India

New Delhi, Dec 23: The BJP has won the assembly bypoll in Gujarat by nearly 20,000 votes. The bypoll win in Jasdan is seen as a major victory for the BJP, which recently lost power in three states in the Hindi heartland. This is also the third time that BJP has won the seat in Jasdan after Gujarat was formed in 1960. The BJP candidate Kunvarji Balavliya polled in 90,268 votes, which is 19,985

Samastipur, Dec 23: Senior CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Saturday asserted that no clean chit has been given to the Narendra Modi government in the Rafale deal by the Supreme Court, which has "merely stated" that it did not have the jurisdiction to intervene in the matter. The former Rajya Sabha member said the Opposition has, therefore, been seeking a probe by Joint Parliamentary Committee

Hyderabad, Dec 23: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Saturday alleged that Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das was involved in corruption and termed his recent appointment to the top post a "surprise". Swamy, however, did not give any specific details about the "corruption", an allegation he had made in the past as well. "The new governor of (RBI) is highly corrupt. I got him removed from

Shimla, Dec 23: A local resident has been booked for making derogatory remarks against Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Vadra on Facebook, the police said Saturday. A first information report has been registered against Ranbir Singh Negi on the basis of a complaint by Himachal Youth Congress president Manish Thakur, Shimla Deputy Superintendent of Police Pramod Shukla said

Pune, Dec 23: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said party leadership should own up to defeat and failures, adding that nobody is willing to take responsibility of failure, unlike success. The cryptic remark of the Union Minister came after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost three 'Hindi heartland' states — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh — in the recently-concluded Assembly

Ahmedabad, Dec 23: A mid-air medical emergency on board an Emirates Airlines flight from Dubai to Myanmar's Yangon forced the aircraft to divert to the city airport in Ahmedabad today. The aircraft contacted the Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control (ATC) this afternoon after a five-year-old British national on board the flight developed medical complications, the airport authorities said in the statement

Kozhikode, Dec 22: The Kerala State Haj Committee has welcomed the decision of the GST council, which met in the National Capital on Saturday, for reduceing the tax levy on Haj Pilgrimage from the present 18 to 5 percent. Speaking to UNI, Committee Chairman Mr C Mohammed Faizy said the Committee is thankful to the Union Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley and the GST Council for taking the decision.

New Delhi, Dec 22: Umaiyah Khan, a student of Jamia Islamia University who is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration (MBA), has alleged that she was not allowed to appear for University Grants Commission -National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) exam for wearing Hijab. Speaking to ANI, she said, "I went for NET exam last week in Rohini area. I reached the exam centre but did not get

New Delhi, Dec 22: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested James Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in Augusta Westland VVIP Chopper deal case. The designated Special court allowed the probing agency to interrogate Michel inside the court room for 15 minutes after the agency sought his custodial interrogation. The Central probe agency arrested Michel under Prevention of Money

Chennai, Dec 22: Makkal Needhi Maiam chief (MNM) Kamal Haasan on Saturday announced that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Addressing a press conference here after the party's executive meeting to discuss parliamentary elections, the actor said the MNM is willing to form a single-minded alliance in the parliamentary elections."Our members have given me the chance to take decisions