65.5 per cent voter turnout recorded in MP; 1145 EVMs replaced

Bhopal: Altogether 65.5 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections on Wednesday, just over seven per cent less than the figure in the previous polls. In the 2013 assembly election, 72.69 per cent turnout was recorded,...

Fire breaks out in a slum in Pune, efforts on to douse the blaze

A fire broke out in a slum in Maharashtra’s Pune on Wednesday. The fire broke out in a slum area at Patil Estate Lane number 3 near Shivajinagar in Pune. A fire broke out in a slum in Maharashtra’s Pune on...

3 Poll Officers Die of Cardiac Arrest During Voting in MP

Indore: One Election Commission official in Guna, and two in Indore have died due to cardiac arrest at the polling booths as Madhya Pradesh votes for its new government. At least four EVMs and 14 VVPAT machines have been replaced...

Bollywood playback singer Mohammad Aziz dies at 64

Veteran Bollywood playback singer Mohammad Aziz breathed his last at the age of 64 on Tuesday evening. The singer died in Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai, reports newsagency . More details are awaited. Aziz, who was known for his love for Mohammad Rafi,...

Congress wants Dr Singh elected to RS from TN but Stalin says no

The Congress party is keen to get former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh elected to the Rajya Sabha as his term is ending in April 2019. Now that the Congress does not have the numbers to have Dr...

Muzaffarpur shelter home case: SC comes down heavily on Bihar govt

Supreme Court slams Bihar government over its failure to file correct first information report in Muzaffarpur shelter home abuse case and gives 24 hours to it add charges under Section 377 (sodomy) of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Children...

Pushkar priest reveals Rahul Gandhi’s gotra

A priest at the Pushkar lake in Rajasthan, who presided over the puja offered by Rahul Gandhi on Monday, claimed that the Congress president's gotra was 'Duttatreya' and he is a Kashmiri Brahmin. "His gotra is 'Dattatreya' and he is a...

Maha govt to introduce Maratha quota bill on Nov 29

The Maharashtra government will introduce a bill on Thursday to provide reservations to the Maratha community in jobs and educational institutes under the Socially and Educationally Backward Class category, state Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said Monday. He said meetings were being...

8 Naxals, 2 cops killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh

Eight Naxals and two police personnel were killed in an encounter between ultras and security men in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Monday, police said. The gunbattle took place at a forest in Kistaram area bordering Telangana when a team of security...

Punjab minister covers CM’s name on Kartarpur corridor foundation stone with tape

The row over Kartarpur corridor refuses to die down even on the day of stone-laying. Hours ahead of the ceremony, Punjab minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa pasted black tape on his, chief minister Amarinder Singh and other Punjab ministers' names engraved...

India remains honour-bound to defeating terrorism: President Kovind on 26/11

Remembering those who lost their lives in the deadly terror attacks that shook Mumbai on November 26, 2008, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said that India remains "honour-bound" to defeating terrorism. "Ten years after the Mumbai terror attacks, thoughts with...

26/11 Mumbai attacks anniversary

Mumbai: The day marks 10 years since the city witnessed the deadly 26/11 attack, which claimed more than 166 lives and over 300 people were injured. The terrorists received training in marine warfare at a Lashkar-e-Taiba campus. After travelling abroad a Pakistani-flagged...

Ram temple construction not a political issue: Fadnavis

Ram temple is not a political issue, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday and expressed hope that Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, who is in Ayodhya, would get the blessings of Lord Ram. A senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader...

Restructuring of cadre: Is military hierarchy going to shoot itself in the foot?

Raze Jama Masjid, hang me if idols not found: Sakshi Maharaj shocks again

Sakshi Maharaj has come up with a new shocker in the run-up the Lok Sabha elections: Demolish Delhi's Jama Masjid because it has been constructed on the remains of a Hindu temple. "The first statement I made in Mathura after entering...

235 farmers ended lives in Sep this year in Maha: Govt

The Maharashtra government has said that 235 farmers committed suicide in the state for various reasons in September this year. Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Chandrakant Patil stated this in the Legislative Assembly in a written reply on Thursday. In six districts...

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi chides, CP Joshi apologises over ‘Brahmin’ remark

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday strongly disapproved party leader CP Joshis reported statement that appeared to suggest that only Brahmins could speak about Hindus. CP Joshis statement, Gandhi said, was against the ideals of the Congress party and asked...

Poll-bound MP sees huge jump in demand for liquor

As expected, there is a huge increase in the demand for liquor in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. In November 2018, sales of liquor increased by almost 0.6 million litres compared to November 2017 and it is expected to grow...

6 LeT terrorists killed in J-K’s Anantnag encounter

Indian Army’s 3 Rashtriya Rifles, 116 battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force and Jammu and Kashmir Police jointly conducted the operation, which started in the wee hours. Based on a credible input about the presence of terrorists, a cordon and...

Andhra Pradesh’s new assembly to be taller than Statue of Unity

The proposed Andhra Pradesh assembly building in Amaravati is tipped to be taller than the Statue of Unity by 68 metres. The assembly building will have three floors and a 250-metre-high tower making it taller than the 182-metre Statue of...