Lucknow: Low turnout of voters marked the by-election to prestigious Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies where voting passed off peacefully on Sunday. However, at a few places, EVMs and VVPAT developed minor technical snags which were rectified by the administration.

As per the Election Commission f

New Delhi: The government owes over Rs 325 crore to cash-strapped Air India with bills pending for VVIP chartered flights to foreign countries, according to an RTI response.

The national carrier, which is on the verge of being privatised, has provided details of pending bills towards various ministries responsible

Chennai: 20 students are caught in a forest fire in Kurangani, Theni in Tamil Nadu.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Sunday that the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be pressed to rescue students caught in the forest fire.

She said the Southern Command was in touch with the Theni District Coll

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's king has established special anti-corruption units of prosecutors to pursue embezzlement cases in the kingdom after a recent crackdown.

King Salman's decision was announced today in a report on the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

The report said the king's decision came f

Havana: Cubans vote to ratify a new National Assembly today, a key step in a process leading to the election of a new president, the first in nearly 60 years from outside the Castro family.

The new members of the National Assembly will be tasked with choosing a successor to 86-year-old President Raul Castro when h

Srinagar: Militants on Sunday evening attacked residence of ruling PDP MLA with a grenade in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district while body of a youth with hands tied was recovered from volatile Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sources said militants lobbed a grenade towards the residence of MLA Noorabad Abdul Majeed Padda

New Delhi: Taking a swipe at US President Donald Trump for backing out of Paris climate agreement, French President Emmanuel Macron lauded the efforts of India, along with other nations, for making International Solar Alliance (ISA) a reality.

However, Macron did not name Trump at the founding conference of ISA in

Hyderabad: The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh has finalised its two nominees for the Rajya Sabha election.

Sitting MP (Rajya Sabha) CM Ramesh will be re-nominated in the general quota and  although senior TDP leader Varla Ramaiah has been nominated from the Dalit community, in the last

New Delhi: Investors pulled out Rs 94 crore from gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in February, taking the total outflows to Rs 773 crore in the first 11 months of 2017-18 mainly due to poor returns and volatility in prices.

However, experts believe next financial year can be slightly better for gold ETFs as ongoi

Chennai: After a series of legal skirmishes over allotment of a party symbol, sidelined AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran today said that he would announce the name of his political party and unveil the flag in Madurai later this week.

"Following the acceptance of our plea in the Delhi High Court, a function to an