Five persons, including a woman and child, were killed and over a dozen others injured as fire engulfed two hotels here on Tuesday, police said.
The elevation of Mr Bandekar is being seen by the opposition as the BJP's bid to woo the Shiv Sena, as he is considered close to party chief Uddhav Thackeray, say sources.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti asserted on Tuesday that a muscular policy won't work in the state and also ruled out any other alliance to form a government after the BJP quit the PDP-led alliance.
On Monday, Congress leader Manish Tewari asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the information displayed on the PMO’ s website about the Finance Minister portfolio.
KK Birla Goa Campus Director of Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, one of the prestigious higher education institutions of the country, Prof G Raghuram will give a special lecture at the St. Aloysius College here on June 22.
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S)-Congress coalition government is committed to waiving farm loans.
The widow of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Union Minister Arjun Singh on Tuesday accused her sons Ajay and Abhimanyu Singh of forcing her out of home by violence.
The Congress on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of a coalition with the Peoples Democratic Alliance (PDP), making Governor's rule look imminent in Jammu and Kashmir after the BJP pulled out of the PDP-led coalition government.
The world's oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo aged 62, leaving behind 54 descendants, authorities said on Tuesday.
A diesel tanker burst into flames after it toppled near Giriyapura in Kadur taluk in Chikmagaluru on Tuesday, June 19. One person was burnt alive in the incident, it is learnt.
