At least 117 Electronic Voting Machines malfunctioned and were replaced during the first phase of assembly polls in 65 constituencies in Assam, where the two-phase election process started Monday.
The hits and misses of the week.
The 20 MLAs told the high court that they would move fresh petitions against the taking away of their assembly seats as their pleas had become infructuous after President Ram Nath Kovind put a stamp of approval on the EC's recommendation.
Within a year of Gopal Vittal becoming the joint MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel's India operations, the company has elevated him as the MD and CEO for Bharti Airtel's operations in India and South Asia.
Shikhar Dhawan continues his golden run in Sri Lanka.
Kejriwal congratulated Modi for the BJP's victory.
The BJP polled over 56 per cent of votes, more than the combined vote share of the Congress (22.5 per cent) and the AAP (18.1 per cent).
The Tiger Shroff-Disha Patani starrer saw an outstanding opening weekend.
A look at his T20 Internationals numbers and one wonders why M S Dhoni was dropped for the T20 series against the Windies and Australia. His T20I numbers are quite decent and there is no sudden dip in his form, notes Rajneesh Gupta.
The court has now fixed the matter for scrutiny of documents on September 29.
"I am a farmer's son and I was here to raise the voices of farmers and jawans," Tej Bahadur Yadav said.
The court also extended till February 7 the interim order restraining the EC from issuing any notification announcing bypolls.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
There are 17 post graduates, 29 graduates among 70 newly-elected MLAs.
Bollywood takes the glamorous route to MAMI!
'I knew things were not going well, but there was always that hope.'
Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Delhi Cantonment area Surinder Singh, arrested for allegedly assaulting an New Delhi Municipal Council worker, was on Saturday granted bail by a court in New Delhi.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
We bring you the hottest Bollywood brides who walked the LFW ramp as showstoppers. Take the poll and let us who is your favourite.
590 cricketers -- including 370 Indian players and 220 overseas players -- will go under the hammer during the two-day mega auction in Bengaluru on February 12 and 13.
Some songs off the Gabbar Is Back album will keep you hooked.
'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair. 'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to extend the range of the feminine mystique in Hindi cinema.'
China is now the most significant strategic concern in Washington, as in most of the world's capitals, especially the democracies. Today, strategic autonomy has acquired a sharper definition: To ward off the Chinese challenge to India's territorial integrity, sovereignty and regional stature, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Lamba claimed after the walkout, "I got a message from the CM to tender my resignation. I'm ready to do so".
Around six lakh people have been housed in over 2000 relief camps in the two states.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com gives the lowdown on the 59 seats spread across seven states and one Union territory going to polls in the last and final phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on May 19, 2019.
'At a time when the news channels are screaming louder than the worst crowd, you can't be subtle if you really want to say something important,' Anubhav Sinha tells Bedika/PTI.
The polling for the sixth phase on May 12 covers 6 states and one Union Territory.
The total number of arrests by the CBI has risen to six -- four PNB officials, a retired employee of the bank, and an authorsied signatory of Nirav Modi's company -- after Monday's development.
Condemning the police crackdown inside Jamia Millia university, several film industry insiders, including one from Hollywood, on Monday rallied behind the university's students and said the government is trying to stifle voices of dissent against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
The committee also picked 19 sportspersons for the Arjuna Award, including the likes of cricketers Ravindra Jadeja and Poonam Yadav, track and field stars Tejinder Pal Singh Toor, Mohammed Anas and Swapna Barman.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Almost all the deceased were migrant labourers hailing from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
The trial of controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and four other accused in the case of alleged sexual assault on a minor will begin at a court in Jopdhpur on December 4.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a statistical outlook of the players named in India's squad for the upcoming limited-overs series in Zimbabwe.
Several police officers who followed the Election Commission's orders during the recent West Bengal assembly polls get punishment transfers. Payal Mohanka reports.
20 legislators disqualified from the Delhi assembly for allegedly holding offices of profit.
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