Modi among first 195 BJP Lok Sabha candidates; See full list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi for a third time as the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, naming 34 Union ministers,......

PIX: Omar to Owaisi, famous faces at polling booths

Former Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu were......

BJP Expels Bhojpuri Star Pawan Singh

IMAGE: Independent candidate Pawan Singh campaigns in the Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pawan Singh/X   Bhojpuri film star Pawan Singh, who is contesting as an......

BJP's Asansol candidate Pawan Singh won't contest polls after backlash

Bhojpuri singer-actor Pawan Singh withdrew from the Lok Sabha poll contest from the Asansol seat in West Bengal on Sunday, a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party named him as its candidate from the......

Mysuru cleanest; Varanasi among dirtiest Indian cities

Image: People attend the annual Dussehra celebration in Mysore. Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/Reuters The January 2016 survey looked at only 73 cities. Mysuru continues to be the cleanest city in......

32 new trains to be introduced

Railways proposed to introduce 32 new trains including 17 Samparak Kranti Express linking several state capitals and different parts of the country with the Union Capital.The proposed introduction......

Can Left's mindset be changed?

Singapore's former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, on his recent visit to India, gave West Bengal's Leftists a piece of friendly advice: change your mindset. To this, the state's Chief Minister,......

Lalu's Rail Budget speech

Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav made the following speech while presenting the Railway Budget for 2004-2005 in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday (July 6, 2004)."Mr Speaker Sir,I rise to present the......

'Shekhar Suman Joining BJP Is Intriguing'

'Shekhar Suman joining the BJP when the nation is going to the polls is like gatecrashing into a wedding just when the guests are being served their meal.' IMAGE: Shekhar Suman calls on Bharatiya......