India

Hyderabad, Apr 30: Polling began on Wednesday simultaneously for 17 Lok Sabha constituencies and 119 Assembly seats in Telangana amid excitement of electing the first government of the new state that will formally come into existence on June 2. Enthusiasm was writ large on people’s faces as they queued up at polling stations since 7 AM today to exercise their franchise. A group of youngsters was

Patna, Apr 30: Polling began in seven parliamentary constituencies in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar amidst tight security today to decide the fate of 94 candidates. The prominent candidates in the fray are JD(U) President Sharad Yadav from Madhepura, who is being challenged by RJD's Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, former central minister and BJP leader Hukumdeo Narayan

Palampur/Mandi, April 29: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Tuesday made a passionate appeal to voters to ensure his party's victory on 300 Lok Sabha seats, but his use of Kargil hero Vikram Batra's off-quoted phrase "Ye dil maange more" sparked a controversy with Batra's parents raising objections. Modi used the more than once during his three rallies in Himachal Pradesh to stir up

Varanasi, April 29: The AAP convenor asked why Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had not campaigned in each other’s constituencies. Raking up both the snoopgate and Robert Vadra land deal controversies, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday accused both the Congress and the BJP of having a tacit pre-poll understanding and not taking any action

Mumbai, Apr 29: The Nagpur police have filed a case against Yoga guru Ramdev for his remark that has allegedly hurt the Dalit sentiments. Addressing a gathering in Lucknow, Ramdev attacked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and was quoted as having said, “He [Mr. Gandhi] goes to Dalits' houses for honeymoon and picnic. Had he married a Dalit girl, then his luck could have clicked and he would

Helsinki, Apr 29: Rajeev Suri will become the new chief executive of Finnish telecommunications gear maker Nokia, the company said on Tuesday, confirming what analysts had expected. Suri, 46, until now led Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), the smaller network equipment unit of Nokia when the company still made mobile phones. Nokia finalized the 5.4 billion euro ($7.5 billion) sale of its

Lucknow, Apr 29: A youth set himself on fire and embraced a BSP leader in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur town during a live TV debate on the Lok Sabha election, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday night during Doordarshan's 'Janmat 2014' programme that was being shot at Tikonia Park. A debate was taking place between leaders of various political parties. Suddenly a young man drenched in

Ahmedabad, Apr 28: Union Minister Kapil Sibal today raked up alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan to hit out at Narendra Modi saying the BJP's PM nominee and Amit Shah were being "shielded" despite existence of "clinching" evidence to arrest them. "I want to ask who is shielding Modi and Shah when, as per lawyers like us, there is a clinching evidence to arrest them in the case of fake encounter

Barabanki, Apr 28: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today appeared to be defending Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra, accusing BJP of blowing the issue of land deals out of proportion and attacked Narendra Modi saying his name meant ''Model of Dividing India''. Yadav, without naming anyone, said the issue was being raised by BJP as an attempt to distract the attention of the people

Bihar, Apr 28: Maoist guerrillas blew up a school building in Bihar's Lakhisarai district early on Monday, police said. The Maoists used dynamites and cylinder bombs to blast the high school building at Narotampur, district police official Sanjay Singh said. He said the two-storey building collapsed in the blast, but no casualty was reported. The school was targeted as paramilitary personnel (CRPF