72 constituencies go to polls in fourth phase on Monday

New Delhi (IANS) A total of 72 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over nine states, mostly in Hindi heartland, will go to polls in the fourth phase of the elections on Monday.

An estimated 12.79 crore electorate will be eligible to exercise their…

NIA raids three places in Kerala, police say one detained

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday raided three places in Kerala in connection with an Islamic State module, with police in the state saying that one suspect had been detained.

The NIA said…

Aircel-Maxis: Chidambaram's interim protection extended 13 times

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A special court has extended 13 times the interim protection from arrest it granted to former Union Minister P. Chidambaram and 14 times to his son Karti Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis deal case, due…

Pakistan can never be India's friend: Gen V.K. Singh

Jaipur (IANS) General V.K. Singh (retd), Union Minister of State for External Affairs, said on Saturday that Pakistan can never be a friend of India.

Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters here, the former Chief…

Shatrughan stirs controversy over Jinnah remarks

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has stirred a controversy by saying that Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah had the "biggest" role in India's Independence and progress, evoking sharp attack…

Air India server crashes, services hit

Mumbai (IANS) Flight operations of Air India were hit on Saturday after a reported glitch in its main server, according to sources.

At the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, thousands of passengers were stranded and…

For BJP, election starts now

New Delhi (IANS) For the ruling BJP, the general election of 2019 jump-starts now. This is where the BJP takes the knife to the prison yard fight, for in 2014, it won 161 of the 240 seats on view. As middle and north India goes to the polls…

INS Vikramaditya catches fire, naval officer dies

New Delhi (IANS) An Indian Navy officer died on Friday while trying to put out a fire on INS Vikramaditya when the ship was entering the Karwar harbour in Karnataka, the government said.

Lt Cdr D.S. Chauhan, who was leading the firefighting…

Water availability in 91 major reservoirs down to 26%

New Delhi (IANS) Total water availability in 91 major reservoirs in the country has reduced to 26 per cent of their actual storage capacity, the Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.

The total live storage capacity of these 91…

Bay of Bengal depression to turn into cyclonic storm

Chennai (IANS) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday said the depression over the East Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining the southeast Bay of Bengal lay centered at about 1,440 km southeast of Chennai.

According…