CEC asks officials to ensure training of staff handling EVMs, VVPAT

New Delhi (IANS) Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has directed the chief electoral officers of all the states and Union Territories to ensure proper training of the polling staff who are going to handle…

Pakistan frustrated as it can't push militants into J&K: Governor

Jammu (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said on Saturday Pakistan is getting frustrated as it cannot push militants into the state.

Speaking to media on the sidelines of a function in winter capital Jammu, Malik…

Modi to release commemorative coin on Guru Gobind Singh

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday release a commemorative coin on the 10th Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, to mark his birth anniversary. Modi will also address a select gathering.

Modi attended the 350th…

Sikkim CM launches 'One Family, One Job' scheme

Gangtok (IANS) Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling on Saturday launched the 'One Family, One Job' scheme that envisions jobs to a member of every family which does not have a government job in the state.

The longest…

No traditional 'Makar Sankranti' feast at Lalu's residence

Patna (IANS) The traditional 'Makar Sankranti' feast will not be held at RJD chief Lalu Prasad's residence this year as he was not granted bail in the fodder scam case and was undergoing treatment at a Ranchi hospital, a party official…

Mayawati announces BSP tie-up with SP in Lok Sabha polls

Lucknow (IANS) BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday announced that her party and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will fight together in an alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

She described the alliance as a new political revolution…

Ram Rahim convicted in journalist's murder case

Chandigarh (IANS) A special CBI court in Haryana's Panchkula town on Friday convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.

Three others, who were…

Ousted CBI chief Alok Verma quits

New Delhi (IANS) Ousted CBI chief Alok Verma resigned on Friday, a day after he was shifted from the post by a high-level committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Verma, who was transferred as Director General, Fire Services,…

Nageswara Rao again takes over CBI Director's duties

New Delhi (IANS): A day after the removal of Alok Verma, Additional Director M. Nageswara Rao on Friday again took charge of the office of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, the agency said.

Rao, a 1986-batch Odisha cadre Indian…

Mayawati-Akhilesh to hold joint press conference on Saturday

Lucknow (IANS): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint press conference here on Saturday, an official said on Friday.

According to the press invite, jointly signed by…