As the exit polls were sharply split on who would get to rule Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday said their grand Mahagatbadhan alliance would win the Bihar Assembly polls with 190 seats.
Politicos are making sure they are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that their party wins in the area. Vicky Nanjappa reports on these unconventional and sometimes, amusing methods being used
Still trying to figure out the "true identity" of alleged match-fixer Aneel Munawar, the International Cricket Council has hired a betting analysis company to investigate his claims of having fixed Test sessions in a recent TV sting operation.
Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee were taken to the Central Bureau of Investigation office on Monday in connection with the Narada sting operation, officials said.
Students of MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology chipped in to help B'lore civic authorities over a delayed project.
'Even though a lot of horrible things are being said about me on the electronic media,' says Rhea Chakraborty, 'I refrain from commenting on the advice of my lawyers.' 'Satyamev Jayate, the truth shall prevail.'
Rahul, 46, was appointed party vice-president in January 2013 at Congress's brainstorming session in Jaipur. The talk about his elevation has been going on for quite some time now.
'Even if Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech were successful in ramping up production overnight, what happens to the capacity after the demand from India is met?' asks Sanjeev Nayyar.
'Indian secularism doesn't deserve a tombstone. It needs a new shrine,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
'We in the Anglicised middle class are unconcerned about the vast majority of Indians. We insist on only our concerns and anxieties being debated. All other Indians are irrelevant,' says Aakar Patel.
'The way desi food is cooked in our homes makes it so delicious and yummy.' 'It is a great digestive meal.'
Indian films, and Raj Kapoor in particular, have a special place in Iranian cinephilia or cinemadoosti, Ranjita Ganesan discovers on a visit to Iran.
KCR will continue as caretaker chief minister until the new government is formed.
The innovation will be on its South Indian channels on September 23-24.
The fracas over the vice-president's absence and alleging Rajya Sabha TV's blackout of the event took some sheen off the event.
The proposal of the totally foreign-owned STAR TV for uplinking from India for a 24-hour news channel has been pending before the government, sources said.
The announcement comes days after senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari was shot dead in Srinagar.
Satyagraha attempts to speak about important issues but ends up over-simplifying them.
Taliban fighters attacked a truck carrying supplies for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces in the restive Khyber tribal region of Pakistan on Monday, killing its driver, officials said.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The top court also directed authorities to consider withdrawing all cases against migrant workers for alleged violation of lockdown norms under the Disaster Management Act.
'The Congress has finally drawn a line in the sand over its pro-poor credentials.'
'The rich better watch out.'
'I belonged to a village where there was no light.' 'In Mumbai, I worked as a junior artiste, played small characters.' 'After struggling a lot, I got a break on television.' 'From there, I got a break in films.' 'It feels like a dream.' 'Sometimes when I feel low, I look back at my journey and feel inspired.'
The storm is India's strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in 20 years.
The Kerala government dubbed Desai's attempt to visit Sabarimala as a 'conspiracy'.
There's the excitement of watching minor people commit major crimes and watching how that becomes their second nature, almost. Just when you think the show is extending outwards, it implodes. And with the ethical hinges off totally, you, the viewer, wouldn't know quite how to react, observes Sreehari Nair.
Faced with mounting complaints from television viewers and women outfits about objectionable contents, the government has ordered channels airing TV shows 'Big Boss' and 'Rakhi ka Insaaf' to broadcast them only between 11 pm and 5 am, virtually bracketing them as only for adult viewing.
'How did you sleep through the cries of a Mohammad Akhlaq, or a Pehlu Khan being beaten to death? Did you then tweet, 'Goondagardi hai, bas'?' Durba Dhyani addresses the singer.
The Lashkar-e-Tayiba's global mission is quite extensive something the West has now begun to realise. Many now assess the LeT to be a bigger eventual threat than the Al Qaeda because the Lashkar has state sponsorship, says Vikram Sood.
Some 800 million or more Indians gaze at their mobile phones all day. Whoever can crack what's news on the mobile phone for them and their families, for a nominal payment of Rs 10 a month, is a winner, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Reddi has so far made 10 investments in the US.
In a nearly 25-minute televised address to the nation, Modi said implementation of the lockdown will be strictly ensured in its second phase and detailed guidelines will be brought out on Wednesday to ensure that outbreak does not spread to new areas.
A powerful explosive device was defused on Wednesday on board a train in Pakistan that had passed through Lahore railway station at the time of a bomb blast that killed three persons and injured over 50 others.
Advocates representing the media houses told the court that the mistake of disclosing the name and showing photograph of the victim was due to their ignorance of the law.
Never have I been so thankful for my decision to quit my life in Mumbai and shift to Santiniketan as I have been in these times of the coronavirus.
Chief Minister Kumaraswamy, on private visit to the United States, said he was keeping a tab on the developments while the state Congress attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party, alleging the opposition party was trying to destabilise the government.
"CNN just released a book called 'Unprecedented' which explore the 2016 race & victory. Hope it does well but used worst cover photo of me," he tweeted.
The apex court pulled up the Centre for its "evasive" and "brazen" affidavit on the issue.
For some, he is a visionary who grew his one-channel firm into a media giant by the sheer dint of his courage; for others, he is a compulsive risk-taker.
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