Syed Firdaus Ashraf lists seven states where the Grand Old Party suffered a severe setback.
Fixtures for the 2013-14 season.
With demand drying up, hotels are surviving on quarantine centres and isolation facilities.
As ferry services increase and remote working becomes the norm, the rural beach town has turned into a sought-after refuge for city slickers from Mumbai and Pune.
Intimate getaways offered in the form of homestays by hotels are proving to be the flavour of this extraordinary and difficult time. Not far from cities, they offer a pleasant respite from homebound lives, says Pavan Lall.
The walls at Cafe Mondegar, a popular hotspot in south Mumbai, have become its identity, thanks to its marvelous murals that tell the story of the city. This it owes to none other that veteran cartoonist and illustrator Mario Miranda, who passed away in Goa on Sunday. Hoshang Yazdegardi, the son of the owner who runs the cafe today, remembers the man behind the Great Wall of Mondy's.
The reshuffle had politics at its heart, so the biggest complement of new ministers, both Cabinet rank and below, came from UP, which will see assembly elections in a few months.
Bharat director Ali Abbas Zafar sure hints at it!
Sporting Clube de Goa suffered their third successive defeat after Air India rallied from a goal down to post a 3-1 win in the ninth round of the I League, at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, in Goa, on Wednesday.
Celebs follow a template for their special day -- an intimate ceremony with few people and a keen eye for a touch of luxury in every aspect.
There is concern about the poor state of readiness of the navy's 140 warships which face severe shortages in sonar equipment, helicopters and torpedoes.
According to the officials, the funds to the Congress were sent by Hyderabad-based Megha Infrastructure and Engineering.
Goa's poll panel chief has already taken cognisance of similar remarks allegedly made by the Delhi CM.
Sanju Samson replaced Virat Kohli for the three-match T20I series against Bangladesh, while Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dube earned his maiden call-up to the Indian team.
Hotels are also relying on couples who had earlier planned destination weddings but are now considering options within the country.
Nearly 6,000 passengers were stranded as train services on the Konkan Railway route in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district were suspended on Thursday after a river overflowed following heavy rains, while incessant downpour badly hit road and rail traffic in several parts of the state, including around Mumbai, as authorities called in NDRF to help the administration in rescue efforts.
'What is refreshing is that we're back to work in such times, when things are really looking low all over the world,' says supermodel Lakshmi Rana.
Mumbai Schools Sports Association qualified for the India finals of the Nike-Manchester United Premier Cup (MUPC) under-15 football Tournament. Joining the Mumbai lads in the India finals, scheduled to be held in Goa from December 1, are Viva Kerala, Salgaocar SC and Sporting Clube de Goa.
Sixteen deaths in rain and flood-related incidents have been reported from western Maharashtra in the last seven days, while the toll in Karnataka rose to five since Sunday.
Modi, who came to Hangzhou from his first visit to Vietnam, met Xi and held talks on a host of issues including bilateral tensions between the two countries over a raft issues.
All eyes are on the parties to see which of them can stake claim to power.
'The last time we had such a late withdrawal of monsoon was in 1960 or so.'
The hotel has currently turned into a high security zone with guests living there moved out to other facilities of the Taj group.
Other world leaders too voiced concern against terrorism and vowed to fight it collectively.
Factories are shutting down owing to a shortage of labour and raw materials, and a lack of logistical support amid the ongoing nationwide lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic.
The BJP on the other hand is in power in 16 states in the country.
Goa's Salgaocar Sports Club won the South and West Zone qualifying round of the Nike-MUPC under-15 football tournament at the Nehru stadium in Chennai on Saturday. They beat Cosmos, Tiruvallur, by a 15th minute goals, scored by Pandhari Chopdekar off a pass from Godfrey Silva.
A total 95 deaths deaths were reported since Friday morning, of which 37 in Maharashtra, 24 in Gujarat, nine in West Bengal, seven in Madhya Pradesh, four each from Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, three from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and two from Delhi and one each from Punjab and Haryana.
'.. if the cost is its own survival,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Distress sales, market closures and anchoring of fishing fleets have been reported from West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Parrikar had moved to the South Block at the insistence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2014.
The cyclone would bring light to moderate rains at most places and 'heavy to very heavy downpour' at some places on November 6.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the upcoming films and their release dates.
Mumbai and certain adjoining areas experienced pre-monsoon showers, sources said on Sunday.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Ayanagar weather station recorded 99.2 mm rainfall, the maximum in the city, during the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Thursday.
This is the first time that 'Exercise IBSAMAR' is being conducted in Indian waters and it will conclude on February 29. All previous editions were held off South Africa, Navy said in a release.
According to the ministry, Maharashtra remained at the top with the total cases at 1,985, including 217 patients who have recovered/discharged and 149 patients died.
Nitin A Gokhale, Co-founder, BharatShakti.in and long-time Rediff.com contributor, remembers a most unusual politician.
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The money-spinning Indian Premier League has mulled a closed-door edition in a desperate bid to avoid cancellation as the deadly COVID-19 sent Indian sports into quarantine after a government directive for fans to be kept away from all action to prevent the pandemic from spreading.
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