The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday declared its fifth list of 13 candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections. With this the BJP, which is ruling the state since last two decades, has declared contestants for 148 out of total 182 seats. The party has fielded Gujarati film actor Hiteshbhai Kanodiya, son of former BJP MLA Naresh...
The delayed Winter Session of Parliament will begin on December 15 and continue till January 5, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said on Friday. "The Winter Session of Parliament will be held between December 15 to January 5. It will have 14 sittings over a duration of 22 days," Kumar told reporters after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee o...
The body of a 40-year-old man was found hanging from the outer walls of Nahargarh Fort here on Friday morning, with the message "'Padmavati' ka virodh" - in protest against the film "Padmavati". The message, written on the stones near the fort wall adjacent to the body, read, "Hum putle nahin jalate....latkate hain" (we don't bur...
The Election Commission on Friday announced by-election to the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu on December 21, a day after it allotted the AIADMK's "two leaves" symbol to the ruling faction headed by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam. The counting of votes and results would be announced on ...
President Jacob Zuma on Thursday praised Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe for his contribution to the liberation of the southern African region and the decolonization of the African continent in general. ...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit Gujarat on Friday and Saturday to address election rallies, his fifth visit after Assembly polls were announced in the state next month....
Dineshwar Sharma, the Centre's Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir, is arriving here on Friday on a six-day visit to the state in an effort to pave the way for a sustained dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue. ...
At least three passengers were killed and over seven others injured after 13 coaches of the Vasco Da Gama-Patna express derailed on Friday near Manikpur in Uttar Pradesh, railways officials said. ...
Stating that the Indian visitors in the US tend to stay for longer periods and spend more during their stay compared to the US residents coming to India, a US official on Thursday said his government has taken a bouquet of initiatives to attract more Indian tourists....
Activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of Kerala's ruling CPI-M, on Thursday vandalised a brand new plush resort, scheduled to open next month, near here, resort officials said. ...
