From 29 percent today, 33 percent members of the Lok Sabha will come from three states – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal – within a decade, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data in a Kotak Securities report on the demographic dividend of IndiaÃ...
Former Goa education minister and unattached Congress MLA Atanasio Monserrate, who has been accused of raping a minor girl, surrendered before the Crime Branch on Thursday. ...
Trinamool Congress candidate Rabindra Nath Ghosh was on Thursday allegedly caught on camera while threatening a polling officer inside a booth during the sixth and final phase of the West Bengal assembly elections. ...
A city court on Thursday adjourned till May 9 the pronouncement of quantum of punishment for Vijay Mallya, the chairman of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, in a cheque bounce case....
The central government on Thursday outright rejected suggestions from some opposition members to bring agriculture income under the tax net, saying this is not being considered at all....
With Pakistani-origin Sadiq Khan likely to become London's new mayor, his Conservative foe Zac Goldsmith is using Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name to woo Hindu and Sikh votes. ...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to Delhi for questioning on Monday in a corruption case, officials said. ...
A special women's court here on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment four youths charged with killing two men who tried to prevent the molestation of their women friends five years ago, a top legal official said. ...
A Rajya Sabha member on Thursday wanted to know the fate of the ethics committee report that recommended Vijay Mallya's expulsion as the house chairman had accepted his resignation. ...
The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) on Thursday denied reports that its website had been hacked. "IRCTC website was not hacked and is functioning properly," Sandip Dutta, IRCTC public relations officer, told IANS. "Passengers are able to book tickets through the website." The denial by the IRCTC came following some report...
