'Meet 3 demands in 15 days else..': Pilot warns of larger agitation across Rajasthan

Jaipur (IANS) Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Monday placed three demands before his party's government, warning that if these demands are not met by the end of this month, then he will agitate in the…

After winning Jalandhar LS bypoll, AAP hikes electricity charges in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) Just two days after winning a Lok Sabha bypoll with focus mainly on its people-centric schemes, including free electricity of 300 units every household, the AAP government in Punjab on Monday announced the new electricity tariff…

Congress to provide plum position to Jagadish Shettar

Bengaluru (IANS) The Congress would provide a plum position to former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who had left the BJP and joined it on the eve of the Assembly elections but could not win his seat, as per party leaders.

The powerful…

Scorcher of a May makes Maha sweat; 40C-plus in 26 districts

Mumbai (IANS) A whopping 26 of Maharashtras 36 districts are reeling under heatwave conditions with average temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius and higher in the past two-three days, as people braced and experts sounded warnings.

According to…

Goa ration card holders get rice swarming with maggots, mites, fungus

Panaji (IANS) Goa's Department of Civil Supplies, which is often in the limelight for wastage and spoilage of commodities in godowns, has now once again drawn attention over its alleged mismanagement by supplying rice infested with maggots, mites…

After delivering Karnataka, Congress' strategist Kanugolu to look for victory in MP

New Delhi (IANS) With the historic mandate in Karnataka, Congress strategist for the southern state, Sunil Kanugolu has now been tasked to bring similar results in Madhya Pradesh, people familiar with the development said.

Kanugolu was brought…

Kharge deputes Shinde, Jitendra Singh & Babaria as observers for CLP election in Karnataka

New Delhi (IANS) With crucial meeting of CLP in Karnataka scheduled on Sunday evening, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has deputed former Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and two other party leaders as observers for the election…

Where is shooter Armaan & why are UP cops silent on him?

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) With the UP Police and the media going on a wild goose chase to pin down Shaista Parveen, wife of slain gangster Atiq Ahmad, and Guddu Muslim, a shooter of Ahmad's gang, the spotlight seems to have completely moved…

JCO injured as Army foils infiltration bid in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) A junior commissioned officer (JCO) was injured on Saturday as the Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector.

Defence sources said that the JCO received minor injuries when alert troops of…

AAP wins 24-year-old Congress bastion Jalandhar

Chandigarh (IANS) In a four-cornered contest, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Saturday won the Jalandhar Lok Sabha bypoll with a thumping margin of 58,691 votes by defeating its nearest rival, the Congress, which lost its traditional stronghold…