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New Delhi, May 16: A massive dust storm hit the national capital in the wee hours of Wednesday. Strong winds, accompanied by dust, lashed the city while bringing a sudden decline in the temperature. Trees fell down on cars in Lodhi colony due to strong winds and dust storm in the national capital. #Delhi pic.twitter.com/eJyTaWS84E — ANI (@ANI) May 15, 2018 This comes after the deadly storm on May

Senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily today described early trends suggesting a BJP victory in the Karnataka Assembly polls as "quite disappointing and attributed his party's loss to wrong caste management. The Congress should not have raised the Lingayat issue before the polls, Moily said, adding that the party had not managed caste equations well in its electoral strategy. He also defended

New Delhi, May 15: The Kerala government today made an amazing offer to the newly-elected Karnataka MLAs facing the melee of a hung verdict -- unwind in Gods Own Country. Kerala Tourism made the offer on Twitter amid frantic efforts by the BJP, Congress and JD(S) to cobble up the numbers to form a government. "After the rough and tumble of the #KarnatakaVerdict, we invite all the MLAs to unwind at

Hubballi, May 15: Former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar has scored a double hatrick in Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency by winning the seat for the sixth consecutive time. He has held onto the seat since 1994. Shettar secured the seat in this assembly poll by beating Congress' Mahesh Nalwada who gave him a tough fight till the very end of counting. Nalawada has lost to Shettar for the second

New Delhi, MAY 15: Had the Congress formed an alliance with the JD (S) before the Karnataka Assembly election, the poll outcome would have been "very different", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday. The TMC leader took to Twitter to congratulate the winners. According to the latest trends, the BJP is leading in 113 constituencies, the number required for a simple majority in

Bengaluru, MAY 15: The consolidation of the dominant Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities seem to have worked against the Congress, which looks to be staring at a defeat going by the vote count trends. There was widespread fear within the Congress in the run-up to the polls that the government’s decision to accord "religious minority" status on the Lingayat community would backfire. Trends show that

Bengaluru, MAY 15 : BJP's chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa emerged victorious by defeating his nearest rival Congress candidate G B Malatesh in Shikaripura assembly constituency. BJP candidate from Shivamogga urban constituency K S Eshwarappa has emerged victorious by defeating his nearest rival K B Prasanna Kumar of Congress by a margin of 30,000 votes. BJP candidate from Thirthahalli

Panaji, May 14: BJP president Amit Shah today asserted the party would form the next government in Karnataka, a day after the polling for high-stake Assembly polls in the southern state indicated a close contest between the saffron party and the Congress. “The BJP will form the government in Karnataka on May 15 evening after the results,” Shah said while addressing a gathering of around 15,000 BJP

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

Jerusalem, May 14: The US officially opened its deeply controversial Jerusalem embassy on Monday in a ceremony that included a video address by President Donald Trump. Trump told the ceremony that the United States remained committed to reaching a lasting Middle East peace though the move of its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has provoked outrage. A plaque and seal was unveiled at