अपनी दो शिष्याओं से रेप के जुर्म में जेल की सजा काट रहे गुरमीत राम रहीम की काली करतूतों की राजदार उसकी मुंहबोली बेटी हनीप्रीत पर से देशद्रोह का आरोप हट सकता है. हनीप्रीत के अलावा पंचकुला में हिंसा में शामिल रहे राम रहीम के भक्तों प� ... Read More

There is a rebellion brewing within the Congress following the party's decision to support the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) in forming a government in Karnataka. Some Congress MLAs from the Lingayat community are said to be unhappy with JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy being projected as the chief minister of the alliance as he a Vokkaliga. Sources say seven-eight Lingayat MLAs of the Congress are protesting against the alliance. They have told the Congress leadership that they do not want Kumaraswamy as Karnataka chief minister. Congress leadership took the decision to support Kumaraswamy's JDS after it ... Read More

A massive dust storm accompanied by light rains and thunder with winds hit the national capital and it's surrounding areas in the wee hours of Wednesday. Strong winds over the speed of 100 kmph, laden with dust, lashed the city. Reports of damage to property and vehicles also emerged. More storms are expected to hit Delhi and surrounding regions including Rohtak, Manesar, Gurgaon, Sonepat and Meerut, in the next few hours, according to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds are also very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delh ... Read More

Bengaluru, Karnataka: As three Karnataka lawmakers went incommunicado on Wednesday, an orange alert went out across the Congress-Janata Dal Secular (JDS) combine, which claims enough numbers to form government after a hung verdict in the state. A meeting of newly-elected Congress legislators was delayed in the morning as the party couldn't communicate with three of its lawmakers, Rajshekhar Patil, Narendra and Anand Singh, say sources. Another Congress lawmaker claimed that he had been approached by the BJP. ... Read More

The BJP secured 36.2 percent of the votes in the Karnataka Assembly elections for which results were announced on Tuesday while the Congress had the backing of 38 percent of the electorate. The JDS was preferred by 18.3 percent of the voters and the remaining 7.5 percent votes were cast in favour of other parties, independents and NOTA. Karnataka had ended up with a hung Assembly after results were declared on Tuesday for 222 seats which went to polls on May 12. The Congress which came second by winning 78 seats and the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) and its pre-poll ally Bhaujan Samaj Party with 37 ... Read More

Kolkata: Repolling in 568 booths across West Bengal from where the State Election Commission (SEC) received complaints of violence during the panchayat poll, began on Wednesday amid tight security. The booths where repolling is being held are spread in all the 20 districts of the state where the rural polls were held on Monday, SEC officials said. The state government and the police have been asked to make elaborate security arrangements so that the repolling is held in a free and fair manner, they said. ... Read More