Panaji: Goa Assembly's acting Speaker Michael Lobo Thursday said he would prefer to be the Chief Minister if given a chance by his party BJP instead of becoming a full-time Speaker.

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid a raging debate on prohibiting burqa in the country on grounds of national security, a Muslim educational group in Kerala has banned its students from covering their faces with any attire on the campuses of its institutions.

New Delhi: Admitting that demonetisation and the implementation of GST by the government had caused "some disturbances", Union minister and BJP candidate from traders' hub Chandni Chowk Harsh Vardhan has asserted that the moves have not shaken the people's faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision.

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he did not violate the model code of conduct during his election speech in Rajasthan's border town of Barmer where he invoked the armed forces and said that India's nuclear button was not kept to be used for Diwali.

New Delhi: An estimated 10,000 villages and 52 towns in Odisha will be hit by the 'extremely severe' cyclonic storm 'Fani', which is approaching India's eastern coast and is expected to make landfall south of Puri on Friday, the home ministry said.

New Delhi: Girls outshone boys in the class 12 CBSE examination, the results of which where declared Thursday way ahead of schedule, with Ghaziabad's Hansika Shukla and Muzaffarnagar's Karishma Arora sharing the top rank with 499 out of 500 marks.

Kasargod: A woman and his son were killed and three others were injured when an Omni vehicle they were traveling in fell into a 35 feet deep trench near Badur Onibagilu today afternoon.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court directed the Election Commission on Thursday to decide by May 6, nine complaints of the Congress party alleging violations of MCC by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.