Shillong: Meghalaya Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh on Tuesday admitted a no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition Congress against the ruling NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) for its "failure to deliver on all fronts" since forming the government in 2018.

Guwahati: A case was registered against powerful Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups by making "false statements", days after he claimed on social media that AIUDF supporters raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogans at the Silchar airport, police said on Tuesday.

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 3 paise to close at 74.18 against the US dollar on Tuesday as higher crude oil prices and a stronger greenback overseas weighed on sentiment.

Bengaluru: BJP candidate and film producer-turned politician Munirathna registered a comfortable victory from RR Nagar constituency in Karnataka by-elections. Munirathna swept the seat by polling a total of 1,25,734 votes.

Bengaluru: Tragedy struck a 28-year old man and his fiancee when they drowned in the Cauvery river following a mishap during a pre-wedding photoshoot in Talakad in Mysuru district in Karnataka, police said.

Counting of votes for the Bihar assembly elections will take longer than usual and continue till late in the night because of 63 per cent increase in the number of EVMs, the Election Commission said on Monday.

Bengaluru: In the fierce competition between the ruling BJP party and their Congress-JDS opposition for the RR Nagar and Shira Vidhanasaba by-elections, the counting of votes indicate that the BJP’s candidates on both the constituencies are inching towards victory.

Belagavi: The Camp Police Station officers arrested an individual for impersonating an army officer and deceiving the families of martyred soldiers. The accused has been identified as Manjunath Biradara, a resident of Nalathavada in Muddebihaala Taluk, of the Vijaypur district.