Chandra, an independent candidate supported by the BJP, scraped through amid political drama during the vote count....
The veteran journalist was on life support for the last few days at Max Hospital, Saket....
All the four BJP candidates, including Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and senior BJP leader Om Prakash Mathur, won the elections for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Rajasthan on Saturday....
Sources said, despite "strong differences of opinion" within the party over naming Tamta for the Rajya Sabha seat, all party legislators fell in line with the party high command's wishes and voted for the official Congress candidate....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah had offered to make Home Minister Rajnath Singh the chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, informed sources said on Saturday....

All seven candidates of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) won the Rajya Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, state assembly officials announced....
Rightwing activist Virendra S. Tawde, nabbed on Friday for alleged involvement in the 2013 murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, was on Saturday sent to CBI custody till June 16....
Afghanistan and India on Saturday continued their efforts to secure the release of an abducted Indian woman aid worker but her whereabouts remain unknown....

Aspiring to cross the glorified figure of Rs 100 crore at the box office is proving to be a "poison" for the Indian film industry, says acclaimed veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, who believes making content-based movies more economically will be a step in the right direction....
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday appealed to pilgrims going on the annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra not to do anything that might tarnish India's image. “This Yatra goes through the territories of two countries,†Sushma Swaraj said while flagging off the first batch of this year's Yatra here. “When w...