United Nations: Seeking collective efforts to address serious global challenges, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his UNGA speech on Friday invoked famous Tamil philosopher Kaniyan Pungundranar's quotes as well as those of Swami Vivekananda to emphasise that a fragmented world is in the interest of no one.
New Delhi: Days after the Union Home Ministry clarified that those left out of the National Register of Citizens in Assam will continue to enjoy all rights of a citizen till they exhaust all legal remedies, the Election Commission has decided that such people will continue to be voters if their names exist in the electoral rolls of the state.
Mangaluru: Bantwal Police on Friday evening booked Manjunath, who was attacked in a private Mall in the city following an altercation with college students after he said India was a ‘Hindu Rashtra’.
Bengaluru: BJP Karnataka Yuva Morcha Vice President Bheemashankar Patil has reportedly written to Karnataka BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel threatening him about mass resignation by the leaders if he tries to ignore CM Yediyurappa.
New Delhi: The bypolls to 15 Karnataka seats, which the Election Commission had decided to defer, will now be held on December 5, according to a new notification issued on Friday.
United Nations: The US hopes to see "rapid action" by India to lift restrictions imposed in Kashmir and release of those detained, a senior official has said, a day after President Donald Trump offered to arbitrate or mediate between India and Pakistan to ease their tensions.
Panaji: The Goa government on Friday extended by 60 days the ban on the entry of Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik and his associates into the state.
Dantewada: The ruling Congress has won the Dantewada Assembly by-poll in Chhattisgarh, the counting for which was held on Friday.
Agartala: BJP candidate Mimi Majumder on Friday won the by-election to Badharghat (SC) Assembly constituency defeating her nearest rival, CPI(M)'s Bulti Biswas, by 5,276 votes, officials said here.
Lucknow, Se: BJP candidate Yuvraj Singh on Friday won the bypoll to the Hamirpur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh by a margin of over 17,846 votes, defeating his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Manoj Prajapati.