A French museum on Thursday paid over $1 million for English writer Charlotte Brontë’s unpublished manuscript at an auction in London.

The just available results to elections to 133 civic bodies elections across Maharashtra should serve as an eye-opener to political parties that have positioned themselves on the Lokpal issue in a certain way only to appease the Anna Hazare campaign, believing this will yield them an electoral dividend.

The Congress legislator from Sultanpuri constituency, Jai Kishen, was allegedly assaulted after he intervened in a scuffle between two groups in his area on Wednesday evening.

Though Assembly elections are two years away, a group of Jat and Meena leaders has joined hands to form a third alternative in Rajasthan.
Independent MP from Dausa Kirodi Lal Meena has been instrumental in exploring the scope of a third front. Mr Meena made a surprise visit to sacked

Tracing the journey of Delhi since it became the capital of the Mughal Empire under Shahjahan to over 200 years later when it was made the capital of British-ruled India, an exhibition of pictures and illustrations, organised by the city

Unlike in the past, the Congress in Punjab has been able to put up a united front so far in the poll-bound state. Notorious for its factionalism, which always surges when elections are round the corner, the Congress is not witnessing any serious factionalism this time.

Food inflation fell to a near four-year low of 4.35 per cent for the week ending December 3 due to a fall in the prices of vegetables.

Sources said senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, who had virtually admitted embarrassment on account of former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s arrest during his Janchetna Yatra, asked the 12 state MPs, who demanded BSY’s reinstatement, to meet the party chief.

A day ahead of the proposed meeting between Kerala and Tamil Nadu officials to resolve the Mullaperiyar dispute, Central officials formally informed both states that the meeting was cancelled after objections by the Tamil Nadu

The attacks are getting sharper as he moves deeper into the heartland of Uttar Pradesh.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused UP chief minister Mayawati of being blissfully ignorant of the ground realities in her own state.