Referring to Das's master's in history, Jay Narayan Vyas said: "I would wish that a person heading that bank may be a qualified economist."

Jyotiraditya Scindia is believed to have been offered the post of Madhya Pradesh deputy chief minister. In Rajasthan, the Congress is facing a tougher choice between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot.

Lucknow: Taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asked him to "reveal" caste of other deities so he could pray to the God of his caste.

Who goes to attend a meeting with "300 bags", the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asked Vijay Mallya's lawyer in a special court here Wednesday, countering the claim that the liquor baron had left India in March 2016 only to attend an event in Geneva and did not flee the country.

Amid hectic lobbying for the post of chief minister in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has asked the party workers to tell their top choice for the chief minister post in each of the three states, party sources said.

A local court Wednesday issued summons to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making a controversial statement against his BJP counterpart Amit Shah.

The Editors Guild of India on Wednesday suspended the memberships of former Union minister M J Akbar and ex-Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal over allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Election Commission's own website was lagging and showing two-hour-old voting numbers in a situation which was changing every minute.