New Delhi: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security.

Nagpur: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday promised action against a contractor after Nationalist Congress Party MLC Amit Mitkari shot a video of utensils reportedly for use by ministers being cleaned in the washroom.

New Delhi: Kuldeep Yadav's shocking exclusion from the Indian team for the second Test against Bangladesh after his last match heroics has made Harbhajan Singh wonder if the left-arm wrist spinner "would be better off" if he is not winning 'player of the match' awards.

New Delhi, Dec 22: When the BCCI mandarins opened the mail box to check the CVs of prospective national selection committee candidates, they were in for a shock to find applications from Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag.

Washington/Lucknow: The "Austin University" in California, which signed a MoU recently with the Uttar Pradesh government to build a USD 42 billion 'Smart City of Knowledge' in the state, apparently lacks the know-how and resources to do so, publicly available information indicates.

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday extended till December 30, the stay on the notices issued by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the case of alleged attempt to poach BRS MLAs, to senior BJP leader B L Santhosh and others.

Jammu: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday expelled three top leaders - former ministers Tara Chand and Manohar Lal and former legislator Balwan Singh - from his Democratic Azad Party (DAP) for anti-party activities.

Belagavi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday came down heavily on Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut and called him a traitor.