SC lifts stay on ex-Kolkata Police chief's arrest

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday vacated the interim protection granted to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar from arrest by the CBI in the multi-crore chit fund scam cases.

The investigating agency has accused…

Can't forgive Pragya for insulting Bapu: Modi

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he will never forgive BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur and others for glorifying Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as "deshbhakt" (patriot).

EC decision jolts Trinamool; Left opposes too

Kolkata (IANS) The Election Commission's unprecedented step of curtailing poll campaign in West Bengal by 20 hours in the wake of repeated instances of violence has come as a jolt to the ruling Trinamool Congress, with its supremo Mamata Banerjee…

3 militants, soldier killed in J&K gunfight

Srinagar (IANS) Three militants and a soldier were killed on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.

The gunfight is still continuing in Dolipora village which started early Thursday morning after security…

Modi promises Vidyasagar statue at 'same spot'

Mau (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday promised a "grand statue" of 19th century reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where his bust was vandalized in Kolkata.

A bust of Vidyasagar had been…

LS polls: 6 of top 10 richest candidates from Congress

New Delhi (IANS) Of the top 10 richest candidates in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, six are from the Congress, according to the National Election Watch (NEW) and the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

While Ramesh Kumar…

Sadhvi Pragya callls Godse 'deshbhakt', BJP seeks public apology

New Delhi (IANS) BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday called Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, a "deshbhakt" (patriot).

After her statement stirred a controversy,…

Mamata destroying Vidyasagar statue vandalism evidence: Modi

Mathurapur (West Bengal) (IANS) Days after the statue of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in Kolkata was vandalised during BJP President Amit Shah's roadshow in the city, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led West…

Re-poll ordered at four booths in 2 Kerala LS seats

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Following complaints of bogus voting, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena on Thursday ordered re-poll in three booths in Kasargode and one in Kannur Lok Sabha constituencies on May 19.

This is…

BJP to suffer a net loss of seats this polls, says report

Mumbai (IANS) A report has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to suffer a net loss of seats in the ongoing general elections but will emerge as the largest party.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report expects the…