India

Chandigarh, Oct 19: After a decade-long Congress rule in Haryana, the state may see a change of guard when votes in assembly elections are counted today. Most exit polls have predicted BJP coming to power for the first time on its own. Even in the previous assembly poll five years ago, Congress had fallen short of majority with only 40 seats in the 90-member House (as against 46 seats required for

New Delhi, Oct 18: In much-awaited reform, the government on Saturday deregulated diesel prices, a move that will result in a price cut of Rs 3.37 a litre with effect from midnight tonight. Finance Minister Arun Jaitely said the Cabinet in its meeting today decided to deregulate or free diesel prices. Retail rates will now reflect international movement in oil prices. As a result, rates will be

Chennai, Oct 18: AIADMK general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa Saturday evening returned here after spending 21 days in the Bangalore Central Jail. The special flight carrying Jayalalithaa landed at Chennai airport and when she came out, AIADMK cadres assembled in large numbers shouted 'Long Live Amma'. Jayalalithaa drove straight to her residence in Poes Garden area

Bangalore, Oct 18: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who secured bail from the Supreme Court, was on Saturday released from the central jail after the special court issued order on paying surety. Earlier, the special court here on Saturday issued the order for release of AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa from jail here in accordance with the Supreme Court order granting her bail in the

Jammu, Oct 18: Pakistan Army has resorted to unprovoked overnight firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said. Sources said in winter capital Jammu, "Pakistan Army started unprovoked firing at our positions in Hamirpur sector of Poonch district at 8.55 p.m. Friday using automatics and small arms." "Pakistan firing was

Malda, Oct 18: More than two dozen crude bombs were discovered Friday at an orchard in West Bengal's Malda district, police said. The crude bombs, contained in a plastic bag, were found in a mango orchard in 16 Mile area under Kaliachak police station. "About 30 crude bombs have been found from the bag. A bomb disposal squad is diffusing them. We are also in the lookout for Mohshin Sheikh, the

Nashik, Oct 18: A 65-year-old woman has accused three men of setting her on fire for not voting for a candidate they were backing for the Maharashtra assembly, in a police complaint, in Babhulgaon Khurd village in Yeola, around 90km from Nashik. She is battling for her life with 80% burns. On the basis of Zelubai Jagannath Wable's complaint, police arrested Ashok Bornare (38), Pandurang Bornare

New Delhi, Oct 17: The ancient Nalanda University, renowned across southeast Asia and beyond, had a school of public health and a Chinese student who studied there around the 6th century AD had a lot of admiration for the state of public health in India, which today is in a state of "disaster", said Nobel laureate and renowned economist Amartya Sen. Sen, who is vice chancellor of the revived

New Delhi, Oct 17: In a major relief to jailed AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court today granted her bail in a disproportionate assets case in which she was sentenced to four-year jail term. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu stayed the sentence and warned Jayalalithaa against causing any delay by seeking adjournment in her appeal in Karnataka High Court. The bench directed

Balasore, Oct 17: India on Friday test-fired the indigenously developed sub-sonic long-range cruise missile 'Nirbhay' from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. The missile took off at 10:04 am and after reaching a height of 800 metres, took a sharp turn towards the Bay of Bengal. Sources at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said it will only be known after 11:00 am