India

New Delhi, May 17: India today reacted strongly to Pakistan seeking UN intervention on the Indian draft bill on map, saying it was an "entirely internal legislative matter" and Pakistan or any other party has no locus standi on it. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said India "firmly rejects" repeated and increasing attempts by Pakistan to impose on the international community

New Delhi, May 17: Interpol today issued a fresh Red Corner Notice against chief of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror outfit Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf in connection with the attack on IAF base in Pathankot. The fresh Red Corner notice was issued after the NIA secured an 'open-ended' non-bailable warrant against Azhar and Rauf for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror

New Delhi, May 17: Aam Aadmi Party won five and Congress won four wards each while the BJP won from three wards in the MCD bypolls for 13 wards, results of which were declared today. Independent candidate Rajender Singh Tanwar won from Bhati ward where the maximum votes had been polled in the bypolls held on Sunday last. AAP candidate Abhishek Bidhuri won from Tekhand ward by a margin of 1555

Gaya, May 17: Absconding JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi, whose son Rocky Yadav was arrested in connection with killing of a Gaya youth in an incident of road rage, surrendered in a court today and was remanded into 14 days of judicial custody. As the morning court started for the day, Manorama Devi surrendered in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IV Som Sagar. The court remanded her to 14

New Delhi, May 16: Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have voted for change giving BJP its first government in the northeastern state dislodging Congress which also lost Kerala while DMK was set to regain power trouncing AIADMK, according to various exit polls shown on TV channels. Only West Bengal has bucked the trend by re-electing Trinamool Congress led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who managed

Chennai, May 16: BJP and CPI(M) today demanded that candidates facing money distribution allegations in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur constituencies, where elections have been postponed, should be disqualified. BJP Tamil Nadu president Tamilisai Soundararajan said, "I cannot agree that irregularities have happened only in these two (Aravakurichi, Thanjavur) constituencies when such an ambience was

Jamnagar (Guj), May 16: BJP MP from Jamnagar Poonam Madam was injured when she fell into an eight-feet deep drain while meeting slum dwellers during a demolition drive by civic authorities in a locality here today. The 41-year-old parliamentarian fell into the drain when a thin concrete crust covering it cracked under her feet while she was meeting people. A doctor at a local private hospital

Thiruvananthapuram, May 16: Congress leader A K Antony today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial Kerala-Somalia comparison will impact the prospects of BJP, which has been pulling out all the stops in its bid to open its account in Kerala Assembly. "Modi had compared Kerala to Somalia, which is infamous for starvation deaths and sea pirates. The pride of Keralites has been hurt,"

Chennai/Thiruvananthapuram/Puducherry, May 16: Polling to Tamil Nadu, Kerala state assemblies and Union Territory of Puducherry commenced on Monday morning. Polling to 232 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu that will decide the fate of over 3700 candidates, including chief minister J Jayalalithaa and DMK chief M Karunanidhi, commenced today at 7 AM. Electronic Voting Machines across 65,000-odd polling

Ahmednagar, May 16: Social activist Anna Hazare's office today received a letter threatening to kill him for stoking "unrest" in society, his aide said. "The handwritten letter in Marathi was received at Hazare's office in Ralegan Siddhi village in the afternoon," said his spokesperson Shyam Asawa. When asked about the content of the letter, he said it reads: "Tumhi samajat asantosh pasravat ahat