Mumbai: Deepika Padukone is still awaiting the release of “Padmavati” but veteran actor Hema Malini has revealed she once played Rani Padmini, a character now mired in controversy.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama is yet to receive a certificate from the CBFC. Several Rajput outfits and polit

Mumbai: Stock markets today stabilised a bit after a crash earlier on as available leads showed the BJP having an upperhand in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly polls within two hours of counting of votes.

Both Sensex and Nifty made good all their early losses and traded much higher. In fact, the BSE index was

Washington: India can achieve an eight per cent growth rate for the next two decades by promoting investment and improving the living conditions of its people, a senior UN economic official has said.

Describing India’s economic condition as largely positive and “favourable to growth”, Sebastian V

Karachi: Thousands of Islamists have rallied in two major cities in Pakistan to condemn US President Donald Trump for declaring Jerusalem Israel’s capital.

Supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami party in Karachi and advocates of US-wanted Islamist Hafiz Saeed in Lahore dispersed peacefully after rallying Sunday f

New Delhi: The BJP today said the poll trends in its favour indicated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity was intact in his home state Gujarat and it was on its way to form government with a “comfortable majority”.

BJP leaders said their party would “retain” power notwithst

New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Monday said the Gujarat results could have “been different” if the Congress had aligned with his party.

“If they (Congress) would have formed an alliance with the NCP, then it would have been fruitful, and things could have been d

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti on Monday assured no Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were tampered with as far as the Gujarat Assembly polls are concerned.

The EC chief said the questions raised about the tampering of the voting machines had already been answered, adding the voting was c

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the BJP was going to form majority governments in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh and the elections results in both states were as per its expectations.

“The results are as per our expectations. We are going to form majority governments in both states,

Counting of votes for the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls have started at 8 AM. The two-state elections has been considered a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state Gujarat and a litmus test for new Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

In Gujarat, while the BJP is seeking a sixth straight term in off

Rio de Janeiro: Former Brazilian World Cup champion Kaka announced his retirement as a player Sunday, suggesting that a management career at his old club AC Milan could be on the cards.

“I am preparing to continue in football and to have a different role, but I will no longer be a professional player, an ath