India

Lucknow, May 28: Even as the polling for the high-stakes by-elections to Kairana and Noorpur assembly constituencies is underway, the opposition has raised concerns about the reported malfunctioning of voting machines in some areas. "Upchunav mein jagah jagah se EVM kharab hone ki khabrein aa rahi hain, lekin phir bhi apne matadhikar ke liye zaroor jayen aur apna kartavya nibhayan," Samajwadi

New Delhi, May 28: Order runs counter to CIC’s directive Political parties are out of the purview of the Right to Information Act, the Election Commission has said in an order, which is contrary to the directive of the Central Information Commission (CIC) to bring six national parties under the law. Donations collected The order came on the appeal of an RTI applicant seeking to know the donations

Beijing, May 28: India on Saturday launched its second IT corridor in China to cash in on the burgeoning Chinese software market which remained elusive despite the presence of top Indian technology firms. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) has established one more Digital Collaborative Opportunities Plaza (SIDCOP) platform in China in an effort to provide market

New Delhi, May 28: Petrol and diesel prices continue to soar and touched another peak on Monday. Petrol was hiked by 43 paise to Rs 86.08 per litre in Mumbai. This is the 15th straight hike in a row. Diesel prices on the other hand, were hiked by 44 paise to Rs 73.64 per litre in Mumbai. Petrol prices in Delhi were increased by 44 paise to Rs 78.27 per litre and diesel by 42 paise to Rs 69.17 per

New Delhi, May 28: A woman is entitled to know what remuneration her husband is getting, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed. A high court bench of Justices SK Seth and Nandita Dubey made the observation while hearing the petition of Sunita Jain who had sought a higher maintenance amount from her estranged husband claiming that he was a senior officer with state-run BSNL. Counsel for the

Srinagar, May 28: An Army jawan and a civilian were killed last night when terrorists attacked an Army camp in militant-infested Pulwama district of South Kashmir, police said. This is the first terror strike by militants after the Centre announced cessation of operations during the holy month of Ramzan. Police said the militants attacked the camp of 50 Rashtriya Rifles at Kakapora in Pulwama

Vijayawada, May 27: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is a "campaign PM who has failed to deliver on promises" and said the BJP would "definitely not come to power in 2019". Inaugurating Mahanadu, the TDP's annual conclave here, he said the Telugu Desam Party played a key role in forming governments in the past and had the

New Delhi, May 27: If everything goes as expected Aishwarya Rai will contest upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party from Chhapra constituency in Bihar. Aishwarya Rai is the granddaughter of former Bihar chief minister Daroga Prasad Rai. She married former minister Tej Pratap Yadav, son of RJD supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav at a grand

New Delhi, May 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of Delhi-Meerut expressway here. The decision to build the expressway was announced in the 2006 budget speech by then Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Stretching from Nizamuddin Bridge in Delhi to Delhi UP Border, the14-lane highway will reduce the travel time between the two cities to only 45 minutes from the

New Delhi, May 27: Driving to work every day is set to burn an even bigger hole in commuters' pockets across the nation as fuel prices were hiked for a 14th straight day on Sunday. The revised petrol prices in metropolitan cities are- Delhi: Rs 78.12 per litre; Mumbai: 85.93; Kolkata: 80.76 and Chennai: 81.11. Meanwhile, the cost of diesel per liter has been increased to 69.06 in Delhi: 68.90; 71