Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) The nomination process for the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls began on Tuesday, an election official said. Polling for 49 seats spread across seven districts would be held…
Paris, Feb 7 (IANS) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to face trial for the alleged irregular financing of his 2012 presidential campaign, the media reported on Tuesday. Sarkozy is to appear in court along…
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) The AIADMK on Tuesday said the Governor is constitutionally obligated to swear-in duly-elected person as Chief Minister and that it was not worried over the legal challenges against impending swearing-in of…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Bhopal resident Udayan Das, who allegedly killed his parents and live-in partner, was sent to eight days police custody in West Bengal on Tuesday, police said. “A lot of interrogation needs…
Lucknow, Feb 7 (IANS) Samajwadi Party mentor Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav has courted controversy by reportedly saying she is opposed to caste-based reservation, with the opposition BJP jumping at the opportunity to…
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) Three federal judges in San Francisco will on Tuesday hear oral arguments in the challenge to US President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. The hour-long hearing, to be conducted by…
United Nations, Feb 7 (IANS) Targetting India, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi on Tuesday rejected the attempts of countries to seek permanent UN Security Council membership, saying it was “inconceivable” that any institution…
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Caution ahead of the upcoming domestic monetary policy review, broadly negative Asian indices and a weak rupee, pulled the Indian equities markets lower on Tuesday. The key indices provisionally closed in…
Beijing, Feb 7 (IANS) India is interfering in Sri Lanka’s affairs to stop China’s growing presence in the island nation, Chinese experts feel, according to the Chinese daily. It was quite apparent that “Sri Lanka’s…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Bhopal resident Udayan Das, who was arrested for allegedly killing his parents and live-in partner, was remanded to eight days police custody by the Bankura District Court on Tuesday, a police…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Election Commission on Tuesday again issued a notice to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar over his alleged bribery remark during campaigning in Goa, directing him to reply by Thursday afternoon….
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) A lawyer for US First Lady Melania Trump argued that an article falsely alleging that she once worked for an escort service hurt her chance to establish “multimillion dollar business relationships”,…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Samajwadi Party leader and actor Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday raised in Rajya Sabha the issue of recent attack on filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. She said: “Creativity should not be subjected…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a Motion of Thanks on President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament, amid protests from the Opposition. “That the members of…
Chandigarh, Feb 7 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday ordered repolling in 48 polling stations of five assembly constituencies in Punjab. The repoll will be held on February 9 (Thursday), Election department officials said…
London, Feb 7 (IANS) House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has got embroiled in a controversy after insisting US President Donald Trump should not be allowed to address the lower house of parliament during his…
Hyderabad, Feb 7 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao’s second wife Lakshmi Parvathi has threatened to move court if N. Chandrababu Naidu is portrayed as hero in a proposed film on the…
Agra, Feb 7 (IANS) With the Election Commission banning opinion polls from February 4, astrologers have taken to predicting the outcome of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls that begin on February 11. Representing diverse interest…
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Profit booking, coupled with negative global cues and a weak rupee, pulled the Indian equities markets lower during the mid-afternoon trade session on Tuesday. Besides, investors were cautious ahead of the…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi’s house here was burgled and his Nobel Prize citation stolen among other things, police said on Tuesday. The burglary took place on Monday night in…