.
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Four more deaths on traffic-jammed Everest

The small window of suitable weather before the short season ends has in recent days triggered bottlenecks of hundreds of climbers wanting to achieve the ultimate in mountaineering.
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China keen to work with re-elected PM Modi to further deepen bilateral ties

President Xi skipped protocol and congratulated Modi even before the formal declaration of the poll results
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More than one-third of Maharashtra MPs are first timers

20 of the 48 elected candidates in the State are making their Parliamentary debut
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15 students killed in fire at commercial complex in Surat

At least 15 students died in a massive fire in a commercial building in Surat. The students were attending their tuition class when the fire engulfed
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ED approaches Delhi HC opposing anticipatory bail for Robert Vadra

The Enforcement Directorate filed a plea opposing the anticipatory bail granted to Robert Vadra claiming it interferes with the investigation.
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Urgent need for reunification of the Left: CPI

Sudhakar Reddy terms the Left drawing a blank in West Bengal as a “very big setback.”
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Mamata calls emergency meeting of Trinamool MPs, party leaders

West Bengal witnessed a saffron surge on May 23 with the BJP winning 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the State
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Weekend getaways in Thiruvananthapuram

Go on a fun ride to these places before the schools reopen
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Prajwal Revanna to resign, offers grandfather Deve Gowda the Hassan seat

Meanwhile, JD(S) spokesperson Ramesh Babu has said that the decision will be taken by the senior party members.
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Rajasthan Grameen Mela in Thiruvananthapuram showcases handlooms and handicrafts from across the country

If a range of fabrics — from Bhagalpur (Tussar) silk, Pashmina, Jaipur designer, Kalamkari, Kantha work, Baluchari saris, Lucknow Chikan kurtis, Meerut Khadi and so on — catch the eye
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Regulators fail to set date for Boeing 737 MAX’s return to service

Boeing’s 737 MAX’s return to service could “drag on in time”, says Michel Merluzeau of Air Insight Research.
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Harvey Weinstein, accusers reach $44 million deal to settle civil lawsuits

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, his company and former associates, have reached a deal to settle the civil lawsuits against them that were filed
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Karnataka Cong. campaign chief resigns

The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) campaign committee chairman H. K. Patil has tendered his resignation following the Congress’ debacle
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Remembering the genius of P Padmarajan

The late auteur continues to inspire filmmakers and viewers with his masterpieces that map the euphoria of life and the heart of darkness. The awards instituted in his name will be given away at a function in Thiruvananthapuram on May 25
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For a hunger-free city

Food Bank Coimbatore holds a food drive to encourage food sharing and no wastage
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A forgotten heirloom

Tracing the roots of Arabu-Tamil, a link-language that evolved to facilitate communication between Arab settlers and Tamil Muslims
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U.P. Congress chief Raj Babbar sends his resignation to Rahul Gandhi

Raj Babbar resigns taking responsbility for Congress’ defeat in U.P.
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To the moon and back with Masquerade

Masquerade brings kid-friendly theatre to the stage with Total Moonsense this weekend
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Theresa May says she’ll quit as Conservative leader on June 7

She will stay as caretaker Prime Minister until a new leader is chosen, a process likely to take several weeks.
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Being real with Yashika Aannand

With a fan following on insta of over a million, Yashika is in a good place in Tamil cinema
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Zakir Musa buried, curfew-like restrictions in Kashmir Valley

After encounter fire-fight, combing operation suspended on Friday morning; normal life hit
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Postal votes decide the fate of Arunachal Pradesh BJP candidate

When postal votes were counted on Friday, the BJP’s Ealing Tallang lost from Seppa East Assembly constituency
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Indian envoy rules out talks with Pakistan unless it stops supporting terror

Ties between India and Pakistan hit a new low after the Pulwama terror attack. Tensions flared up after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14.
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British PM May expected to announce date of her departure

Theresa May to bequeath a deeply divided country and a political elite deadlocked over whether or not to leave the EU.
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Delhi HC issues notice to ECI on political parties with religious names or symbols

BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay had filed the petition in public interest.
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General election 2019: BJP takes all of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh

Former CM and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda loses Sonipat by a margin of 1,64,864 votes.
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Boat capsizes on southwest China river, 10 dead, 8 missing

China’s Ministry of Emergency Management says the vessel was a motor-powered iron boat that was “self-built,” rather than obtained from an industrial manufacturer.
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Four new Supreme Court judges sworn in

Justices B.R. Gavai, Surya Kant, Aniruddha Bose and A.S. Bopanna were administered the oath of office by the CJI.
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China unveils 600 kmph magnetic levitation train prototype

Once operationalised, it could pose a major competition to the airlines, its manufacturers said.
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Modi, Amit Shah meet BJP veterans Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi

New DelhiPrime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on Friday called on party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, a day after the pa
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Kalpana Dash, Odisha’s first woman mountaineer, dead

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday condoled the demise of Kalpana Dash, Odisha’s first woman mountaineer, saying it would inspire generations of
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Taiwan holds first gay marriages in historic day for Asia

Some dozen couples were among the first to arrive at a government office in downtown Taipei to legally register their relationships as marriages.
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It is a BJP sweep in Karnataka

Saffron party wins 25 LS seats; Congress-Janata Dal(S) coalition decimated
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Colombian breeds rare frogs to undermine animal traffickers

Lozano doesn’t hunt down poachers and smugglers. He’s trying to undermine them by breeding exotic frogs legally and selling them at lower prices than specimens plucked by traffickers from Colombia’s jungles.
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Thirunavukkarasar wins by a huge margin

Defeats V. Elangovan of DMDK by a margin of 4,59,286 votes
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DMK huffs and puffs to win Tirupparankundram at last

Wins Assembly bypoll by a slender margin of 2,396 votes
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A low-key celebration in city

Madurai wore a deserted look on Thursday as the streets remained bare and most shops in major market areas, including Simmakkal and Mattuthavani, rema
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Madurai does a Left turn again after a decade

Money power cannot triumph over power of democracy, says CPI(M)’s Su. Venkatesan who maintained lead from start to finish
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SpaceX launches first satellites for Musk’s Starlink internet service

Mr. Musk has said he sees the new Starlink venture as an important new revenue stream for his California-based Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX, whose launch service income he expects to top out at around $3 billion a year.
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Brazil’s supreme court votes to make homophobia a crime

President Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain who assumed office on Jan. 1, has a history of offensive comments about gays, blacks and other minorities, openly acknowledging he is a homophobe. He has said he would rather have a dead son than a gay son.
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India against escalation of tension in the Middle East: envoy

Mr. Shringla’s quest for de-escalation of tension came on a day when US President Donald Trump did not rule out sending troops to the Middle East to counter Iran
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Morning digest: Modi's BJP returns stronger; surprises in AP, Sikkim; status quo in Odisha, Arunachal and TN, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day.
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‘AIADMK won’t be able to tamper with bypoll results’

Says DMK has made a representation
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DMK recovers lost ground in Delta

Records facile wins in bypoll; VCK chief locked in a close fight in Chidambaram
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US charges WikiLeaks founder with publishing classified info

The Justice Department’s 18-count superseding indictment alleges that Assange directed former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning in one of the largest compromises of classified information in U.S. history.
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Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March

The company estimates that 5% of its 2.4 billion monthly active users are fake accounts, or about 119 million. This is up from an estimated 3% to 4% in the previous six-month report.
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Andhra Pradesh election results 2019: TDP’s Rammohan Naidu wins from Srikakulam

: Telugu Desam Party sitting MP Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu was elected from Srikakulam Parliament seat again, thanks to cross voting in favour of him. A
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YSRCP set to wrest many seats from Telugu Desam in Krishna district

Three ministers, Deputy Speaker face defeat
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Jagan supporters erupt into celebrations

Huge crowd gathers at YSRCP State office at Tadepalli
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Kishore Deo trails in Araku Lok Sabha seat

Goddeti Madhavi secures unassailable lead against six-time MP
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BJP-Sena scores six out of six

Union Minister beats Congress’s Kunal Patil in Dhule
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YSRCP claims all seats in Kurnool

Party candidates win 14 Assembly, 2 LS seats
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BJP still has upper hand versus Sena

‘Big Brother’ posts better strike rate; partners hint at extending alliance for Assembly polls
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Royal families taste defeat in Vizianagaram district

YSRCP makes a clean sweep of one LS, nine Assembly seats
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Consolation prize for Cong.

Wins Chandrapur by defeating BJP’s four-time MP
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In many seats, VBA dents Cong-NCP influence

MNS ‘help’ makes no difference; Ashok Chava, Sushilkumar Shind among losers
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TDP’s LS tally to touch a new low after 3 decades

It had 2 seats in 1989 and 16 in the outgoing Lok Sabha
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Election diary

BJP celebrates, Congress offices desertedAs the early trends of the election results began coming in on Thursday, BJP workers celebrated at the party
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