Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)supremo Mayawati on Friday ruled out extending any kind of support to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in the event of the party coming to power after the Lok Sabha polls. The former UP Chief Minister also said that the BJP has realised that it mi

NAVI MUMBAI: Three members of a family were killed along with a relative in two separate road accidents on Thursday in a span of four hours in Ratnagiri district. Seventeen-year-old HSC student, Dhanasree Kadam, was travelling in her father's autorickshaw from Khed to Ratnagiri to appear for her

When Halima Khatun jumped into the Beki river with her five-month-old child to save his life from terrorists, she never thought it was the last time she was holding her child. “Everywhere there was sound of firing. Some people who ran towards the forest guards’ post were also fired by them. I had

LUCKNOW | NEW DELHI: A statement by BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at an election rally in Faizabad promising "Ram Rajya" had the Congress up in arms even as the principal opposition conceded that the use of a portrait of Ram in the background was an "error of judgement". After d

(Sanjay Jha is the National Spokesperson of the Indian National Congress party. He is co-author of the bestseller 'The Superstar Syndrome'. Mr Jha is a former banker, and also a leading Management Consultant in training.) In this election, the Sangh Parivar sponsored BJP has made communal polariz

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday accused BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of allegedly using the name of Kargil martyr Captain Vikram Batra to grab the PM’s chair and termed it as an insult to the brave soldiers, besides an attack on the fundamental values of Indian democracy

4th May is revered as the day Tipu Sultan sacrificed his life to protect his nation from foreign occupation. The British still despise him as their biggest foe in sub-continent. Tipu Sultan left us with an unforgettable legacy. Let us remember the great freedom fighter’s  famous quote: “One day

KOKRAJHAR: Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims continued to flee their homes in western Assam on Saturday even as eight more bodies were found, taking the number of people killed by the rebels since Thursday to 32. Officials said no fresh attacks were reported in the last 24 hours. Curfew was relaxed

The voter turnout for the ongoing elections for the 16th Lok Sabha could be the best ever, if the polling trend witnessed during the seven phases of polling continues for the remaining two phases. According to data provided by the Election Commission, the aggregate voter turnout for the 438 const

Even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the monsoon will be “below normal” this year, researchers at Stanford University, California, have concluded that monsoon in India is becoming more extreme, with significant increase in both wet and dry spells. They have said that

With Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra over, the Shiv Sena has taken potshots at the Gujarati community, traditionally seen to be close to its ally, the BJP, and questioned why Gujarati businessmen who support Narendra Modi don’t celebrate Maharashtra Day. In a stinging editorial in its mouthpie

BILASPUR (Himachal Pradesh): BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi represents the ideology of the RSS, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday. Referring to MS Golwalkar, the second "Sarsanghchalak" (Supreme Chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Gandhi said Golw

NEW DELHI: Puri Shankaracharya Swami Adhokshjanand Devtirath on Thursday said that he would go to Varanasi to ask religious leaders to oppose Narendra Modi, whom he held responsible for the 2002 riots in Gujarat.  Speaking to reporters here, the Shankaracharya claimed that Modi was trying to mislea

AHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI: An FIR was lodged against Narendra Modi for violation of the model code of conduct after he displayed a lotus, the BJP's election symbol, before TV cameras and addressed a press conference on the premises of the school where he cast his vote on Wednesday. He also snapped a selfi

CHENNAI: One passenger died and nine others were injured in a bomb blast at an express train stationed at the Chennai Central station on Thursday. The blast took place at around 7.30am on the Guwahati-Bangalore Express. Police said it was a terror attack while it was the train was at platform

New Delhi: Voting is underway in 89 constituencies across seven states and two union territories in the seventh round of the nine phase Lok Sabha elections today. (Round 7 of polls: top 10 facts) While most states witnessed a moderate voter turnout till 12 noon, West Bengal, where 38.3 per cent o

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of Bengal, unfurled new vitriolic language against Narendra Modi today, stating, "If he becomes PM, the country will be set on fire." Since Sunday, Ms Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress have hurled coarse language at the BJP's prime ministerial candid

NEW DELHI: Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday slammed BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi calling his behaviour 'childish'. "Your aim is to become the Prime Minister of the country, so why do you indulge in childish attacks?" Priyanka said on Tuesday in Amethi referring to Modi's 'shahjada' a