Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party's Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday. Both ...

Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) There was moderate to heavy polling in the by-elections to Rohru and Jawali assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said. Polling was peaceful. "After a sluggish ...

Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Saturday postponed her proposed visit to Amritsar in Punjab scheduled for Monday, officials said. "This visit has been postponed on the request of member ...

New York, Nov 7 (IANS) Karan Singh, president, Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR), was conferred with an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters by the State University of New York here Saturday. "As ...

Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) About 49 percent of the 4.9 million electors in Saturday's by-elections in Uttar Pradesh turned out to cast their vote in 11 state assembly and one parliamentary constituency. Even ...

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator Subhas Soren was shot by unidentified men in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Saturday evening, police said, amid speculation that the ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Ending a 16-day tussle between coalition partners the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Ashok Chavan took oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra Saturday evening along ...

Tehran, Nov 7 (DPA) More than 100 people have been arrested on charges of "disturbing the public order" during a demonstration earlier this week in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported ...

Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) All seven independent legislators supporting the Congress in Haryana were Saturday accommodated in the new government headed by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Four were made ministers while ...

Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Left with little option but to bow to dissident's demands to save his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Saturday shed tears publicly but the rebels ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Ending a 16-day tussle with its ally over power sharing, Ashok Chavan took oath as the chief minister of Maharashtra Saturday evening along with 37 more ministers. The new ...

By V.S. Karnic Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) The lingering crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first government in Karnataka has brought to the fore the question - who constitutes the ...

Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda got a reprieve from imminent arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering case as doctors at the Apollo ...

New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Tens of thousands voted enthusiastically Saturday in by-elections to one Lok Sabha and 31 assembly constituencies across seven states, with the outcome set to have a ...

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7 (IANS) Kerala saw heavy polling of around 70 percent in the three assembly constituencies of Kannur, Ernakulam and Alappuzha in largely peaceful by-polls Saturday. Though the final percentage is to ...

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Over 65 percent of voters exercised their franchise in by-polls to 10 assembly seats in West Bengal, an Election Commission official said here. "Overall, polling was peaceful. Till 5 ...

Lucknow, Nov 7 (IANS) An average of 49.37 percent voting was recorded in by-elections to 11 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh Saturday while the turnout in Firozabad parliamentary seat was over 50 ...

Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) An estimated 50-55 percent of the over 200,000 electorate exercised their franchise in Chhattisgarh's Vaishali Nagar assembly seat by-poll Saturday, officials said. Election officials said that ...

NATIONAL Ashok Chavan sworn in Maharashtra chief minister -- Moved at 1753, Lead by 1900 Dissidents insist on Yeddyurappa's removal - Lead moved at 1428 'Supportive' Independents gain most in new Hooda government -- Lead ...

Shimla, Nov 7 (IANS) Moderate to heavy polling was witnessed in the by-elections to Rohru and Jawali assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said. "After a sluggish start, polling in ...

Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of supporters of Shoba Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the beleaguered first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Saturday threatened to commit suicide if ...

Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) Geeta Koda, wife of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda -- who is accused of laundering Rs.2,500 crore -- sacrificed 11 goats at a temple here for her ...

Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of school students, teachers and villagers took out rallies and observed a black day Saturday as West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee reached West Midnapore district on ...

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) A new Democratic Front government headed by Ashok Chavan took office in Maharashtra Saturday evening. Governor S.C. Jamir administered the oath of office and secrecy to Chavan, of the ...

Jaipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Around 50 percent polling was reported Saturday in bypolls from Rajasthan's two assembly constituencies of Todabhim and Salumber where the main battle is between the ruling Congress ...

Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) Dissident Karnataka Minister G. Janardhana Reddy, who is leading a campaign for the removal of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, has displayed amazing consistency in his stand as ...

Ranchi, Nov 7 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, facing arrest after being accused of laundering Rs.2,500 crore, will remain in hospital due to a stomach upset, doctors at the Apollo ...

Guwahati, Nov 7 (IANS) By-polls in two assembly constituencies in Assam ended on a peaceful note Saturday with an estimated 65 percent voter turnout, officials said. Dhekiajuli and South Salmara are the ...

Guwahati, Nov 7 (IANS) Two senior leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) - Sasha Choudhury and Chitraban Hazarika - were Saturday remanded to police custody for 10 ...

Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) In a rare instance in Indian politics, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, facing revolt from a few ministers and legislators, Saturday shed tears publicly at his plight, ...