India

Here's why Dimple Yadav is turning out to be the star UP elections campaigner for CM Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party

Through Facebook and Twitter, Dimple Yadav has helped revamp Samajwadi Party's image and evoke sympathy for her husband -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Feb 23, 2017

BMC elections 2017 results witness a photo finish; Shiv Sena wins 84 seats, BJP 82

The BJP has done well overall in the nine other municipal corporations besides the BMC and several other zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections.

Feb 23, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017: SP-BSP supporters clash in Mahoba as 53 constituencies go to polls in phase 4

As many as 680 candidates will be contesting elections in 12 districts in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and their fates will be sealed by 1.84 crore voters.

Feb 23, 2017

Why the internet needs to 'Keep Calm and Ignore Shobhaa De'

It appears that Shobhaa De revels in the attention her tweets get, as they do go viral, albeit for all the wrong reasons.

Feb 22, 2017

Telangana CM KCR donates gold ornaments worth Rs 5.6 crore at Tirupati temple from YOUR money; are you angry? | OPINION

All the money for these offerings in gold came from Common Good Fund for the Endowments Department — a fund set up for renovating dilapidated temples.

Feb 22, 2017

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Did Amit Shah compare opposition parties to terrorists? [WATCH]

Amit Shah said at a rally in Chauri Chaura, UP, that Kasab is an acronym for Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

Feb 22, 2017

DMK on day-long hunger strike in Tamil Nadu: What game's afoot in MK Stalin's mind?

Is Stalin's political posturing aimed at becoming the CM of Tamil Nadu in case snap elections are held in the wake of the AIADMK's turmoil?

Feb 22, 2017

UP elections 2017: Mayawati plays reservation card, but is it too late and too much of a lie?

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former UP chief minister Mayawati said on Wednesday that the BJP would do away with all reservation if it came to power in UP.

Feb 22, 2017

Kolkata Metro set to head under Hooghly River; another pioneering feat for city

Kolkata, which was the first Indian city to have metro rail in 1984, is set to witness another first with the laying of new routes under Hooghly River.

Feb 22, 2017

South Indian actress' kidnap case: Pulsar Suni still on the run, as suspicion of popular actor's involvement strengthens; Dileep reacts to fake news

Five people, including Martin, Manikandan and Vijeesh, have been arrested on charges of kidnapping and harassing the actress. Alleged mastermind Sunil Kumar aka Pulsar Suni has not been nabbed.

Feb 22, 2017

Fake Rs2,000 notes with 'Churan Lable' issued by SBI ATM in Delhi; Children Bank of India strikes again!

After actress Megha Chakraborty warned against lower-denomination notes purportedly issued by the "Children Bank of India", some Rs2,000 notes by the same "bank" came out of an SBI ATM in South Delhi.

Feb 22, 2017

Bengaluru preschool of horrors? Man held for molesting 3-year-old girl was tormentor of many other students

Teachers at a preschool in Marathahalli would often send erring children for punishment to Manjunath, who has been arrested for sexual molestation of a toddler.

Feb 22, 2017

Ramjas College student clashes: ABVP, protestors clash in DU after Umar Khalid event gets cancelled

Students from Ramjas College and JNU, and members of All India Students' Association were supposed to march to Maurice Nagar police station. They were stopped by a group allegedly associated with RSS

Feb 22, 2017

No new Rs 1,000 notes, says Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das; Is this another govt flip-flop after demonetisation?

The statement runs counter to Das' previous remarks on November 10, when he said new Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes would be introduced with special features and new designs in a few months.

Feb 22, 2017

Sasikala at Parappana Agrahara: Why was her neighbour in the Bengaluru jail, Cyanide Mallika, moved?

Sasikala Natarajan, AIADMK chief, is imprisoned in Parappana Agrahara central prison in Bengaluru where her neighbour was Cyanide Mallika, a serial killer.

Feb 22, 2017