Chandigarh,  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday categorically termed online gaming "nothing but gambling".

Addressing the media at the conclusion of the two-day meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council held in Chandigarh, Sitharaman said casinos, horse-racing, and

Kolkata,  The Congress on Wednesday won the bypoll to the ward number 2 of Jhalda Municipality in West Bengal's Purulia district.

The poll was necessitated after Congress councillor Tapan Kandu was shot dead on March 13. His nephew Mithun Kandu fought the poll.

The Central Bureau of In

New Delhi,  Pointing to the gruesome broad daylight beheading of a tailor in Udaipur, BJP on Wednesday asked whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will visit Kanhaiya Lal's residence and seek an answer from Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for the brutal murder.

The BJP also asked if they wou

New Delhi,  Shiv Sena chief whip Sunil Prabhu has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Maharashtra Governor's direction to the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to take a floor test and prove its majority in the House on Thursday (June 30). The court agreed to hear the case at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

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Jaipur,   Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has convened a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the law and order situation in the state after an Udaipur-based tailor was beheaded for supporting BJP leader Nupur Sharma, and suspected an international link to the murder.

The chief minister,

Patna,  Two persons died in mysterious circumstances after allegedly consuming liquor in Vishambharpur Pathra village under Dariapur block in Bihar's Saran district.

The deceased have been identified as Bhola Mahto and Dwarka Mahto. The family members of the deceased claimed that they had consumed li

Mumbai,  As they prepare to leave a Guwahati five-star hotel for their home-state, the rebel group of Shiv Sena MLAs on Wednesday spared a thought for the victims of the raging floods in Assam.

Rebel leader and Minister Eknath Shinde announced a contribution of Rs 51 lakh to the Assam Chief Minister Reli

Unnao (UP),  As many as 26 passengers were injured, three of them seriously, when a private bus hit a divider and overturned on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.

The injured have been admitted to a community health centre and three of the passengers have been referred to the dist

Jaipur,  The Diwan of Ajmer Dargah, Syed Zainual Abedin Ali Khan has strongly condemned the Udaipur murder.

He said, "No religion encourages violence against humanity. We will not allow our country to fall into the Talibani culture. These people who are doing this kind of act are bringing disrepute

New Delhi,  A Delhi Court has granted bail to four members of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI), who were allegedly created a ruckus outside the residence of BJP President J.P. Nadda.

"Keeping in view the role of applicants, their clear antecedents as well as the fact that the main ac