Dealt a severe blow by the Congress in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the outcome would have no bearing on the Lok Sabha elections next year. He said the 2019 general election would be on a completely different footing ...
In 12 Assembly seats in Rajasthan, NOTA (None of the Above) garnered more votes than the margin by which candidates won the election, affecting both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In Jaipur's Malviya Nagar seat, Congress candidate Archana Sharma lost to BJP's ...
Akali Dal leader and Delhi MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Thursday said Sikhs would hold nation-wide protests if Congress leader Kamal Nath became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Sirsa alleged Kamal Nath had a role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots....
Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's sons celebrated his 63rd birthday on Thursday by offering prayers at a popular temple here. Parrikar's sons were accompanied by former Panaji MLA Sidharth Kuncalienkar and several other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and workers to the Mahalaxmi ...
K. Chandrashekhar Rao, who led the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) to a landslide victory in Assembly elections, on Thursday took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana for a second term in a row. Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the TRS leader at 1.25 a.m. at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan....
UK Prime Minister Theresa May was on Thursday heading to Brussels for an EU summit after surviving a vote of no confidence triggered by members of her own ruling Conservative Party over her handling of Brexit....
NDA ally Shiv Sena on Thursday raised the controversial Ram temple issue in the Lok Sabha and demanded that the government bring an ordinance to pave the way for its construction in Ayodhya. Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Shiv Sena's Anand Rao Adsul also reminded ...
Walmart Labs India, the local product development division of US retail giant Walmart, on Thursday announced it would hire key tech team from Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data analytics start-up Int.ai -- its second acqui-hiring in the country within three months....
The Rajya Sabha was on Thursday adjourned for the day minutes after it met on the 17th anniversary of the terror attack on the Indian parliament. As soon as the proceedings began, a few members advanced to the Chairman's podium, holding placards and demanding that their issues be discussed. Chairman ...
The Lok Sabha on Thursday witnessed two brief adjournments during the question hour as the opposition created ruckus over several issues, including the Rafale deal and demand for special status to Andhra Pradesh. Soon after the House met at 11.20 a.m. after the first adjournment, Lok Sabha ...
