The abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019 paved the way for outsiders to contest polls in the Union Territory.
Mumbai's Crime Branch chief Rakesh Maria has said he is ready to quit from his post over allegations in a book that he didn't do enough to provide security cover for slain senior cops Hemant Karakare, Ashok Kamte and Vijay Salaskar during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's first list of 24 candidates for Lok Sabha from Madhya Pradesh featured former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, while Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur was replaced by another candidate.
Amid heated debate on algorithm based trades, ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala today backed this form of trading, and questioned the need to regulate it.
While some say he went overboard in the Sheena Bora murder case, others feel Devendra Fadnavis is sending out a signal that the chief minister is in full command.
The two companies have alleged that the Roshans violated agreements on displaying their products in the film Koi Mil Gaya.
Bollywood's mega stars came together to celebrate Producer Anand Pandit's 60th birthday in Mumbai.
Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members for the NS-25 mission, making him the first Indian space tourist and the second Indian to venture into space after the Indian Army's Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984.
Three of these MLAs are from Chhindwara, while another three from the region are set to leave for Delhi, sources close to the veteran leader said.
To bring the perspective of the Central Vigilance Commission order recommending the divesting of powers of Verma and Asthana, Joint Director M Nageshwar Rao has been given the charge to look after the duties and functions of the Director as an interim arrangement, a CBI spokesperson said.
The 23rd Indian Television Academy awards brightened the weekend for some film folk who took home awards for their work this year.
'Everything I know about acting and direction I learnt from him.'
The 24-year-old Patel has been rewarded for his consistency at domestic level in the last two seasons.
India on Monday announced the results for the country's first critical mineral auction. Amid the tepid response from big players, the list of successful bidders included some lesser known names. A total of five companies secured bids for six critical mineral blocks of graphite, manganese, phosphorite, lithium, and rare earth elements with auction premiums ranging from 13.05 per cent to 400 per cent.
Purchase health insurance at an early age, before you incur a disease, as this makes access to health insurance difficult and raises the premium significantly.
Dipa Karmakar will make her comeback to the tournament after a long gap of eight years
The BSP has not entered into any alliances and has also been keen to shed the tag of being a 'B-team' of the BJP.
'Fifteen days ago, we were only talking of Ayodhya. Now we are talking about farmers.'
Thousands of supporters of Barelvi cleric Tauqeer Raza Khan gathered near the Islamia Ground of Biharipur under Kotwali police station on Friday, forcing the local administration into action to ensure law and order, officials said.
'But some like Rakesh leave an imprint that is hard to remove or forget...'
I Me Aur Main director Kapil Sharma speaks to Rediff.com's Patcy N about his father astronaut Rakesh Sharma, John Abraham and how he turned out the way he did.
They said the agency is also taking steps to bring under its ambit cases registered in various states by the police.
Director Rakesh Roshan discusses Krrish 3 and his working relation with son Hrithik Roshan.
Film folk wore their prettiest saris and smartest suits for a grand wedding reception held over the weekend.
Farmer outfits had held a "khap mahapanchayat" in Uttar Pradesh and a series of protests in Punjab and Haryana on Thursday, showing solidarity with the wrestlers who have accused Singh of sexually harassing female grapplers, including a minor.
Not only will Arun Govil, Sunil Lahiri and Deepika Chikhalia attend the Pran Pratistha ceremony, Moti Sagar, Ramanand Sagar's son, also received an invitation.
Rohtash's decision, however, brought to light the differences arisen within the HAWA, which is affiliated to WFI, with its general secretary Rakesh Singh calling the suspension of the district officials as a wrong move.
Bracing for another agitation by farmers, police are fortifying the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-Haryana borders with barricades and deploying more than 5,000 security personnel, a senior police officer said here on Friday.
Hrithik Roshan underwent a successful brain surgery at Hinduja Hospital on Sunday afternoon. The surgery was performed by Dr B K Misra and took one and a half hours.
'Rakesh's life is hard, but he knows how to find joy.' 'He doesn't think his life's value comes from money. He sees no shame in his poverty.'
The project would be carried out indigenously and the majority of the technology and equipment to be used would be made in India.
In the first part, Shah Rukh Khan reveals some interesting details about how he bagged his first film with the Roshans, King Uncle, followed by Karan Arjun and Koyla. We also present some beautiful and rare pictures of Rakesh Roshan with his family, friends and on the sets of his movies.
The BJP had registered a one-sided victory on all the 17 SC-reserved seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. But in 2019, out of these 17 seats, it lost Nagina and Lalganj seats to the Bahujan Samaj Party.
With the five-year term of Reserve Bank of India Governor Y V Reddy coming to an end soon, names of his deputy Rakesh Mohan and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia are emerging as potential successors, a media report said in London.
Several newly-wed couples turned up at polling stations in wedding attire to cast their votes in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur constituency which went to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday.
The agents allegedly confiscated the passports of Indians arriving in Russia and forced them to fight with the armed forces, officials said.
The path found by champions like GR Viswanath, Syed Kirmani, Brijesh Patel, EAS Prasanna and BS Chandrasekhar has only broadened over the years through which several ace cricketers walked through.
Ministers' resignation accepted, portfolios farmed out
