India

New Delhi, Feb 6: Delhi Police arrested a wanted criminal who carried a cash reward of Rs 25,000 during a shootout with a gang in the national capital on Monday, a police officer said. The shootout took place around 2.30 a.m. near Eros hotel in Nehru Place when a police team tried to stop the criminals. Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said that the police retaliated after the criminal

Patna, Feb 6: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar adding 'colour' to a 'lotus' painting, drawn by famous Madhubani artist Baoa Devi at the Patna Book Fair yesterday, has triggered speculation among political circles whether the JD(U) and BJP may come together again. Both the BJP and Kumar's party JD(U), which is ruling the state in alliance with RJD and Congress, rubbished any such possibility

Chennai, Feb 5: AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala was on Sunday elected as the Leader of the Legislature party by the MLAs in the party head office in Chennai paving the way for her swearing in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Ms. Sasikala will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on February 9. The development came exactly two months after Jayalalithaa's death. Chief Minister O

Chennai, Feb 5: People of Tamil Nadu did not vote for anyone from Jayalalithaa's "household" to be chief minister, says DMK Working President M K Stalin, who appears to be keeping his options open on the possibility of another government in the tenure of the current Assembly. He also asserts that there are no "obstacles" to his leadership in the party and dismisses as "pointless" questions whether

Chennai, Feb 5: Senior AIADMK leaders are all for V K Sasikala taking over as chief minister, but she is biding time to gauge public opinion as antiSasikala campaigns were reported in many parts of the state in the last two months. Her photographs were defaced in various parts, shocking her supporters. The "Sasikala for CM" chorus, which reached its peak after she took over the party reins, had

New Delhi, Feb 5: In the last two years of the Narendra Modi government, only one-third of assurances given by ministers in Parliament has been implemented, while almost one-fifth of these been dropped. According to official data, the ministers gave 1,877 assurances during two years -- 2015 and 2016, out of which only 552 were implemented. While 392 assurances were dropped, the remaining 893 were

Chandigarh/Panaji, Feb 4: A high voter turnout of over 83 per cent was today recorded in the Assembly polls in Goa, where the ruling BJP is engaged in a fierce fight with the Opposition Congress, AAP and an alliance of MGP, Shiv Sena and GSM for the 40-member House. According to EC sources, the poll percentage could go up as there are long queues of voters at many booths across the state even

Ludhiana, Feb 4: In the autumn of her life, 106-year-old Mala Devi today sent out a message to voters by making efforts to exercise her franchise here. Devi of ward number 12 at Guru Arjan Dev Nagar cast her vote at booth number 132, Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner Ravi Bhagat said. She was provided pick and drop facility by the Ludhiana administration, he said. Ludhiana's poll volunteers went to her

Meerut, Feb 4: In his first rally in Uttar Pradesh after polls were announced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today alleged the corrupt he had "robbed" with note-ban have ganged up to bring him down and targeted the SP-Congress alliance, saying the two parties which abused each other till recently are now locked in an embrace to save themselves. Modi asked the people in Uttar Pradesh to "rid the

Chandigarh/Panaji, Feb 4: Brisk polling was going on as around 35 per cent of the total 1.98 crore electors exercised their franchise till 1 PM in the high-stakes Punjab Assembly elections, wherein 1,145 candidates are in the fray. "35 per cent polling has taken place till 1 PM," an election office spokesman said here."Polling is going peacefully," Additional Director General of Police (ADGP