In a surprising turn of events, BJP corporator Sangeeta Khandekar was elected as the mayor of Chandrapur Municipal Corporation with the support of Shiv Sena (UBT), dealing a blow to the Congress party's aspirations.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar visit New Delhi amid speculation about a cabinet reshuffle, meeting with Rahul Gandhi and fueling political buzz.
Gopalakrishna's name was in the reckoning for Deputy Governor in place of Anand Sinha who retired in January.
Several BJP and JD-S leaders joining the Congress ahead of the May 10 assembly polls in Karnataka is an evidence to prove that public sentiment is in favour of the party and it will come to power, its state unit President D K Shivakumar said on Monday.
There is no mention of Kolar, the second seat from where senior party leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, wants to contest, in addition to Varuna, where his name is already cleared.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Friday got a former player as its first president in its 85-year history with Kalyan Chaubey beating the legendary Bhaichung Bhutia in the election for the top post.
The Indian Army's XIV Corps -- better known as the Fire and Fury Corps -- has a unique responsibilty since it guards India's borders with China and Pakistan as well as the Siachen Glacier.
Football Delhi president Shaji Prabhakaran, who had filed the nomination papers for the president's post when the polls were to be held under the aegis of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) on August 28, decided not to stand for elections this time.
Bhutia, one of the legends of the game in the country, said he did not understand why a central minister would spend so much time with the voters the night before the AIFF elections, though he did not accuse law minister Kiren Rijiju of canvassing against him.
'I have filed my nomination for AIFF president's post and I feel I am the right person for the job'
Singh claimed that union minister of law and justice Rijiju 'exhorted' the state association members to vote against Bhutia
Bhaichung Bhutia will have a straight fight with former Mohun Bagan and East Bengal goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The debate over Presidential candidate picked up further momentum with Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad pitching for Vice President Hamid Ansari while other parties kept the cards close to their chest.
Sources in the BJP said a petition would be filed on Monday with the Assembly Speaker K G Bopahiah, seeking their disqualification on the charge of 'anti-party' activities.
Infosys executive co-chairman Kris Gopalakrishna today said IT industry should create new products and revenue streams to achieve the $300 billion revenue target by 2020.
The move will help curb card frauds. Currently, customers use only personal identification number for automated teller machine transactions.
Close on the heels of Congress axing Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan from the post in the wake of Adarsh Housing Society scam, five disqualifed Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs asked their high command to apply the same yardstick to Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and seek his resignation.
The company, however, expects the direct impact of the Japanese crisis to be minimal on its business in the short-term.
After remaining in captivity for nine days, Malkangiri Collector R V Krishna was released on Thursday by Maoists, an official said, finally bringing to an end the tense hostage crisis in Orissa.
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A rule change may make Nachiket Mor, among others, eligible to replace Chakrabarty.
The accused has been lodged in Chanchalguda central jail.
The Andhra police have arrested two Price Waterhouse auditors- Gopalakrishna and T Srinivas- in connection with the financial irregularities case with Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
The $4.6-billion company, which had earlier made an unsuccessful bid to acquire SAP consulting firm Axon that was latter acquired by HCL, would prefer acquiring companies overseas where growing organically is a little challenge, the Bangalore-headquartered company's CEO and MD S (Kris) Gopalakrishna said.
The Chennai-bound bus was set on fire on Hosur Road in protest against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's remarks on Lord Ram in the context of the Sethusamudram project.
Gururaj Kishore is being questioned as he was a suspect and "if he is involved, we will arrest him", the police said
India's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin not only raced to the fastest 150 scalps in Indian Test history but also became the first man in over 100 years to bag 50 wickets after opening the bowling during the first cricket Test against South Africa, in progress, on Friday, in Mohali.
He was accompanied by his wife N Bhuvaneswari and mother N Ammanamma.
'...that has plants and flowers of all colours and hues in it.' 'Do you think a garden with just one plant or one type of flower will be appealing?' 'No. It will look drab, uninteresting and lustreless because a garden would be captivating only if it had many flowers of different colours.'
The two Indians -- T Gopikrishna from Andhra Pradesh and C Balaram Kishan from Telangana, who were teaching at Libya's Sirte University, were abducted by Islamic State militants in July last year.
Renowned saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath remembers the 10-year-old he first met at his guru's place.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu constituted his council of ministers on Sunday night, considering their experience and social equations, giving due representation to women as well as backward castes.
The central bank has nine executive directors, and one of them -- S Karuppasamy -- retired recently. R Gandhi, who was executive director, has now been promoted to the post of deputy governor.
The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Monday wrested the Bellary rural seat from the Bharatiya Janata Party and was ahead in another constituency as counting of votes for the prestigious bypolls held on August 21 was taken up on Monday morning.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
I have no hesitation to say that the cultural milieu is different, said chairman R Seshasayee in a rare media interaction.
'There will only be an institutional solution between the board and the founders to take Infosys forward.'
It's time the regulator did some introspection.
Sriram Adittya throws light on Bhale Manchi Roju releasing on the Christmas Day.
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