Congress largest party in MP, Rajasthan; but off majority mark

Bhopal/Jaipur (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday emerged as the largest party in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, but missed securing the absolute majority in both the states.

According to the Election Commission, the final tally for the 230-seat…

Wikipedia calls Sachin Pilot Rajasthan's 14th CM

Jaipur (IANS) Even as votes polled in Assembly elections were still being counted in Rajasthan, the Wikipedia page on Tuesday projected state Congress leader Sachin Pilot as the new Chief Minister.

The Congress has not yet declared…

MNF wins Mizoram, crushing Congress

Aizawl (IANS) Securing an absolute majority in the 40-member Mizoram Assembly, the MNF on Tuesday returned to power after a decade, crushing the Congress and ousting it from power in the last Northeastern state it ruled.

The…

Congress bags Chhattisgarh, TRS sweeps Telangana, suspense in MP

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday was set to return to power in Chhattisgarh, was ahead of the BJP in Rajasthan and locked in a neck-and-neck fight in Madhya Pradesh but it was mauled in Telangana and Mizoram in critical Assembly…

PMO accepts Surjit Bhalla's resignation from Economic Advisory Council

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted the resignation of economist Surjit Bhalla as a part-time member of his Economic Advisory Council (EAC), the PMO said on Tuesday.

Bhalla resigned from his post on December…

Modi hails Urjit Patel for bringing financial stability

New Delhi (IANS) Calling him a thorough professional with impeccable integrity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said RBI Governor Urjit Patel, who quit on Monday, steered the banking system out of chaos and brought financial stability.
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India test fires Agni-V missile

Bhubaneswar (IANS): India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V off the Odisha coast on Monday.

The surface-to-surface missile having a strike range of 5,000 km was launched at 1.30 p.m.…

New ticket Price for Taj Mahal to reduce human impact

Agra (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Monday enforced a new ticketing system for the Taj Mahal, aimed at reducing increasing human impact on the fragile 17th-century white marble marvel.

Vasant Kumar Swarnkaar,…

Pakistani LeT commander, Kashmiri militants killed in J&K

Srinagar (IANS) A Pakistani commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit and two Kashmiri militants were killed by the Indian forces in an 18hour-long gun battle that ended on Sunday here in the outskirts of the Jammu and Kashmir…

Congress threatening probe agency officers: BJP

New Delhi (IANS) A day after the Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misusing investigating agencies, the BJP hit back saying the Congress was threatening probe officers and that there will be action against the corrupt, irrespective…