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…

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…

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…

K'taka junks politics of money, caste, religion; harbinger for 2024: Pawar

Mumbai (IANS) Hailing the Congress sweep to power in Karnataka, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar said that the people of the neighbouring state have rejected the politics of money, caste, religion practiced by the Bharatiya Janata…

Karnataka poll results mean 'politics of bargaining will end': Kamal Nath

Bhopal (IANS) The Karnataka poll results has given an indication that "politics of bargaining" will end now, Congress' Madhya Pradesh chief Kamal Nath said on Saturday.

In a press briefing after his party's massive victory in the southern…

Prahlad Joshi's image as BJP strongman in north Karnataka takes a beating

Hubbali (IANS) Union Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi who has been flaunting his close contacts with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, has taken a beating with the BJP's drubbing in north Karnataka,…

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…

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…

Aryan Khan case: CBI books Sameer Wankhede, 4 others for demanding Rs 25 crore bribe

New Delhi (IANS) The CBI, which conducted raids at 29 locations in several states after lodging an FIR against Sameer Wankhede, former Mumbai zonal chief of NCB, and four others in the Aryan Khan case, has seized a few incriminating documents.

SC directs Centre, state govts to ensure formation of sexual harassment committee

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre, all state governments and Union Territories (UTs) to verify as to whether all the concerned ministries, departments, government bodies, authorities, public sector undertakings, institutions…