Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M.K. Stalin on Tuesday announced Marudhu Ganesh as candidate for RK Nagar by-elections to be held on December 21.

The seat of RK Nagar is vacant following the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in December 2016, who represented it for two

Dahegam: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poll-bound Gujarat today and alleged that the latter did not want the “truth” behind the multi-crore Rafale deal and Jay Shah issue to come out before the Assembly election in his home state.

He also alleged that the NDA

Nagpur: Opener Murali Vijay added to the selection conundrum with a patient 128 and was ably complemented by ‘Run Machine’ Cheteshwar Pujara’s unbeaten 121 as India grinded a mediocre Sri Lankan attack on the second day of the second cricket Test, here.

Pujara and Vijay added 209 runs for the sec

Hyderabad: The L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Ltd today announced fares for the Hyderabad metro, which would be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 28.

The metro rail services would begin from 6 AM on November 29 on the 30-kilometre Nagole-Ameerpet-Miyapur section, a day after its inauguration.

Koochi (Kerala): Kerala woman Hadiya, who has to depose before the Supreme Court on November 27 in an alleged ‘love jihad’ case, today said she wanted to be with her husband, as she was whisked away by her parents and security personnel to board a flight to Delhi.

Chaotic scenes prevailed as mediapersons, w

Islamabad: Six people were killed and another 200 injured Saturday as police launched an operation to clear Islamist protesters from an intersection linking the Pakistani capital with the garrison city of Rawalpindi, doctors at local hospitals said. The protest triggered demonstrators to take to the streets of other cities

In one of the biggest seizures in recent times, the Gujarat police has seized Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 2.2 crore in Gandhinagar ahead of the Assembly polls.

The Election Commission said here that the police seized 75,968 bottles of IMFL worth Rs 2,20,88,000 and five vehicles from Khoraj village late last night.

New Delhi: As many as 500 missing children have been traced over the last few months through Aadhaar, the CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Ajay Bhushan Pandey, said today.

“Over the last few months, more than 500 missing children have been identified through Aadhaar,” he said address

New Delhi: Building a case for safe internet access for all, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the country will “assert its voice” for the digitally deprived and marginalised.

At the same time, India will be a “voice of moderation and reason” in the global digital discourse, he sai

New Delhi: Debt-ridden Jaiprakash Associates has fixed November 28 as the effective date for restructuring of its USD 150 million foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) maturing this year.

Recently, the company’s finance committee approved cashless exchange of existing FCCBs due in 20