Indian sailors' abduction: Sushma asks highest level action

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday asked the Indian High Commissioner in Nigeria to take the abduction of five Indian sailors by pirates in the African nation two weeks ago, at the "highest level".

The…

SC declines increase in verification of VVPAT slips with EVMs

New Delhi (IANS) In a set back to the Opposition, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to increase the count for the verification of voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

Sadhus in MP perform 'hatha yoga' for Digvijaya win

Bhopal (IANS) Sadhus in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday performed 'hatha yoga' in support of former Chief Minister and Congress candidate from this Lok Sabha constituency Digvijaya Singh.

Namdeo Das Tyagi alias Computer Baba…

Modi second most followed politician globally: Report

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the second most-followed politician in the world with a social media audience of 110,912,648 million on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, a study by online visibility…

Congress moves SC against Modi's remarks on Rajiv Gandhi

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi "Bhrashtachari No. 1 (Corrupt No. 1)" at a poll rally in Uttar Pradesh last week.

Will 'weaponise' youth if domicile provisions diluted: Goa Deputy CM

Panaji (IANS) Goa Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai on Tuesday said that his party will "weaponise" its youth to pressurize the BJP-led coalition government into rethinking on dilution of the provision of domicile for non-administrative…

Stolen Pune temple dome recovered after 18 months

Pune (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Pune Police (Rural) has recovered a golden dome which was stolen from the revered Ekvira Devi Temple near Karla in Lonavala on October 3, 2017, a top official said on Tuesday.

The theft…

Voting begins in 51 seats in 5th phase of LS polls

New Delhi (IANS) Voting began on Monday across 51 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over seven states, largely in the Hindi heartland, in the fifth of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise.

A total electorate of over 8.75 crore is eligible…

Mayawati hints at her PM ambition

Ambedkar Nagar (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati has indicated that if she gets a chance to become the Prime Minister, she will contest the Lok Sabha election from Ambedkar Nagar.

"If all goes…

CJI Gogoi gets clean chit in sexual harassment case

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that the three-judge SC panel headed by Justice S.A. Bobde has found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations levelled by a former apex court employee against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.