Jind (Har): Ruling BJP won the high-stakes Jind bypoll in Haryana on Thursday with party candidate Krishan Middha defeating his nearest rival, Digvijay Singh Chautala of JJP, by over 12,000 votes.
Washington: Several foreigners, including from India, face deportation from the US after authorities busted a "pay to stay" visa racket and arrested eight persons on charges of fraudulently facilitating at least 600 immigrants to illegally remain in the country.
Ballia (UP): A day after his controversial remarks against Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi, BJP MLA Surendra Singh has accused BSP president Mayawati of "murdering" a woman's dignity by joining hands with one-time arch rival SP.
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over employment generation, saying he promised two crore jobs, but five years later a "leaked job creation report card" has revealed a "national disaster".
New Delhi: The National Sample Survey Office’s periodic labour force survey (PLFS) has said that in 2017-18, the country’s unemployment rate stood at a 45-year high of 6.1%.
Lucknow: Cases were booked against 13 persons, including a woman leader of Hindu Mahasabha, in Aligarh for firing at an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi when the nation was observing his 70th death anniversary, on Wednesday.
Ralegan Siddhi: Social activist Anna Hazare's hunger strike entered the second day on Thursday as he remained defiant on his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs at the Centre and in Maharashtra and resolution of farmers' issues.
Mangaluru: Seeking ban against light fishing and bull troll fishing, traditional fishers have begun a protest today morning.
Jaipur: Congress candidate Shafia Zubair won the Ramgarh assembly poll in Rajasthan by defeating her nearest BJP rival Sukhwant Singh by a margin of 12,228 votes, officials said.
Recently, the industrialist and self-proclaimed godman Baba Ramdev said those with more than two children should be denied rights to vote. We are living in times where people speak about things that never relate to them. Politicians speak about science and sanyasis speak about economics. Baba Ramdev’s talk is the continuation of such trend.
