Noida: The number of voters who opted for the NOTA on the EVM during the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls this time increased in all three assembly constituencies of Gautam Buddh district as compared to 2017, official results showed.

Amritsar: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party stormed to power in Punjab, state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said the people have taken a very good decision and laid a new foundation.

Jodhpur: Meghalya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday said if farmers' demands are not met, they may try to get what they want through violence.

New Delhi/Chandigarh: Bhagwant Mann will take oath as the chief minister of Punjab on March 16 at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of iconic freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, the AAP said on Friday after he met party national convener Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.

Kolkata: Reaching out to regional parties to push for an anti-BJP alliance a day after the saffron camp swept elections in four states, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday sought to edge the Congress out of any prospective opposition formation, stating there was no point in waiting for the grand old party as its lacked 'fire in the belly'.

Lucknow: Thirty-four Muslim candidates won in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, 10 more than the last state elections.

New Delhi: A day after the Congress's drubbing in assembly elections, some leaders from the 'Group of 23' that had questioned the party leadership and sought organisational overhaul, met here at the residence of former Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad.

New Delhi: The Defence Ministry on Friday said a technical malfunction in the course of a routine maintenance led to the accidental firing of a missile on March 9.