Shimla: The hill state of Himachal Pradesh goes to polls tomorrow with traditional rivals, the Congress and the BJP locking horns in all 68 constituencies where 337 candidates including 62 MLAs are in the fray.

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, 10 ministers, eight Chief Parliamentary secretaries, Deputy Speaker Jagat Sin

New Delhi: The Delhi government today announced that all schools in the national capital will remain closed till Sunday in view of the “unbearable” air pollution.

The air quality in Delhi is turning worse, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.

“Can’t compromise with the health of

Kochi: The Kerala government was raked over the coals by the High Court for adopting dilatory tactics in investigating Thomas Chandy’s alleged involvement in encroachment of government land.

Stating that the ‘law is equal for all’, a division bench asked whether asked why a common man in a similar sit

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress today observed ‘black day’ throughout West Bengal to mark the first anniversary of demonetisation with party leaders and state ministers leading protest marches and workers burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee descri

Beijing: After a brief truce with China to cooperate on North Korea, President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday amid mounting U.S. trade complaints, with limited prospects for progress on market access, technology policy and other sore points.

The strains between the world’s two biggest economies are

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who took charge last month, has started learning Tamil, Raj Bhavan said today.

Purohit was fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi, the Raj Bhavan said in a release, adding, he had a flair for the Tamil language.

“Due to his flair and love for Tamil and his

Surat: Lashing out at the Centre, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said note ban and GST rollout have broken the legs of Surat as he observed a “black day” in the country’s textile and diamond hub.

Gandhi interacted with industry representatives and workers at Nirman Industries’ loom factory in Katarga

Mumbai: Falling for the second session, benchmark Sensex shed 152 points today to end at an over one- week low of 33,218.81 on widespread selling in metal, oil and gas, telecom and realty sectors.

Investors locked in gains amid lingering worries of a spurt in oil prices and its impact on inflation and fiscal deficit, brokers said.

Bengaluru: The ruling Congress workers today staged a protest here observing as a “black day” against demonetisation as party leaders launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government, slamming it of failing to bring back black money within 100 days.

The party workers led by AICC general secretary K

Mumbai: Director Subhash Ghai had planned an ambitious war film with three of the biggest Bollywood superstars — Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan — but he had to shelve it.

The director said he had even a title for the film, which was to be called “Mother Land”.

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