India

Lucknow, Sep 16: Early trends in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh showed a significant setback for the BJP. Bypolls were held on September for 11 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat. The initial trends showed BJP ahead in four assembly seats and was trailing even in the constituencies it had vacated four months ago. The ruling Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh Yadav was ahead in seven seats in

New Delhi, Sept 16: Counting of votes began on Tuesday in three Lok Sabha and 33 assembly constituencies spread across 10 states where bypolls were held on September 13, with stakes high for BJP. The three Lok Sabha seats are in Vadodara (Gujarat), vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) and Medak (Telangana) while 11 assembly constituencies are in UP, nine in Gujarat

New Delhi, Sep 15: Government today sought "consensus" to bring changes in the Land Acquisition Act to make it more investor-friendly but said it was not happening due to the "contradictory views" within political parties which are wanting changes in the legislation. Rural Development Minister Nitin Gadkari also hit out at the "microscopic minority" of Opposition leaders for stalling the

New Delhi, Sep 15: The Supreme Court on Monday asked lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan to disclose the name of the whistleblower who gave him the information regarding the list of visitors to CBI director's residence and CBI file notings. The apex court directed Prashant Bhushan as CBI chief Ranjit Sinha claimed that "90 percent" of the information about the visitors to his residence are forged

Mumbai/Pune, Sep 15; Tension brewing within the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance over seat-sharing for upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls escalated today with BJP disapproving Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's statement that in the event of a saffron victory, the top post would go to his party and that he was not averse to assuming it. BJP, an all-weather ally of Shiv Sena, is rankled by Uddhav's public

Srinagar, Sep 14: Mobile services were partially restored Saturday in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir as rescue and relief efforts continued on a war footing. The receding floodwaters revealed the death of 43 people, including 14 children in an inundated government hospital here. Over 1,42,000 people have been rescued so far from various parts of the state by the armed forces and the National Disaster

Srinagar, Sep 14: These are unprecedented times. Generations of people of Jammu and Kashmir had not seen the kind of devastation that the floods of September second week have wrought on the Himalayan state. The deluge has left a trail of destruction in almost every district of this already vexed state. The flood havoc has left the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley equally ruined. A week of

Mumbai, Sep 13: Openly expressing his desire to become the Chief Minister for the first time from a public platform, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today asked the electors to give him a chance and assured they would not regret. Uddhav, whose relation with BJP is under strain over seat-sharing for the assembly poll, also sought to assert the pre-eminence of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra politics vis

Mumbai, Sep 13: Citing a recent court verdict, Shiv Sena on Saturday said, "excessive lust leads to divorce" and asked the constituents of 'Mahayuti' alliance to exercise restraint while demanding extra share during seat allocation talks. "Allies in the coalition must dream of a victory. For this, all parties must give up the lust for more seats. To say we will stay in the coalition only if we get

New Delhi, Sep 13: After a gap of 18 years, BJP's student wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad today swept Delhi University students' union elections, trouncing Congress' NSUI to bag all four positions and credited the triumph to "Modi wave". The ABVP won posts of president, vice president, secretary and joint secretary by comfortable margins, bettering last year's performance when it had lost