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UP government seeks poll panel's nod to hike staff DA to 100 per cent
The Uttar Pradesh government has sought the Election Commission's permission to hike the dearness allowance of state government employees to 100 per cent, officials said on Friday.
Dark Knight's 75th anniversary: Watch Batman tackle a strange monster in this brand-new animated short
This video, released in honor of the Dark Knight's 75th anniversary, is made by producer Bruce Timm.
BJP suspends Jaswant's son from party, sacks him from national executive
BJP on Thursday suspended Manvendra Singh, son of expelled leader Jaswant Singh, from its primary membership and removed him from its National Executive following reports that he was campaigning against the party's official candidate in Barmer Lok Sabha c...
Congress threatens legal action over Modi's marital status
Accusing Narendra Modi of misguiding people about his marital status for several years, the Gujarat unit of the Congress threatened to take legal action against him on Thursday, for providing false information in the affidavit submitted along with his nom...
VK Singh alleges booth capturing by SP workers
BJP candidate VK Singh on Thursday alleged that Samajwadi Party workers captured a polling station in Dhaulana while two leaders of the same party threatened his booth agent in Khoda in Ghaziabad. Both the incidents were reported to the Election Commissio...
FIR registered 5 years ago against MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh set aside by Patna HC
The Patna High Court on Thursday set aside an FIR lodged against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan for allegedly making provocative speech against people of Bihar five years ago.
'Golden man' Bappi Lahiri's wife owns more gold
In Bapi's affidavit filed with the EC, he owns 754 gram gold jewellery while his wife has 967 gram gold ornaments.
FIR filed against Congress' Bengal chief in murder case
A first information report (FIR) has been filed against West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in connection with the murder of a Trinamool Congress supporter in the state's Murshidabad district, police said on Thursday.
Kerala football fans want Sachin Tendulkar to bid for Kochi in ISL
A group of 16 young football fans has begun a social media campaign in favour of Tendulkar bidding for the Kochi franchise in the Indian Super League football tournament.
A mirror that takes your selfies and posts them on Twitter
The mirror gets activated as you stand in front of it and hold a smile. Hidden LEDs indicate a countdown and simulate a flash as your photo is taken.
Impressive voter turnout in Ghaziabad
Voters came out in large numbers to cast their franchise in Ghaziabad on Thursday, where around 35 per cent polling was recorded till 1 PM.
Hope for better voter participation: EC
Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath on Thursday hoped that voting percentage will keep improving with every round of the Lok Sabha election.
Lok Sabha poll: 35 per cent votes cast till 2 pm in 9 seats of MP
Prominent among those contesting in this phase are Union minister and Congress stalwart Kamal Nath and late Arjun Singh's son and MLA Ajay.
John Isner loses to Brown in second round at Houston
It was Brown's first career victory against a top-10 player. The German closed out a 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4) win with a forehand winner.
Williams sisters will not face France in Fed Cup
Top-ranked Serena Williams is too wiped out to play in the Fed Cup against France on April 19-20, US captain Mary Joe Fernandez said.
SP's Ghaziabad candidate Mukul Upadhyay moves EC, seeks transfer of DSPs, ADM
On the eve of polls in Ghaziabad, BSP candidate Mukul Upadhyay has approached the Election Commission seeking transfer of two DSPs, ADM, tehsildar and four police stations officers, saying since they belonged to a particular caste they could influence vot...
