The National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) is leading in 12 seats and its ally, the BJP, in six seats — just ahead of the ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF), which is leading in 15 seats — in the vote count for the Nagaland Assembly on Saturday, as per the Election Commission. The figures are for […]
The ruling Congress bagged one seat and was leading in 20, with the National People’s Party (NPP) ahead in 18 and the BJP in three in the vote count so far for the Meghalaya assembly on Saturday. The Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and People’s Democratic Front have won one seat each, and were […]
In a saffron surge in the northeast, the BJP put up a spectacular show in Tripura on Saturday, ending 25 years of the Left rule, and was looking to formation of coalition governments in Nagaland and Meghalaya in the face of hung verdicts. The BJP and its ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), a […]
By Aditya Gautam “I saw Arnold in the movie Terminator and since then I wanted to become as big as him, I wanted to work out and get into bodybuilding.”- Vasim Pathan The story of a Desi boy winning in a bodybuilding competition in Australia would have been fascinating enough, but to add to it, […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday booked a city-based computer company RP Info Systems and its directors for allegedly defrauding a consortium of 10 banks of Rs 515.15 crore, an official said. State-run Canara Bank had on Monday lodged a complaint with the investigation agency alleging that the directors of the company — […]
A Blue Corner notice was issued on Wednesday against diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi of Gitanjali Group in connection with the Rs 12,600-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, an official said. An Income Tax department official said the Blue Corner notice — to locate, identify or obtain information on a […]
By Radhika Bhirani New Delhi Jamaluddin Siddique has been serving up delectable kheer cooked up with his great grandfather’s 150-year-old recipe. There’s also Khemchand Adesh Kumar, who has been selling the sweet winter delight “Daulat Ki Chaat” from his humble “khomcha” on the streets of old Delhi for the last 30 years. Originality, legacy, a […]
The high-level North Korean delegation that visited South Korea to attend the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics returned home on Tuesday after expressing Pyongyang’s willingness to hold talks with the US. The eight-member team led by General Kim Yong-Chol crossed the border at around midday, according to a statement by the South Korean […]
The fraud-hit Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reported an additional Rs 1,300 crore unauthorised transactions, taking the estimated quantum to Rs 12,600 crore in the scam related to diamond trader Nirav Modi and owner of Gitanjali Gems, Mehul Choksi. In a 11.22 p.m., late night filing with the stock exchanges on Monday, the bank said: […]
Voting to the 60 member Nagaland Assembly was underway on Tuesday amidst tight security, an official said, adding that a crude bomb exploded barely an hour before polling took off. One person was injured when the bomb went off at a polling station in Tizit constituency in the eastern part of the state at around […]