Shimla: BJP leader Jairam Thakur, who sprinted past party stalwarts in the race to the chief minister’s office in Himachal Pradesh today, will be the first leader from the politically-significant region of Mandi to helm the hill state.

The 52-year-old five-time MLA from Seraj in Mandi emerged as one of the f

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress comfortably won the Sabang Assembly constituency by-poll on Sunday.

According to a report by Times of India, Trinamool candidate Gita Rani Bhunia has won by a massive margin of 64,172 votes over her nearest rival Rita Mondal of the Left Front backed CPM candidate.

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Amaravati: Temples in Andhra Pradesh have been asked not to celebrate New Year on January 1 by the state Endowments Department, which said it was not “Indian vedic culture”.

The Hindu Dharma Parirakshna Trust (HDPT), under the state Endowments Department, has issued a circular to all temples in this re

Itanagar: The BJP today wrested both the Pakke-Kessang and Likabali Assembly seats from the Congress in the by-elections to these constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh.

With this, the 60-member state Assembly now has 49 MLAs from the saffron party, nine from the Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA), one Congress

New Delhi: The CBSE has tied up with the Ramakrishna mission to impart value education to its students and make them “awakened” citizens with values of peace, harmony, humility and cooperation.

“Values such as harmony, peace, compassion and humility have for centuries been a part of the discourse

Chennai: The ruling AIADMK led by its top office-bearers O Panneerselvam and K Palaniswami today paid homage to party founder, late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran on his 30th death anniversary.

The leaders and functionaries vowed to take forward the party rule for many more years.

Panneerselvam, AIADMK

New Delhi: The number of NRIs registering themselves as ‘overseas electors’ has seen a two-fold jump in the last three years, latest government and EC data show.

The figure, however, is far too less when compared to the number of Indians living abroad and entitled to vote here.

The issue of v

Chennai: Independent candidate T T V Dhinakaran is set to win RK Nagar bypoll with a massive margin over his rivals by the ruling AIADMk and DMK for which  counting is underway.

After the fourth round, he established a comfortable lead of 15,000 voters over his rivals.

In fact, Dhinakaran was sideli

New Delhi: The home ministry has released Rs 9.21 crore for comprehensive maintenance of the integrated security system at the Parliament Estate, an official said.

The amount, released recently, will be spent on annual maintenance of the security apparatus at the Parliament complex, including CCTV cameras, access

Mumbai: India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani outlined his vision for taking his firm Reliance Industries among the top 20 companies in the world and making it a leading provider of clean energy.

Speaking at a gala event to mark 40 years of the company’s establishment and founder Dhirubhai Ambani’s b