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Motorcycles lie on a street in Puri after Cyclone Fani hit Odisha on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Fani devastation: Pilgrims, tourists to miss milk-made sweet dishes

According to state government's official sources, 2571 livestock (cows, buffaloes and bullock); 2803 goat and sheep have...

19 May 2019 4:34 AM IST

The AFSPA was promulgated in Assam in November 1990 and the entire state was declared as a disturbed area as the activities of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) were at their peak. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

No plan to withdraw Afspa from Assam: Govt

According to reports, the law is likely to be withdrawn in August and the Centre has asked the Army to plan its return...

19 May 2019 4:29 AM IST

Polling officials at a distribution centre in Varanasi on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

No contest in Modi's Varanasi

SP-BSP alliance hopes to consolidate Opposition votes.

19 May 2019 3:30 AM IST

Election officials carry EVM and VVPAT machines and other equipments ahead of the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha polls in Patiala on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Elections 2019 voting to end today, result May 23

Around 10 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 918 candidates.

19 May 2019 3:27 AM IST

BJP on Tuesday described Congress chief Rahul Gandhis remark that he will not allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sleep until farm loans are waived as new low in public discourse. (Photo: File)

Brand Modi battles Cong's Nyay in Madhya Pradesh

The BJP appears to be banking on PM Narendra Modi's popularity while the Congress hopes that its Nyay' scheme would see...

19 May 2019 3:24 AM IST

CEC Sunil Arora addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

CEC Arora denies rift, says members are not clones'

The CEC said a meeting has been called on Tuesday to discuss this and related matters.

19 May 2019 2:58 AM IST

Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda

Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda awarded life term

Panda's counsel Deepak Patnaik said police had levelled several false cases against him following his arrest in 2014.

19 May 2019 2:45 AM IST

Vice Admiral Bimal Verma (Photo: ANI)

Defence ministry rejects petition of Vice-Admiral Verma

Robust selection procedure was followed for selecting Navy Chief, says defence ministry.

19 May 2019 2:41 AM IST

Pragya Singh Thakur, aka Sadhvi Pragya

Motormouth Sadhvi Pragya hit BJP image hard

A worried BJP had then forced her to withdraw her statement and offer a public apology for it.

19 May 2019 12:49 AM IST

He (Rahul Gandhi) crossed all limits of propriety, decency and probity in public life by almost condemning the Supreme Court. What does he mean? Is he above the Supreme Court? Union Law Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad asked. (Photo: ANI)

Four ministers in fray from Bihar

Patna Sahib is considered a BJP stronghold as it has five out of six MLAs in the constituency.

19 May 2019 12:36 AM IST

The aim of forming the group is to streamline the content and air quality programmes in Doordarshan.

Uninterrupted coverage of Lok Sabha results on Doordarshan

The 2019 Lok Sabha electoral process coverage has been the biggest ever embarked upon by the national broadcaster.

19 May 2019 12:33 AM IST

Ravi Shankar Prasad said the campaign has become a peoples movement. (Photo: ANI)

Shotgun khamosh' in LS for last 5 years: Ravi Shankar Prasad

There is an overpowering urge of the voters of Patna Sahib constituency to make Modi the Prime Minister again, says...

19 May 2019 12:30 AM IST