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Women appear to be a game-changer in NDA’s sweeping victory in Bihar

Patna: In Bihar, women outvoted men and, perhaps, became one of the decisive factors behind the NDA’s landslide victory in the assembly polls in the state on Friday. Women outdid men by…
ED moves Kerala HC seeking case files in Sabarimala gold theft incident

Kochi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday approached the Kerala High Court seeking documents related to two cases probed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in the Sabarimala gold theft incident, for…

Bihar polls: AIMIM secures five seats, wins big in Seemanchal

Patna: Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has secured five assembly seats in the Bihar elections. With a strong election campaign, especially in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region, the party is contesting…
NOTA’s share up from 2020 but much lower than 2015 Bihar assembly polls

New Delhi: The share of none of the above (NOTA) option went up marginally this time in the Bihar assembly polls as compared to the last elections but is still much lower…
Red Fort blast: Survivors deal with injuries, trauma and worries about future

New Delhi: The powerful blast on Monday evening has left behind a trail of shattered bodies, and a lifetime of physical, emotional and financial scars for survivors. The explosion in a slow-moving…
Prashant Kishor gamble with Bihar falls flat as Jan Suraj flops

Patna: Before launching into the Bihar assembly elections, the celebrated former poll strategist Prashant Kishor had made two predictions, one about his Jan Suraaj Party and the other about the JD(U), of…
IAF trainer aircraft crashes near Chennai, pilot ejects safely

Chennai: An Indian Air Force aircraft which was on a routine training mission crashed near Tambaram here on Friday afternoon, officials said. The pilot ejected safely, they said. Also ReadDead truck driver,…

Dead truck driver, cleaner booked over Pune crash that killed 8

Pune: The Pune police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the deceased driver and cleaner of a truck involved in a horrific crash that killed eight persons and injured 14…
Danve blames Congress for repeating Maharashtra mistake in Bihar too

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Friday criticised ally Congress, saying the party committed the same mistake in Bihar as it did in Maharashtra, where it did not favour…
Anil Ambani skips ED summons in FEMA case; agency issues fresh notice for Nov 17

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to appear before it on November 17 in a FEMA case after he skipped his scheduled date…
Bihar results: Festival at NDA, disbelief at RJD on Veerchand Patel Marg

Patna: As the Bihar assembly results swept in on Friday, Patna’s Veerchand Patel Marg, the city’s political artery, split into two starkly different worlds. At one end, the BJP and JD (U)…
‘Mother of Trees’ Saalumarada Thimmakka passes away at 114

Bengaluru: Padma Shri awardee and environmentalist ‘Saalumarada’ Thimmakka passed away at a private hospital here on Friday. The 114-year-old was ailing for quite some time and was hospitalised for treatment, where she…
Lalu’s son Tej Pratap finishes 3rd in Mahua; LJP (RV) nominee winner

Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s elder son and Janshakti Janta Dal chief Tej Pratap Yadav was on Friday relegated to the third spot in Bihar’s Mahua seat, with LJP (RV) candidate Sanjay…
UP gov seeks withdrawal of accused’s charges in Mohammad Akhlaq’s lynching

Uttar Pradesh: Under Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh government has applied to withdraw all charges, including murder, against the ten men accused of the 2015 killing of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri. The government…
Rajasthan: Congress’s Pramod Jain Bhaya wins Anta bypoll

Jaipur: Congress candidate Pramod Jain Bhaya won the Anta assembly bypoll in Rajasthan with 69,571 votes, defeating his nearest rival and BJP nominee Morpal Suman by a margin of 15,612 votes, according…