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The Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged as the single largest party in the Karnataka Assembly Elections after a hard-fought battle between the BJP, Congress and the JD(U). Here is what political leaders in the country have to say about the results: Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah tweeted saying, "Et tu Karnataka,". "Please save this tweet for future reference. If I win it was all my charm

Kolkata, May 15: At least 12 persons were killed and hundreds injured in violence during the panchayat elections in West Bengal on Monday. The dead include two supporters each of the Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M). Director General of Police Surajit Purakayastha, however, described the violence as “stray incidents”, adding that only six of the 12 deaths were related to the elections. Poll

New Delhi, May 15: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry was in news for making some controversial decision when Smriti Irani was at the helm of affairs. The most prominent among them included the controversy over "guidelines to regulate fake news", which caused widespread outrage among media organizations and were withdrawn after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention. Her ministry was

New Delhi, May 15: After a string of controversies involving the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B), Prime Minister Narendra Modi late on Monday evening divested Smriti Irani of the high-profile portfolio and elevated junior minister under her, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore. He is the new Minister of State with independent charge of the Ministry. Change at the I&B is part of a mini

New Delhi, May 14: As many as 80 people have been killed in five states due to thunderstorms and lightning strikes since yesterday, with Uttar Pradesh alone recording 51 deaths, the home ministry said on Monday. Fourteen people died in West Bengal, 12 in Andhra Pradesh, two in Delhi and one in Uttarakhand, a ministry spokesperson said. Of the 136 people injured in lightning strikes and

New Delhi, May 14: Over four years after Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a hotel suite here, the Delhi Police today charged the senior Congress leader with abetting her suicide, claiming there was enough evidence to proceed against him. Tharoor, 62, dismissed as "preposterous" the nearly 3,000-page charge sheet filed before a city court and asserted he intends to contest it

Chennai, May 14: A depression over the southern Arabian Sea is likely to intensify into a low pressure and bring heavy rainfall at isolated places in Kerala and southern Tamil Nadu during the next two days, the meteorological department said on Monday. Fishermen in the region have been advised not to venture into the sea during the next 24-48 hours, Regional Meteorological Centre director S

New Delhi, May 14: The Delhi Police on Monday filed a charge sheet in the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who also has been arrayed as an accused in the case. The charge sheet was filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmender Singh under sections 498 A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian

New Delhi, May 14: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has written a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind in which he has condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'threat' to the Indian National Congress (INC) during a speech in Hubli, Karnataka. Singh said Prime Minister Modi was "using his powers and privileges as Prime Minister to settle personal and political scores" during the Karnataka

NEW DELHI, MAY 14: The CBI on Monday filed its first charge sheet in the country’s largest financial scam worth over $2 billion in Punjab National Bank by billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, detailing the alleged role of the bank’s former chief Usha Ananthasubramanian, who is now Allahabad Bank CEO and MD, officials said. The charge sheet, filed in a special court in Mumbai, also names several other