Voting begins in 117 seats in third phase of LS polls

New Delhi (IANS) Voting began on Tuesday across 117 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 15 states and Union Territories as the third - and largest - phase of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise kicked off.

A total of 116 seats across 14…

Jaitley targets Chidambaram over Pakistan remarks

New Delhi (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday targeted Congress leader P. Chidambaram over his remarks that in order to bring a change in Pakistan's behaviour, India must also change its behaviour and said Congress needs to explain…

Raghubar attacks Kirti Azad in Dhanbad, calls him a rejected player

Dhanbad/Chaibasa: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that Congress has no trust in local leadership, therefore, it has borrowed a rejected player as a candidate to contest from Dhanbad.

Addressing a public meeting in Hirapur here in…

Shibu Soren, Jharkhand Minister file nominations

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) President and former Chief Minister Shibu Soren and Jharkhand Water Resources Minister Chandra Prakash Chaudhary filed their nomination papers on Monday.

Soren, who is the common candidate of the grand…

Officer suspended for checking PM's chopper transferred

New Delhi (IANS) Mohammed Mohsin, a General Observer under the Odisha poll panel who was suspended for checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chopper in Sambalpur last Tuesday, has been sent back to Karnataka, the Election Commission (EC) said…

Third phase polling on Tuesday across 15 states

New Delhi (IANS) People in 15 states will vote on Tuesday in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections scheduled for Tuesday which will see a maximum of 117 seats going to the polls in a single phase of seven-phased election.

Voting will be completed…

Investors demand write-offs as Jet owes over Rs 11K cr outstanding debt

Mumbai (IANS) Prospective investors in the temporarily grounded Jet Airways have asked lenders to take a massive haircut or write-off around 80 per cent outstanding debt of the airline which is more than Rs 11,000 crore, document and sources revealed…

Rahul regrets Rafale remarks, accepts 'court never said' it

New Delhi (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday expressed regret to the Supreme Court over his remarks on the apex court's Rafale order, and accepted that the "court never said these words" as he had earlier attributed his…

Protestors gather outside SC on CJI issue

New Delhi (IANS) Protesters on Monday gathered outside the Supreme Court complex demanding an independent probe into the sexual harassment allegation raised against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.

None of the apex court judges have initiated…

India tells China to be sensitive to its concerns

Beijing (IANS) India on Monday told China to be sensitive to its concerns as Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale met Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi here, with whom he is likely to raise the issue of blacklisting Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar.