- India
Jharkhand’s lone transgender candidate gets fewer votes than NOTA
Dhanbad: Jharkhand’s lone transgender candidate from the Dhanbad Lok Sabha seat got fewer votes than the NOTA, according to poll results declared on Tuesday. Sunaina Kinner had filed nomination papers as an…
- India
Chirag Paswan meets Nitish ahead of NDA meeting in Delhi
Patna: Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan on Wednesday morning met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here ahead of the crucial NDA meeting scheduled in Delhi later in the day.…
- India
Akhilesh hails ‘intelligent voters’ of UP for victory of INDIA bloc, PDA
Lucknow: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said the success of the INDIA bloc in Uttar Pradesh is the victory of the backward classes, Dalits and minorities, and attributed it to the…
- India
Pune car crash: Police move J to seek extension of teen’s remand
Pune: The Pune police have moved an application before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) seeking extension for 14 days the remand of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a car crash which…
- Bangalore
Kumaraswamy heads to Delhi, says Congress bid to form govt will not happen
Bengaluru: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday said the Congress bid to form government at the Centre will not happen. The Election Commission of India on Tuesday declared results for 542…
- India
India deserves faster economic growth that’s ecologically sustainable: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: India deserves faster economic growth that is socially just and ecologically sustainable, former environment minister and senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday. On World Environment Day, Ramesh called…
- Business
Markets bounce back in early trade after massive drop on value-buying at lower levels
Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty began the trade on an optimistic note on Wednesday after facing heavy drubbing in the previous trade as value-buying at lower levels led to an…
- Business
Rupee gains 7 paise to 83.44 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee recovered from the lower level and appreciated 7 paise to 83.44 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, taking cues from domestic equity markets and lower crude…
- India
Temple gutted in fire in J-K
Srinagar: A temple located atop a hillock in the tourist resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir was gutted in a blaze early Wednesday, officials said here. The blaze erupted in the…
- Kolkata
West Bengal: TMC registers over 2% vote swing, BJP down by two
Kolkata: Refuting predictions made by a majority of exit polls for West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress registered a 45.77 per cent vote share in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal,…
- India
After mixed success in LS polls, bigger challenge awaits Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: Till five years ago, Uddhav Thackeray appeared to be a reluctant and diffident politician carrying the burden of his father Bal Thackeray’s legacy, but he reinvented himself and his party after…
- Pakistan
Islamabad HC stays execution of 5 former Pakistan Navy officers
Islamabad: A top court in Islamabad has stayed the execution of five former Pakistan Navy officers previously sentenced to death through a general court-martial decree. Islamabad High Court (IHC) Judge Babar Sattar…
- Elections
LS elections: Two candidates booked for rape secure victory
New Delhi: Two candidates with rape cases registered against them have won the Lok Sabha elections, the results of which were declared on Tuesday. BJP candidates Saumitra Khan and Madhavaneni Raghunandan Rao…