Bengaluru, Voter turnout in elections for four seats in the Karnataka Legislative Council was more than 57.96 per cent till 4 pm, electoral officers said on Wednesday.

Polling across all four constituencies was peaceful till 4 pm. Polling began at 8 am and continued till 5 pm.

The Election Comm

New Delhi, The Covid-19 pandemic could not affect voters' enthusiasm in the first phase of polls in Bihar as the state registered 52.24 per cent turnout till 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the Election Commission of India said here.

Mentioning that the turnout was more than "previous assembly elections as well as L

New Delhi, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday became the latest Union Minister to be infected by coronavirus.

Taking to Twitter, Irani said: "It is rare for me to search for words while making an announcement; hence here's me keeping it simple - I've tested positive for COV

Mumbai, India has always evoked images and ideas of a thriving pluralism and peaceful co-existence, in which people of all communities have unitedly built this country over the centuries, according to prominent Islamic scholar Prof. Zeenat Shaukat Ali.

"This country is not about a single language or ethnicity

Panaji, In a reprieve to former Chief Ministers Digambar Kamat and Churchill Alemao, the Bombay High Court's Goa bench on Wednesday set aside a 2015 Enforcement Directorate order on seizure of their assets in a money laundering case.

Kamat was Chief Minister from 2007-2012 and Alemao served as a Public Works D

Patna, Polling for the first phase of elections in the Bihar Assembly elections gathered momentum on Wednesday afternoon. Voting started at a sluggish pace due to technical glitches at some of the polling booths.

Keeping in mind the Coronavirus pandemic and fear of violence in areas affected by Maoist extremists,

Aizawl, A 62-year-old man died of Covid-19 on Wednesday in Mizoram, the only state where until now there were no fatal cases even though India's tally touched 80,00,000 cases and 1,20,010 people succumbed to the virus since January 30, when the first case was reported in the country.

"The first Covid-19 r

Bettiah (Bihar), Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were burnt in Punjab on Dussehra, and not that of 'Ravan'. He said that burning the effigy of the Prime Minister was sad, but the youth are angry with him.

Addressing an election meeting

New Delhi, The Congress on Wednesday flayed the Bihar government while comparing the Munger incident with the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and asked if participation in Durga Puja festivities was a crime in the country.

Addressing a press conference here, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi compared the incident wi

New Delhi,  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at 11 locations in Jammu & Kashmir and Karnataka, including the residence of activist Khurram Parvez, in connection with its probe into a case pertaining to so-called NGOs and trusts raising funds in India and abroad in the name o