A large number of candidates whose tickets has been finalised by UP chief minister and BSP president Mayawati, may finally end up losing their claim to contest on the BSP symbol.

A government engineer in Bihar found it safer to hide himself away — unknown even to his own family and strengthening their fear about his abduction — for three days after being harassed by unscrupulous contractors and criminals pressurising him to pass fake bills for work in the PMGSY road schemes.

The preparations for the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal and Kerala, corruption and price rise are expected to dominate the three-day meeting of the CPI(M) central committee beginning here on Friday. The meeting of the Central Committee comes after the party units of West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam and

Frustrated by oldies pulling strings to wangle Assembly seats again, the Youth Congress leaders of the state have rushed to Delhi to appeal to AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi for allocation of more seats to youngsters this time.

The hopes of the DMK-led coalition to hold the elections to the revived Tamil Nadu Legislative Council before April 13 Assembly polls were dashed with the Supreme Court on Thursday refusing to vacate its interim stay at least till next hearing on April 4.

The Centre on Thursday told the Andhra Pradesh high court that certain “secret” contents of the Justice Srikrishna Committee report would not be made public.
Additional solicitor-general Vivek Tanka, submitting the Centre’s view before Justice L. Narasimha Reddy said that the “secret note” submitted by the Justice Srikrishna

The Rajya Sabha by-poll result was on expected lines with BJP candidate Hema Malini winning the contest comfortably on Thursday. Of the 205 votes polled, Ms Malini got 106 votes while litterateur K Marulasiddappa, who contested as an independent candidate supported by Congress and JD-S, secured 94 votes. Five votes were declared invalid.

The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (INGCA) is a veritable living theatre with simultaneous performances in several open air and covered spaces all day long.

It’s common knowledge that had William Shakespeare been alive, he would never have prescribed his plays for either a school or a varsity syllabus.

CAPITALS HAVE always been the centrestage for festivals and celebrations, and our history can vouch for it.