India

Shimla, November 4: The polling for the 68 seats of Himachal Pradesh assembly began amid tight security on Sunday. Electors across the state could be seen reaching polling stations even before voting started at 8 a.m. Poll officials said there has been no report of any delay in starting the poll process. The polling will end at 5 p.m. Poll officials are expecting heavy polling as the weather is

Ahmedabad, November 4: As the election campaign in Gujarat heats up, the state Congress, which has been out of power since 1995 when it lost to the BJP, is confident of ousting the three-term Narendra Modi government in the December polls. "The people of Gujarat are fed up with the Modi government. Modi claims Gujarat is vibrant and he has well-oiled machinery to propagate his lies. But the people

Vizianagaram, November 4: The wedding of Anusha, daughter of Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister and state PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana’s daughter, Anusha, at Vizianagaram, in the backward north coastal region on Friday evening has evoked a sense of awe and outrage in equal measure. If the pompous display of wealth floored the guests at the gala event, the open and flagrant misuse of official

November 3:To understand why Narendra Modi is dwelling on issues like Sonia Gandhi's travel bills, Shashi Tharoor's wife, Manmohan Singh's "silence" - he called the prime minister "Maun" (silent) mohan - during his election campaign, it has to be realised that he can no longer play the communal card that was so useful to him earlier. The run-up to the 2002 elections was marked by the Gujarat chief

Kanpur, November 3: In a relief for Amar Singh, the Uttar Pradesh Police has submitted a closure report in a district court in Kanpur in the three-year-old fraud and embezzlement case against the Rajya Sabha MP, citing lack of evidence. The police submitted the report in the court of district judge on Friday, official sources said on Saturday. The complaint was lodged by Shivakant Tripathi during

Mumbai, November 3: Noted playwright Girish Karnad delivered a stinging attack on V S Naipaul for his views on Muslims in India, calling the Nobel Laureate "stone deaf" and an "unreliable" writer of non-fiction as far as this country is concerned. Karnad, who criticised Naipaul yesterday during a session on theatre at the "Literature Live!" literature festival here, today stood by his remarks and

New Delhi, November 3: The UAE is taking its green responsibility seriously and has offered to host the Indian Ocean Rim renewable energy forum next year. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, speaking at the 12th ministerial meeting of the association in Gurgaon on Friday, said UAE officials will discuss with the IOR-ARC secretariat on how to take the proposal forward

New Delhi, November 3: The annual cap on the number of subsidized cooking gas cylinders per household is likely to be raised from six to nine - if not completely scrapped - after the poll code gets over with Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat elections, sources in state-run fuel retailing companies said. Widespread consumer complaints over the ongoing customer verification - KYC or know-your-customer -

New Delhi, November 3: Private companies have hijacked the government's flagship scheme to provide food to poor children and their mothers, the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), with contractors in Maharashtra alone controlling Rs 1,000 crore worth of supplies in contravention of Supreme Court orders, a report of the SC commissioners office has said. The SC orders bar contractors from

New Delhi, November 2: A day after the government rolled back the hike in prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinders, Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily said oil companies were free decide whether to raise the LPG subsidy cap. Speaking to a television channel here Friday, the new oil minister said we should let oil marketing companies(OMCs) decide if they want to raise the LPG subsidy cap as this is not a