India

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

Chennai, Feb 4: Tamil Nadu may see a change of guard as a section of ruling AIADMK MLAs are likely to urge Sasikala, a close aide of late Jayalalithaa, to take over the reins of the government at a meeting here tomorrow. The meeting is likely to be held here in the afternoon tomorrow, party sources said.However, the sources did not commit on the agenda of the meeting and declined to confirm

Chandigarh/Panaji, Feb 4: Archrivals BJP and Congress will battle it out in the electoral arena when polls are held in Punjab and Goa today, with Arvind Kejriwal's AAP, debuting in assembly elections in the two states seeking to play a spoilsport for the two major contenders to power. BJP is in government in Punjab in alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) for two successive terms, while it also

Noida, Feb 3: Several people who had invested in an online trading company which allegedly duped nearly seven lakh investors to the tune of Rs 3,700 crore on the pretext of paying them in lieu of clicking on specific links today visited its office in Sector 63 here demanding their money back. They also had a minor scuffle with the policemen when they forcefully tried to enter the office permises

New Delhi, Feb 3: BJP President Amit Shah today called off his foot march in Meerut following the murder of a businessman's son and lashed out at the Samajwadi Party government, saying Uttar Pradesh has become India's "crime capital" under it and vowed to make it a poll issue. Such murders have become a common occurrence in the state, he said citing the recent killing of a businessman in Lucknow

New Delhi, Feb 3: Concerns over safety of marine life are rising as the oil spill caused by the collision of two ships off Chennai's coast on Saturday is spreading further. As per reports, although nearly 70 tonnes of oil sludge has been removed by hundreds of volunteers, the spill has crossed the Marina Beach and travelled 32km south. It has now entered the Palavakkam beach on the East Coast Road