As the Election Commission announced the date for elections to the new 140-member Kerala assembly, the stage is set for what many call a "game changer" polls in the southern state. ...
On a dark Thursday night in the noisy JNU campus, when Kanhaiya Kumar called for “azaadiâ€, the student leader little known before his jail term on seemingly fallacious sedition charges appeared to be giving a new definition to the concept of “freedom†that doesn't appear secessionist....
Veteran actor-director Manoj Kumar on Friday said the Indian government’s decision to honour him with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, comes as a “pleasant surpriseâ€. He said it will take him some time to digest the news. ...
Aden, March 4 Unknown gunmen attacked a care home for the elderly in Yemen's southern port city Aden on Friday, killing 17 people including four Indian nurses, a security official told Xinhua....
The Election Commission here on Friday said all the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the upcoming assembly polls in five states will have a specially designed symbol for None of the above (NOTA). ...
Assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will be held in April and May, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced on Friday....
China’s defence spending will increase by about 7 to 8 percent this year, the government said on Friday, adding that the rise was lower than that of last year. "China’s military budget will continue to increase but it will be lower than last year’s,†Fu Ying, spokesperson for National People’s Conference (NPC) - Chi...
Former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma died following a heart attack here on Friday morning. He was 68. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his tenure as Lok Sabha speaker would remain unforgettable. Sangma presided over the 11th Lok Sabha as speaker from 1996 to 1998. He also remained chief minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990. Sangma was elected t...
The decision to allow a probe team from Pakistan into the Pathankot IAF base will be a "political decision", Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said on Friday. The IAF, he said, wants a "closure" to the terror attack in January with action taken against the perpetrators. Asked if the IAF will have any problem on ...
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order on call drop issue as it will hold a hearing on March 10 on a plea challenging the regulator's decision to compensate subscribers for call drops. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and the Association of Unified Service Provider of India challenged the Telecom Regulator Authority of In...
