India

Patna, May 8: High turnout was registered in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha election to 64 constituencies on Wednesday in which the fate of 1,737 candidates, including Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, were sealed. One person was killed when police opened fire outside a polling booth in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district in a bid to prevent its capture. The highest turnout in the 8th phase was

New Delhi, May 7: "Distressed" by Narendra Modi's mother travelling in an auto rickshaw and living in a small room, a Congress leader today wrote to the BJP PM candidate volunteering to look after her as Modi had not provided her a "comfortable" life despite his "wealth" and success. "I fail to understand how you could not provide a comfortable life for your mother who spent her entire life trying

New Delhi, May 7: The first Airbus A-380 planes would start flying in and out of India from May 30 with the Singapore Airlines (SIA) today becoming the first carrier to introduce daily superjumbo flights from Delhi and Mumbai. The move comes barely four months after the government allowed operation of the world's largest aircraft late January at Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad airports

Patna, May 7: A court case was filed against Priyanka Gandhi Wednesday for her remarks on BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, terming his speech in Amethi as ''neech rajniti'' (low level politics). The case was filed by a BJP leader. "I have filed a case in Patna civil court against Priyanka Gandhi for insulting and hurting the sentiments of the lower castes," Surajnandan Kushwaha

May 7: Polling in Uttar Pradesh for 15 Lok Sabha seats began Wednesday, officials said. By-polls for two state assembly seats is also being held. As many as 243 candidates are in fray for the Lok Sabha. In Amethi, incumbent MP and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi faces Kumar Vishwas of the Aam Aadmi Party and Smriti Irani of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bypolls are being held in two state

New Delhi, May 6: In a fresh twist to the 'snoopgate' episode, the woman who was tailed by Gujarat police allegedly on the orders of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, today moved the Supreme Court along with her father for restraining the Centre and state government from going ahead with their Commissions of inquiry. The joint-petition, filed by them, was mentioned before a bench comprising Justices

Patna, May 6: BJP leader Giriraj Singh today surrendered in a district court here and was later granted bail in a case of alleged hate speech lodged in Patna. Singh surrendered in the court of Judicial Magistrate Javed Alam who granted him bail after accepting his bail bond. Singh was out on anticipatory bail granted by District Court judge Virendra Kumar in the case on April 25. A case was lodged

New Delhi, May 6: The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who slammed him for what she described as "low-level politics" after his rally in Amethi, continued on Tuesday. Modi on Monday had taken the poll battle to Gandhi family's power seat and declared he would begin building India from what he called UP's

Jalandhar, May 6: BSP candidate from Hoshiarpur Bhagwan Singh Chohan announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore on Baba Ramdev's head for his comment on Rahul Gandhi's "picnic and honeymoon" in dalit homes late on Sunday. A case was also registered against the yoga teacher for hurting religious sentiments on complaint by Sikh activists for disrespecting a photograph of Guru Gobind Singh. In the picture

New Delhi, May 6: Facing fire from allies, the Congress on Monday was forced to roll back its proposal to appoint a judge to probe the incident of snooping on a woman architect allegedly at the behest of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The move comes a day after Congress leaders breathed fire on the issue and threatened to expose Modi who is considered to have an edge in the polls. The