Budhni fell vacant after Rajendra Singh (BJP) resigned to pave way for Chouhan's entry into the assembly.
A girl student of Visva Bharati university was shot dead by an unidentified young man who also tried kill himself at the girls' hostel on Sunday.
Family feuds, in what are essentially family-run outfits, have cast a shadow over the reunification efforts of Janata Party.
The meeting is being held purportedly to discuss ways and means of raising the issues of Hinduism and the Ram Temple at Ayodhya in the coming weeks.
The Lok Sabha on Thursday approved a bill making it mandatory for private broadcasters to share live feed of national sports events with Doordarshan and All India Radio on free-to-air basis.
Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi on Wednesday denied moves to impose any licence fee or cess on radio and TV sets.
Riding on the brilliance of striker Eduardo da Silva, JCT stunned Mohun Bagan by an odd goal in three to mark a confident beginning in the I-League at the flood-lit Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata on Monday night.
The Aam Aadmi Party's national executive is meeting in New Delhi where it is likely to take a decision on the fate of its former minister and member of Legislative Assembly Somanath Bharti, who is on the run in a domestic violence case.
The central government has paid for Bharti's expenses and provided her security cover under a directive from the Delhi high court.
To add to the worries of the cable operators and broadcasters, the government is set to launch a 24-hour "must carry" health channel called DD-Health at an annual outlay of Rs 180 crore (Rs 1.8 billion).
With his expulsion from the Bharatiya Janata Party virtually certain, suspended party leader Madan Lal Khurana Friday said he was not inclined to work under the organisation's current leadership.
Seeking to allay any security related apprehensions of non resident Indians, Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Monday assured them that India was as safe as any other part of the world.
A case has been registered in Hyderabad against Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Raja Singh for his remarks which allegedly defended the attacks on Dalits in Gujarat's Una and supported the cow vigilantes involved.
An image of a child who is an opening act during Congress rallies.
Visva-Bharati Santiniketan invites applications for its two-year, full-time, residential MBA programme in Kolkata.
All India Radio and Doordarshan employees, affiliated to National Federation of Akashvani and Doordarshan, are holding a day-long demonstration in Mumbai on Tuesday, protesting the "denial" of benefits given to government employees.
MP: Gaur tenders resignation; Chauhan invited to form govt
The Indian ace and partner Katarina Kachlikova of Solvakia lost in the second round of the doubles event.
"We want a drop in interest rate. This (interest rate) is a huge problem now for us. Real interest rate in India today is touching six percent," Ficci chief Pankaj Patel said, arguing that there should be balance between growth, inflation, and interest rates.
Nimbus executives say many of their partners are already talking about breach of contract (which states that the feed would be available exclusively to them) and this could lead to cancellation of agreements.
Irked by the Cabinet decision which asked television channels to share the cricket rights with Prasar Bharati, private sports broadcasting major ESPN Star Sports
The non-availability of transponders on satellites has hit the expansion plans of not only existing direct-to-home players such as DD Direct Plus and Dish TV but also new entrants such as Sun Direct, Reliance Bluemagic and the Bharti group.
The search committee will forward the names to the selection committee comprising the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India or his nominee, Lok Sabha Speaker, the leader of the largest opposition party and an eminent jurist.
It is important to approach the belief of people in ancient India's achievements with a sense of proportion, balance and empathy, argues B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
BJP won 18 of the seats while the TMC won 22 of the seats.
Doordarshan would be deploying more than 20 hi-definition cameras for the coverage of the event on June 21.
Coming under flak by the Left parties for Wal-Mart's entry into the Indian retail market, Bharti Enterprises on Friday said its tie-up with the US firm was "as per the guidelines".
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Counting of votes is underway in assembly byelection to 58 seats in 11 states including Madhya Pradesh where the results will decide the fate of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government.
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday described the Congress-Dravida Munetra Kazhagam alliance for the May 16 Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu as an "unholy" one while bringing up the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
The High Court also gave the BCCI the freedom to engage any producer for the purpose of live feed except Zee Telefilms Ltd and ESPN Star Sports.
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