Sensex up 275 pts, Nifty above 11,700

Sensex on Friday opened on a firm note but shed most of its gains to trade just over 275 points higher from its Thursday's close. The Sensex at 11.46 a.m., was trading 275.94 poi

Raj Babbar offers to quit, owns moral responsibility

Owning moral responsibility for the rout of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh, state Congress President Raj Babbar has reportedly sent his resignation to Congress President Rahul Gandhi.

I'm so insecure that I'm driven by it: Tiger Shroff

Insecurity drives Tiger Shroff to constantly seek approval and appreciation, says the actor who has clocked five years in the film industry. Many in the acting field say the professi

Musa eliminated: Clamp down in Kashmir

Hours after Kashmir's most wanted militant commander Zakir Musa, who headed the Al Qaeda affiliate Ansar Gazwatul Hind, was killed, nocturnal protests broke out in parts of Srinagar, Pulwama an

AIMIM beats Shiv Sena in Aurangabad

After nearly 18 hours of nail-biting suspense, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) finally wrested the Aurangabad seat from the Shiv Sena, while the Congress managed to bag Chandrapu

Rainfall in Punjab, Haryana brings down mercury

Rainfall in parts of Punjab and Haryana on Friday brought relief from the scorching heat prevailing over the region in the past few days. The Met Department here has forecast light t

Modi progenitor of Hindutva Plus (IANS Exclusive)

THE UNIFIER-1 After smashing through all bastions in north and middle India -- from Haryana, Himachal, Uttarakhand and Delhi in the north to Bengal in the east, all the w

2 women dead in Mumbai building fire

 Two women suffocated to death in a fire that engulfed a building in Bohri Mohalla here, an official said on Friday. The fire which broke out around 10.20 p.m. on Thursday night

NDA sweeps Bihar with 39/40 seats, Mahagathbandhan routed

The rout of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which led the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, has been the biggest shock in these elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic

Party is over for Samajwadi family, gain for BJP

The defeat of three members of the Samajwadi Party -- Dimple Yadav, Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay Yadav -- is perhaps the biggest jolt that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has received in recent times.

Modi's victory tribute to Vajpayee, says Puri

 BJP's candidate for Punjab's Amritsar Lok Sabha seat Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic victory was a tribute to the late Bharat Ratna Atal

PM Modi meets Advani

 A day after sweeping the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Adavni at the latter's residence here. Mo

'Brightburn': Intriguing and Gory (IANS Review, Rating: **)

Film: "Brightburn"; Director: David Yarovesky; Cast: Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A. Dunn, Matt Jones, Meredith Hagner, Becky Wahlstrom, Emmie Hunter, Gret Alan Williams and Ann

Smriti Irani thanks voters for Amethi win

 Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani, who toppled Congress President Rahul Gandhi from his pocket borough of Amethi, thanked the voters on Friday for trusting her. "

Rains bring down mercury in Himachal

 Rains brought down temperatures in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, bringing cheers to thousands of tourists who have thronged the hill stations to escape the heat wave in the northern plains.

YSR Congress polls nearly 50 per cent votes

The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), which swept to power in Andhra Pradesh, polled nearly 50 percent votes in Andhra Pradesh, Election Commission data shows. YSRCP, which bagged 151 seat

Voters say 'no' to criminals in UP

For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, majority of criminal candidates have been swept off the political stage in the Modi wave. Uttar Pradesh, since the 1980s, has been dominated by c

BJP's rise sounds alarm for TRS in Telangana

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged four of the 17 seats in Telangana, an alarm has been sounded to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), which emerged as the largest party in the state with

Muslims and election: They also serve who only stand and wait (Comment

Indias 187 million Muslims deserve a round of applause for the diligent docility with which they have allowed themselves to be the "other" against which the divisions within Hindu society

About 5.4 lakh TN voters choose NOTA

A total of 541,150 voters, or about 1.8 per cent of the electorate, in Tamil Nadu have picked NOTA (None of the Above) in the Lok Sabha elections, according to the Election Commission.