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New Delhi, May 16: A massive dust storm hit the national capital in the wee hours of Wednesday. Strong winds, accompanied by dust, lashed the city while bringing a sudden decline in the temperature. Trees fell down on cars in Lodhi colony due to strong winds and dust storm in the national capital. #Delhi pic.twitter.com/eJyTaWS84E — ANI (@ANI) May 15, 2018 This comes after the deadly storm on May

New Delhi, May 15: Buoyed by Karnataka election results, BJP president Amit Shah today asserted that the party's winning streak will continue and it will win all polls from now on including 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Shah was addressing party workers at the party headquarters here after the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Karnataka assembly elections. "Congress used politics of caste to

New Delhi, May 15: The Kerala government today made an amazing offer to the newly-elected Karnataka MLAs facing the melee of a hung verdict -- unwind in Gods Own Country. Kerala Tourism made the offer on Twitter amid frantic efforts by the BJP, Congress and JD(S) to cobble up the numbers to form a government. "After the rough and tumble of the #KarnatakaVerdict, we invite all the MLAs to unwind at

New Delhi, May 15: One in three adolescent girls in India is concerned about sexual harassment in public places while one in five fears physical assault, even rape, according to a new study. The data was collected in a survey -- WINGS 2018: World of India's Girls -- a study on the perception of girls' safety in public spaces, conducted by 'Save the Children' NGO. The report also found that more

New Delhi, May 15: The Supreme Court today convicted Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for voluntarily causing hurt to a 65-year-old man but spared him a jail term in the 1988 road rage case and imposed a Rs 1,000 fine on him. A bench of Justices J Chelameswar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul reversed the findings of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had convicted the cricketer-turned

The Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged as the single largest party in the Karnataka Assembly Elections after a hard-fought battle between the BJP, Congress and the JD(U). Here is what political leaders in the country have to say about the results: Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah tweeted saying, "Et tu Karnataka,". "Please save this tweet for future reference. If I win it was all my charm

Kolkata, May 15: At least 12 persons were killed and hundreds injured in violence during the panchayat elections in West Bengal on Monday. The dead include two supporters each of the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M). Director General of Police Surajit Purakayastha, however, described the violence as “stray incidents”, adding that only six of the 12 deaths were related to the elections. Poll

New Delhi, May 15: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry was in news for making some controversial decision when Smriti Irani was at the helm of affairs. The most prominent among them included the controversy over "guidelines to regulate fake news", which caused widespread outrage among media organizations and were withdrawn after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention. Her ministry was

New Delhi, May 15: After a string of controversies involving the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B), Prime Minister Narendra Modi late on Monday evening divested Smriti Irani of the high-profile portfolio and elevated junior minister under her, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. He is the new Minister of State with independent charge of the Ministry. Change at the I&B is part of a mini

New Delhi, May 14: As many as 80 people have been killed in five states due to thunderstorms and lightning strikes since yesterday, with Uttar Pradesh alone recording 51 deaths, the home ministry said on Monday. Fourteen people died in West Bengal, 12 in Andhra Pradesh, two in Delhi and one in Uttarakhand, a ministry spokesperson said. Of the 136 people injured in lightning strikes and