BJP 1st list: Bansuri Swaraj makes poll debut; Bidhuri, Lekhi dropped

Bansuri Swaraj, the daughter of former Union minister Sushma Swaraj, will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from the New Delhi seat and incumbent MP Manoj Tiwari from Northeast Delhi as the......

Modi among first 195 BJP Lok Sabha candidates; See full list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi for a third time as the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, naming 34 Union ministers,......

Day after youth's murder, Union minister's son booked under Arms Act in UP

Union minister Kaushal Kishore's son has been booked under the Arms Act, a day after a 30-year-old man was shot dead under mysterious circumstances at his home in Lucknow, the police said on......

Odisha train mishap: Railways seeks CBI probe, here's why

The railways on Sunday sought a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the Balasore train crash, hours after minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the 'root cause' of the accident and the people......

Buzz: Holding awarded Freedom of the City of London

West Indies cricket great Michael Holding, who came out in support of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London along with former England women's team......

Why Sehwag declined BJP's offer to contest polls...

IMAGE: Sehwag's name was under consideration for the West Delhi seat. Photograph: Virender Sehwag/Twitter Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag has declined the Bharatiya Janata Party's offer to......

Ranji round-up: Mumbai edge TN in just over two days

A round-up of Ranji matches played across India on Saturday Defending champions Mumbai edged out Tamil Nadu by two wickets, on Saturday, in a low-scoring thriller as the opening round Ranji Trophy......

Suresh Kalmadi being blackmailed?

Is Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi being blackmailed? The CBI, which carried out searches at the residence of Kalmadi has recovered an alleged blackmail letter......