Mumbai,  In a major last-minute political development, Maharashtra's ruling ally Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday stepped out of the fray in the by-elections to the Andheri East Assembly constituency.

This paves the way for a smooth election for Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray party nominee Rutu

Jaipur,  Amid the ongoing political tussle in Rajasthan Congress, state minister Rajendra Singh Gudha on Monday took a dig at Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, saying that the latter became the Chief Minister for the first time when he was about the same age as Sachin Pilot is now.

"At that time, many le

Chennai,  Six Sri Lankan nationals, stranded on a dune near Arichalmunai near Tamil Nadu's Dhanushkodi, were rescued by the Indian Coast Guard on Monday morning.

The six had fled the island nation reeling under economic crisis and reached the Indian coast.

The Coast Guard handed over t

Panaji,  Goa recorded 93.54 per cent voter turnout in the election on Monday for the post of Congress President, where senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor are in the fray.

The voting started at 10 a.m. and ended at 4 p.m.

According to GPCC Senior Vice President M.K.

Patna,  Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Monday left for New Delhi to appear before the special CBI court in connection with the IRCTC scam on Tuesday.

Interacting with media persons in Patna airport, he said: "Such court appearances will take place until they (BJP) will stay in p

Patna,  At least one dozen persons sustained burn injuries after fire broke out in a house in Bihar's east Champaran district on Monday, officials said.

The incident occurred at 8 a.m. in a house belonging to Jay Nandan Thakur in Pakri Dixit village under Kalyanpur police station following a short-ci

Bhubaneswar,  The Board of Secondary Education (BSE) in Odisha on Monday announced a new curriculum, called as 'aspirational component', for Classes 9 and 10 students as part of the assessment reforms.

Speaking to reporters, BSE president Ramashis Hazra said that the aspirational component has fo

Thiruvananthapuram,   In wake of gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh's sensational allegation that M. Sivasankar, the former Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, had married her, a complaint has been registered with Vijayan and Chief Secretary V.P. Joy, that the IAS officer has breached ser

Gurugram,  As many as 40 Urban health wellness centres will be opened in the city's Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) area to provide better treatment facilities near home to the people in Gurugram.

In these 40 centres, the duty of five other people including doctors will be fixed, also the ser

Chennai,  With the northeast monsoon predicted to hit Tamil Nadu by the last week of October, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) is in last-minute preparations.

Tangedco has appointed Superintending Engineers of all the circles as special officers with two safety teams function