Odisha: BJP candidate breaks EVM, attacks poll officer

A sitting MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate allegedly broke an electronic voting machine (EVM) and attacked a polling officer inside a booth during voting in Odisha which recorded a voter......

BJP leads with 20 Rajya Sabha MPs among 41 elected unopposed

Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief J P Nadda and new party entrant Ashok Chavan and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan were among the 41 candidates elected unopposed to......

Hirakhand derailment: NIA team probes terror angle

A National Investigation Agency team on Monday inspected the accident site of Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express in Vizianagaram, in which 39 people lost their lives on Saturday, to ascertain......

Not just LS, RS too to see polls to 68 seats this year

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in......

Why PSBs put Rs 1-trn bad loans on sale

Bankruptcy proceedings are going at a slower pace than what the bankers had envisaged and many cases have gone beyond the 270-day timeline set under the IBC mainly because of litigation.......

B Ashok is new Chairman of IOC

In the first top level appointment by the new government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is believed to have cleared appointment of B Ashok as the head of India's largest oil firm, Indian Oil......

Satyam not to lay off employees

All the 10,000 surplus employees of Satyam Computer, who feared unemployment, can breathe easy now as the company's new owner Tech Mahindra on Thursday said there will be 'no retrenchment.' The......

PM to seek budget inputs from experts at NITI meeting

In the first meeting of NITI Aayog on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with eminent economists and experts across sectors inviting suggestions on the upcoming budget. Finance......

PIX: Jeetendra, Rahul Gandhi, L K Advani at a wedding

Politician Ashok Pradhan's daughter Sakshee Pradhan got married to Mumbai-based pilot Abhishek Nadkarni on February 14 in New Delhi. Sakshee, a fashion designer, has had quite a few actresses like......

MP archers escape unhurt in Dehradun Shatabdi fire

IMAGE: The Dehradun-bound Shatabdi Express caught fire near Kasro railway station on Saturday. Photograph: PTI Ten members of the Madhya Pradesh archery contingent escaped unhurt after their coach......

PICS: India salutes its Tokyo Olympics medallists

Images from the felicitation for India's Tokyo Olympics medal-winners, in Delhi, on Monday.   IMAGE: Gold medallist Neeraj Chopra, flanked by Union Minister of Law and Justice Shri Kiren......

Twenty new athletes added to 2024 Games' TOPS list

IMAGE: India weightlifter Mirabai Chanu in action during the Tokyo Olympics. Photograph: Chris Graythen/Getty Images As many as 20 new sportspersons were on Monday added to the list of Target......

Karnataka pip Bengal to set up title clash with Punjab

Abhimanyu Mithun's brilliant bowling at death enabled defending champions Karnataka to edge out Bengal by six runs in a thrilling semi-final of the National One Day Championship for the Vijay......

Kalmadi re-elected IOA president

In whatturned out to be a formality, the Indian Olympic Association elections returned the same office-bearers, with Suresh Kalmadi as president for a fourth consecutive term. The long list of......