Ahmedabad: A total of 377 candidates filed their nomination papers on Monday for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly polls slated for December 9.

The deadline for filing the nomination for the first phase covering 89 seats ends tomorrow.

Prominent candidates who filed their nominations included Gujarat Ch

United Nations: India’s nominee to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Dalveer Bhandari was today re-elected to the last seat of the world court after Britain withdrew its candidate from the election.

Bhandari received 183-193 votes in the General Assembly and secured all the 15 votes in the Security Co

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the National Green Tribunals order to direct the Vaishno Devi temple authorities to open a new approach road for use by pedestrians and battery-operated vehicles from November 24.

Issuing a notice, a bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta stayed the tribun

Tirupati: Strange, but true. Price of eggs might have shot up from Rs 5 to Rs 7, but the cost of chicken has dropped drastically from Rs 170 to a mere Rs 100. This phenomenon raises many doubts over quality of poultry available in the market.

In fact many customers raised questions on the genuineness of the white meat

Harare: Zimbabwe’s army chief called in a televised statement Monday for the public to remain “calm and patient” while the political crisis engulfing the nation is resolved.

“The Zimbabwean Defence and Security Services further urge Zimbabweans to remain calm and patient” while a “so

Mumbai: The Sensex struck a positive note on Tuesday by jumping 154 points, in keeping with firm Asian shares.

Fresh capital kept the flow on in the wake of continued buying by domestic institutional investors amid positive global indicators.

The 30-share index was trading higher by 154.01 points, or 0.4

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today congratulated India’s Dalveer Bhandari on his re-election to the International Court of Justice and complimented her ministry’s officials for their efforts in ensuring his success.

She made a special mention of India’s Permanent Representative i

Hadwara: Three Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were neutralised in Magam area of Handwara district in North Kashmir, said Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday.

State DGP S P Vaid hailed the security force for their “excellent work” in counterpoising the three terrorists.

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Kochi: An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of Indian Navy crashed near the Southern Naval Command in Kochi on Tuesday.

According to the officials, the UAV was on a routine training session and it crashed reportedly following an engine failure by 10.30 am. However, the incident raised a security concern as the Vice-Pr

Los Angeles: Della Reese, the actress and gospel-influenced singer who in middle age found her greatest fame as Tess, the wise angel in the long-running television drama “Touched by an Angel,” has died at age 86.

Reese’s co-star on the series, Roma Downey, said in a statement that the actress die