While the Bharatiya Janata Party threw a pantheon of star campaigners, Akhilesh Yadav's was virtually the lone face of his Samajwadi Party in the Uttar Pradesh elections. IMAGE: Samajwadi Party......
Elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats spread across 10 states will be held on June 19, the Election Commission announced on Monday. Elections for 18 of these 24 seats were deferred due to the......
A day after its leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy was asked to withdraw from the Rajya Sabha, the Trinamool Congress on Tuesday walked out of the House, questioning why no action was taken against 33......
Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju, currently chairman of the Press Council of India, on Monday stirred a controversy by alleging that three ex-Chief Justices of India had compromised in......
Janata Dal-United chief Sharad Yadav, his party colleague Pawan K Verma in Bihar and senior Congress leaders B K Hariprasad and Rajiv Gowda of Karnataka were among the 12 candidates who filed......
Not too long ago, it looked as if Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp had hit a wall with the saturation of its core European market. What pessimists did not notice, though, was how the Finns were......
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday The Sauber name will disappear from the Formula One grid this season after the Swiss-based team announced on Friday it had been renamed......
The South African prosecution authority confirmed on Tuesday it would file an appeal against the culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence handed down to paralympian Oscar Pistorius......
Oscar Pistorius arrives at North Gauteng High Court on Monday. Photograph: Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images A judge will pass sentence on athlete Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday for killing his......
Oscar Pistorius in the Pretoria High Court for his sentencing hearing in Pretoria on Friday. Photograph: Werner Beukes/SAPA/Gallo Images/Getty Images South African track star Oscar Pistorius......
Pistorius sits in the Pretoria High Court for sentencing in his murder trial on Monday. Photograph: Werner Beukes/SAPA/Gallo Images/Getty Images South African track star Oscar Pistorius should......