Prime Minister Narendra Modi effected changes in his Council of Ministers late on Monday, giving railway minister Piyush Goyal additional, temporary, charge of the finance ministry and divesting Smriti Irani of the portfolio of information and broadcasting (I&B). Minister of state Rajyavardhan Rathore was appointed the new I&B minister. ... Read More

A day before counting of votes in the Karnataka Assembly elections, repolling is being held in three polling booths on Monday. The repolling in the polling booths was necessitated due to technical errors during polling on May 12. Voting is being held on today at polling booths number 20 and 21 in Kushtagi constituency and booth number 2 in Hebbala. A record 72.13 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Karnataka as polling was done in 222 constituencies across the state on May 12. The election in Bengaluru's Raja Rajeshwari (RR) Nagar seat was postponed to May 28 while it was countermanded in J ... Read More

Mumbai: A 32-year-old man, who was planning to assassinate some important personalities, has been arrested by Maharashtra's Anti-Terrorism Squad from the city's western suburbs, ATS officials said on Sunday. Officials said that the man, who was arrested by the anti-terror agency's Juhu unit on May 11, had been to Pakistan, via Sharjah and Dubai, for training at a camp operated by a terror outfit. ... Read More

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said he had no reason to continue on his post if he could not protect the interest of the people of the state. He was interacting with the editors of print and electronic media here last evening on the prevailing situation in the state following the recent visit of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016. ... Read More

KOLKATA: Several reports of clashes emerged from various districts during the ongoing West Bengal panchayat polls. At least 20 people were injured in Cooch Behar. Few people, armed with sticks, stopping voters from entering booth in Birpara. In another incident, two people died -- a CPM worker and his wife -- after their house was allegedly torched on Sunday night. ... Read More

नई दिल्ली: प्रधानमंत्री आज से दो दिनों की नेपाल यात्रा पर हैं. पीएम मोदी की यह तीसरी नेपाल यात्रा है. इस दौरे के दौरान पीएम मोदी जनकपुर, काठमांडू और मुक्तिनाथ जाएंगे. उनकी की यात्रा के दौरान दोनों देशों के लगभग 11,000 सुरक्षाकर्मी तैना� ... Read More