The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena alliance looked set to return to power in Maharashtra while Haryana could be a cliffhanger with no clear majority for the BJP or the Congress, Election Commission trends indicated.
More than 3,00,000 Rohingya have poured into Bangladesh since the latest flare-up in violence on August 25.
Liverpool piled more misery on Newcastle United with a 3-0 victory at Anfield in the Premier League on Saturday. First-half goals from Jermaine Pennant and Fernando Torres, his 25th of the season, and Steven Gerrard's effort after the break strengthened Liverpool's hold on fourth place over city rivals Everton.
There seems simply no end to Force India's misery, as the Formula One outfit finished its 'home' race at the British Grand Prix on Sunday with another double retirement against its name. Neither of the Force India cars could survive the tough, wet conditions at the rain-lashed Silverstone track and Adrian Sutil was the first to crash out after 10 laps.
The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
It was the 31-year-old Serb's second comfortable win in the Gustavo Kuerten group and combined with Marin Cilic's 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 defeat of American John Isner later in the day, he sealed his place in the semi-finals at the year-ender for the eighth time.
Skincare expert Dr Parul Kolhe tells us how to keep our skin healthy and glowing all through the monsoon.
Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel pumped in a stunning late lap to snatch pole position from team mate Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari dominated Chinese Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday.
Sukanya Verma flips through the pages of Bollywood, and sees just how they keep fit.
Nitish also requested Dr Singh to tour flood affected areas of Bihar to personally assess the damages of property and miseries to millions.
Todd Resengart, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Stony Brook University, said that in addition to pollen-producing allergies, gadgets like cell phones and iPods in particular can affect the users allergic to certain metals and minerals used in manufacturing.
The Communist Party of India-Marxist took 'extremely strong objection' to the remark of the Prime Minister's Office that parties should eschew temptation of politicising the misery of the people and said the statement on price rise was 'very insulting'. CPM said that as a political party, it is its responsibility to raise the issue of the plight of the people.
A fine spell of swing bowling by New Zealand pacer Daryl Tuffey (3/15) helped Chandigarh Lions register a 34-run win over Delhi Giants in the sixth match of the ICL's Twenty20 tournament in Panchkula on Saturday. Chasing 154 for victory, Giants were bundled out for 119 in the penultimate over.
With the nationwide agitation of airport authorities coming to a halt, passengers are still left with the burden of non-connectivity to the new airports. Parliamentary reports have been ignored while developing the new airports, which are now left with no proper infrastructure supporting connectivity. The government can however renegotiate with the developers and try to lift the burden from the passengers' head as they will have to shell out extra money and extra time.
Prakash Amritraj continued his good run of form as he upset top seed Amer Delic of the United States in the first round of the Aptos Challenger in California on Wednesday. The Indian Davis Cupper, who had made it to the final of the Newport ATP last week, beat Delic 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in the opening round match that was played over two days.
Delhi designer Nitin Bal Chauhan intends to take Fashion Week by storm with his collection this year. Here's a sneak peek.
JNU student leader and activist Shehla Rashid announced her joining of Faesal's party on the occasion.
Former finalist David Nalbandian became the highest men's seed to perish at Wimbledon on Monday, beaten 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 by Canada's Frank Dancevic.
Mahesh Rawat scored a century and combined well with lower-order batsmen to pile on the misery of the North Zone bowlers as Central Zone's Duleep Trophy semifinal ended in a draw in Mohali on Saturday.
Cricket legend-turned politician Imran Khan on Friday said that Pakistan is doomed for the next five years of dictatorship if President Pervez Musharraf comes back to power after the election slated for February 18.
Upen Patel and Bobby Deol handle this tale of rivalry quite well.
New Zealand umpire Tony Hill has come to India for the series against South Africa well-prepared.
Iain Hume struck twice as former champions Atletico de Kolkata rallied to edge past Mumbai City FC 3-2 in the first leg of the Indian Super League semi-finals, in Kolkata on Saturday.
Promoters of companies who have pledged their shares to raise funds from banks will be asked to top up with more shares if the carnage in the market continues.
Images from the League Cup matches played on Tuesday
Nagma Bano, who fled in the wake of increasing attacks against North Indians, gave birth to a child in the toilet of the running train on Wednesday.
In the middle of turmoil, the stock markets have become the butt of jokes being circulated across media such as the Web and mobile phones.
Let us come together as an international community and condemn this senseless violence while properly honouring the memory of the victims.
His cricketing brain, always sharp, was blessed with exceptional speed of information absorption and processing. He could quickly zero in on what needed to be done and use the element of surprise to overpower the opposition, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
'A sum of Rs 6,000 a year is very significant for a small farmer whose land holding is very small and whose produce is very small. All these calculations on a daily basis are extremely unfortunate and an insult to farmers.'
However, even 10 days after Modi took the nation by surprise by announcing demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, his rivals continued to aggressively target him
, Juventus thumped Chievo 4-0 away to win their 12th league game in a row but it was not enough to topple leaders Napoli who thrashed Empoli 5-1.
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Leaders and freedom fighters from 83 countries will assemble at a conference to share their views on the relevance of Gandhi's ideology and values in the present world ridden with violence and conflicts.
An Indo-Tibetan Border Police jawan went on a shooting spree on Friday killing his officer and injuring another security person inside the prestigious Indian Administrative Service academy in Mussoorie, a day after he was punished by the senior.
Celebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani, now 44, said it took her two decades to break her silence about that fateful night.
Eighty per cent of television viewing is now split among 43 channels and not a single show is rated above 10. Viewers are not sticking to any channel for too long and definitely jilting it during commercial breaks.
'Chaotic prison breaks, mission misadventure gone horribly wrong, eye-popping surprises, zingers and zany action keeps viewers joyously glued to their chairs,' says Sukanya Verma.
Kedar Jadhav has played as a wicket-keeper batsman in 23 of his 51 IPL matches. The 31-year old attacking batsman donned a different role in India's victory in the first ODI against New Zealand in Dharamsala. A part-time off-spinner Jadhav claimed two crucial wickets to heap more misery on the Kiwis. On his new role with the Indian team Jadhav said, "When you play for India, you have to contribute in every possible way you can.
There have been several instances of traders dumping fruits and vegetables outside mandis. Or of farmers dumping produce outside their villages or feeding them to their animals.
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