Elevation to SC: Govt 'disagrees' with collegium on two judges

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre is learnt to have disagreed with the Supreme Court Collegium's recommendation to confirm the elevation of Jharkhand High Court chief justice Aniruddha Bose and Gauhati High Court chief justice A.S. Bopanna…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

PM's Rajiv jibe: Why double standard, Jaitley asks Congress

New Delhi (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday attacked the Congress for referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "chor" (thief) but crying hoarse when the Prime Minister called former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi "corrupt".

Polling agents clueless about candidate's name

Kolkata (IANS) They are polling agents all right, but the problem is they can't recall the names of the candidates they are working for.

This seemingly bizarre occurrence came to light at a booth in Shibpur Assembly segment…