Big jolt to Congress as 26 leaders join BJP ahead of HP polls

Days ahead of the assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, several Congress leaders and members of the state including Dharampal Thakur Khand, former general secretary of the Pradesh Congress......

Pradip Tripathi moves to Cabinet Secretariat as govt effects major bureaucratic rejig

Senior bureaucrat Pradip Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as secretary (coordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday. A......

BJP names 59 candidates for Uttarakhand polls, drops 10 MLAs

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released its first list of 59 candidates for the polls to the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly, with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to contest from his......

Uttarakhand: BJP devises multi-pronged strategy to beat anti-incumbency

The BJP is beating the development drum this time more loudly to overcome many other hurdles besides anti-incumbency. While the party is claiming it is looking for a much bigger victory than in......

Vipul Mehta wins 'Indian Idol 6'

Vipul Mehta, a Mass Communication graduate, won the sixth season of singing reality show Indian Idol which came to an end on Saturday night. There were three contestants, all from Punjab Vipul......

Ranji: Jagadeesan's 2nd season-ton helps Tamil Nadu

Photograph: Narayan Jagadeesan/Instagram Rohilla's fourth first-class ton gives Services solid start Opener Shubham Rohilla struck his fourth first-class hundred to take Services to 279 for 4......

Twenty new athletes added to 2024 Games' TOPS list

IMAGE: India weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in action during the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Chris Graythen/Getty Images As many as 20 new sportspersons were on Monday added to the list of Target......

Ranji round-up: Delhi draw with Hyderabad, set up quarters with MP

A round-up of results from the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday IMAGE: Himachal batsman Pankaj Jaswal plays a shot against Vidarbha during the fouth day of their Ranji Trophy cricket match......

Ranji round-up: 40 wickets fall inside 2 days as Baroda beat Bengal by 21 runs

A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Tuesday IMAGE: Tamil Nadu captain Abhinav Mukund is dismissed by Punjab bowler Sandeep Sharma during the Ranji Trophy cricket match at VCA......

Ranji Roundup: Erratic Delhi bowled out for 90, Karnataka in command

A round-up of Ranji matches played across India on Thursday IMAGE: Karnataka batsman MA Agarwal celebrates after scoring a half century during Ranji Trophy match against Delhi at Eden Gardens in......