Mumbai: Jet Airways was finally grounded for now when its last flight, a Boeing 737, touched down at the Mumbai airport early Thursday after departing from Amritsar, almost 26 years after it took off from here for Ahmedabad as an air taxi operator.

Osmanabad: Election officials have ordered an inquiry after some voters recorded their voting process at a polling booth here and posted it on Facebook, police said.

Amreli: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's imposing statue in Gujarat has not been built to "belittle" former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Congress on Thursday questioned the Election Commission order suspending a high-ranking poll official deputed to Odisha for allegedly checking the prime minister's chopper and said EC rules "do not exempt" PM's vehicle from being checked.

A man flung shoes at BJP leaders addressing a press conference at the party's headquarters here on Thursday. It was not immediately clear why the person, who identified himself as a doctor by profession, threw the shoes.

 The Election Commission has suspended a high-ranking poll observer deputed to Odisha on charges of "dereliction of duty" with regard to "SPG protectees" in a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mysuru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah franchised his vote on Thursday at Mysuru Taluk’s Swagram Siddaramanahundi here in the first phase of Lok Sabha Election in the state.

Uppinangady: Party workers of Congress and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) got into a verbal clash at a polling booth in Uppinangady on Thursday when the polling started in the Dakshina Kannada constituency.