(Online Desk)

In what comes as a major blow to the BJP government at the Centre, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday decided to quit the NDA, days after two of its ministers resigned from the Modi government following the Centre's refusal to grant Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh.

The party wi

Beirut: Air strikes on rebel areas of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus killed at least 10 civilians overnight, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday.

The Britain-based monitoring group's head, Rami Abdel Rahman, said the strikes were carried out by Russian warplanes on the Saqba area, in the south

Seoul: South Korea and the United States will scale down and shorten annual joint military exercises in light of a diplomatic thaw with Pyongyang, a report said Friday.

The Key Resolve and Foal Eagle drills held every spring regularly infuriate the nuclear-armed North, which usually condemns them as preparations f

Alia Bhatt is a Bollywood actress and singer who works in Hindi films. She got two Filmfare Awards, and she is one of the highest-paid actresses in India.She is the daughter of Film Maker Mahesh bhatt and actress Soni Razdan.

Alia Bhatts debut as a child artist in the film "Sangharsh" in 1999.Her first leading role

Indian Wells: Defending champ Roger Federer equalled his best start to a season with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Chung Hyeon to book his spot in the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Masters on Thursday.

Federer, who is seeking a record sixth Indian Wells title, extended his win streak to 16 straight matches, matching the s

Srinagar: At least two militants have been killed in an encounter with security forces which broke out after a failed bid to snatch the weapon of the personal security guard (PSO) of a BJP leader.

The terrorists yesterday tried to snatch the service rifle of constable Bilal Ahmad, who is the PSO of BJP leader Anwa

New Delhi: The urban population in Telangana is rapidly increasing and it has surpassed the national average too. About 21 per cent of the State’s population was in urban areas in 1971, as against the national urban population of 18 per cent.

However, there was a steep rise in urban population by 1981 to 25.

Agartala: Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Jishnu Dev Barman emerged victorious after he bagged 26,580 votes in Tripura’s Charilam assembly constituency, where polling was cancelled a week before the February 18 elections due to death of a candidate.

Dev Barman received 89 per

New Delhi: Seven Union ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar were declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, while the stage is set for the March 23 contest in six states, including Uttar Pradesh from where Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is in the fray.

Law Minister Prasad an

Lucknow: A day after facing a humiliating defeat in prestigious Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary bypolls, BJP on Thursday withdrew the two extra candidates it had fielded in upcoming Rajya Sabha
elections. UP will send 10 members to the upper house after voting on March 23.

BJP’s state general secr