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New Delhi, Mar 12: The CAG today said Air India “actually incurred” an operating loss of Rs 321.4 crore in 2015-16, even the airline maintained it had an operating profit of Rs 105 crore based on generally accepted accounting standards. While making it clear that there was no fudging of numbers, officials at the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said figures reported by the airline are

Panaji/Imphal, Mar 12: Goa and Manipur threw up fractured mandates on Saturday, with Congress and BJP staking claim to form governments in both the states. While Congress won 17 out of Goa's 40 seats, BJP was just behind with 13; it also has the support of an Independent candidate backed by it. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) with three seats, Goa Forward Party (3) and NCP (1) were sitting on

Mar 12: A landslide win in UP and Uttarakhand has taken the ruling alliance closer to getting the President of its choice when incumbent Pranab Mukherjee's tenure ends in July. Though the NDA's vote share in the electoral college will still be short of majority, the gap can easily be narrowed if it can strike a deal with one or two non-UPA parties like Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and AIADMK. The

New Delhi, Mar 12: Starting with his hyper-kinetic Lok Sabha campaign, Narendra Modi has unhesitatingly thrown himself in the line of fire in every ensuing state election, even at the risk of an adverse result being read as a sign of fading charisma. Morale-sapping losses in Delhi and Bihar in 2015 did not slow him down and he bounced back with a big win in Assam and a heartening performance in

Raipur, Mar 12: Describing the Maoist attack on CRPF personnel as a “cowardly act”, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday the sacrifices of jawans will not go in vain. “It is an unfortunate and sad attack on security personnel. I salute their martyrdom,” Rajnath told reporters at the headquarters of the 4th battalion of Chhattisgarh Armed Force in Mana Camp area Saturday evening

Lucknow, Mar 11: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar today tendered resignation from the post. Akhilesh Yadav tendered his resignation to Governor Ram Naik after his Samjawadi Party's massive defeat in Assembly polls. Parsekar submitted his resignation to Governor Mridula Sinha as results indicated that BJP would fall well short of halfway mark in

New Delhi, Mar 11: More than 100 candidates have failed to score even 100 votes in the assembly polls across five states, including activist Irom Sharmila who could get just 90 votes and vowed to never contest elections again. Number of such candidates was five or more in some constituencies, including in Allahabad North and Muzaffar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, as also in Uttarakhand's Rajpur and

Dehradun, Mar 11: As Chief Minister Harish Rawat lost one of the two seats he contested and trailed in the other, the BJP today said it was a complete rejection of his leadership. "While Rawat has lost by over 12,000 votes in Haridwar (rural) already, he is heading for a loss in Kiccha as well, though with a narrower margin. This is a complete rejection of his leadership," Pradesh BJP spokesman

New Delhi, Mar 11: An overjoyed Prime Minister Narendra Modi today described as "very humbling and overwhelming" the poll victories that the BJP got in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and thanked people for "continued faith and support". He hailed BJP chief Amit Shah as also party office bearers and state units for their exemplary work in taking the party to new heights. "Am overjoyed that BJP has

New Delhi, Mar 11: Goa has come out on the top when it comes to voters pressing the NOTA button in the latest around of assembly polls, closely followed by Uttarakhand. In Goa, 1.2 per cent of the people voted for NOTA (None of the Above), followed by 1 per cent in Uttarakhand, data available with the Election Commission of India showed. In Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP was headed for a landslide