20:55
The 72.13 per cent voter turnout in the Karnataka assembly elections has broken all records and is the highest since the 1952 state polls, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar said today.Women and young voters exercised their franchise in large numbers yesterday, he told PTI.The voter turnout in...
19:38
The results of the ICSE class 10 and ISC class 12 examinations will be announced tomorrow, an official said.The Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations, which conducts the exams, will announce the result at 3 pm, CISEC chief executive and secretary Gerry Arathoon said.The council will...
18:52
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, through a video message, today said that he would return to his home state in the 'next few weeks' from the United States, where he has been undergoing medical treatment since March.The video message was played at a Bharatiya Janata Party workers' meeting that...
18:36
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah today appointed Kanna Lakshminarayana, who had left the Congress to join the party in 2014, as its Andhra Pradesh chief and made Somu Veerraju, also a contender for the post, the state convener of the election management committee.In a statement, the...
18:33
As top leaders of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party battled it out for the Karnataka assembly polls, some prominent faces were missing from the high-voltage campaigns to the run up to the election.Polling in the southern state took place yesterday and the results will be declared on...
17:28
Strong winds, dust storm and rainfall hit Delhi and NCR on Sunday evening, prompting Indira Gandhi International Airport to put flight movements on hold.In Fridabad, the sky turned dark due to dust storm, which also interrupted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's programme in Delhi's IP...
17:17
The Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union (AMUSU) leaders began their indefinite relay hunger strike late last night demanding judicial enquiry into the violence on the campus over the portrait of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.The protesters, however, announced that they would not...
16:15
An employee of the Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department, who was shot at during a demolition drive against illegal constructions in Kasauli, succumbed to his injuries at the PGIMER Chandigarh, officials said today.A PGIMER official said Gulab Singh, 46, died late last night.Gulab...
14:50
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that he's 'ready to sacrifice CM's post for a Dalit', says ANI quoting Tv9 Kannada.An NDTV report said Siddaramaiah was ready to make way for a Dalit in the state's top post if the party high command so desires.'The comment is seen as the first sign...
14:05
A pack of dogs mauled a 12-year-old girl to death in a village in Sitapur, taking the toll in fatal attacks by feral hounds in the district to 13 in the last six months, the police said.The incident took place in Maheshpur Village under the Khairabad police station.A 12-year-old girl identified...
13:17
Janata Dal-Secular supremo H D Deve Gowda on Sunday said that he was not yet 'prepared' to 'accept or reject' anything and asked people to wait for the results day.His reaction came after the exit poll projections showed his party emerging as the Kingmaker in Karnataka.I am not...
13:14
A knifeman who killed one person and wounded four others in a suspected terror attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya in 1997, a judicial source said today.The parents of the attacker, who witnesses said shouted 'Allahu akbar' during the assault on Saturday night before being shot dead by...
13:09
A Hindu businessman and his son were shot dead during a robbery bid in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a media report said.The incident occurred yesterday in the Gadani area of Hub district in Balochistan province, The Express Tribune reported.Jay Pal Das and his son Girish Nath were shot dead...
12:12
The engine of Patna-Kota express train derailed after it hit a fallen tree in Dariyabad town in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday night.The accident occurred when the train travelling to Lucknow from Patna via Faizabad, collided with a tree that had fallen on the...
11:42
Bharatiya Janata Party's chief ministerial candidate in Karnataka B S Yeddyurppa says a day after voting that his party will win more than 125-130 seats in the state.The Congress will not be able to cross 70 seats and the JD-S (Janata Dal-Secular) will not cross 24-25 seats. There is a silent and...
10:45
After a protracted legal battle, the much-awaited panchayat polls are all set to be held tomorrow in West Bengal amid tight security. The polls will be the last major elections in the state before the next year's Lok Sabha polls. Political parties are viewing tomorrow's event as a warm up...
10:21
India's first female superstar Sridevi will be felicitated posthumously at the ongoing 71st Cannes film festival for her immense contribution to cinema as a part of the Titan Reginald F Lewis Film Honours, a celebration of diversity and excellence in cinema. The special event, to be held on May...
10:06
China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier has left for its sea trials today, the country's official media announced.The completely home-grown aircraft carrier has departed for sea trials this morning, state-run China Daily said in a brief report. China launched the second...
09:38
Breaking his silence, former vice president M Hamid Ansari supported AMU students' demand for action against intruders who created ruckus on the varsity campus over Jinnah portrait issue on May 2, when he was present there for an event, and said their peaceful stir against the transgression is...
09:17
The India Meteorological Department has predicted that hill-states are likely to witness thunderstorm accompanied with squall, over the next 48 hours.Their subsequent effect on plains in north India will also be witnessed.Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh are likely to witness...
08:42
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday asked Congress workers and supporters not to worry about exit polls, most of which predicted a hung assembly, dismissing the post-poll surveys as entertainment. Tweeting a day after Karnataka recorded 70 per cent turnout in assembly elections,...
08:08
A knifeman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' was shot dead by police in central Paris after he killed one person and injured four, prompting a terror probe. The attack took place near the city's main opera house in an area full of bars, restaurants and theatres which were brimming on a weekend...
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