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New Delhi, Dec 4: The BJP is expected to retain Madhya Pradesh with a massive mandate and wrest Rajasthan from the Congress, while falling short of a majority in Chhattisgarh. Delhi and Mizoram would see hung assemblies, according to exit poll projections of the assembly polls in the five states by India TV-CVoter. According to the India TV-CVoter exit polls, in Chhattisgarh, the Bharatiya Janata

Islamabad, Dec 4: Pakistan today asked India to withdraw its troops from Siachen, claiming their presence on the glacier was damaging the environment and polluting one of the country's main sources of water supplies. Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, claimed Indian forces on Siachen posed a "serious threat" to Pakistan's environment. Pakistan is

Mumbai, Dec 4: Mumbai city has witnessed 237 rapes, including eight gangrapes till August this year, with police saying that in most cases, the victims knew the accused, majority of whom were either "friends and lovers" or neighbours. As per the information procured under Right to Information Act (RTI) by social worker Anil Galgali, as many as 229 rape cases and eight gangrape cases, including two

New Delhi, Dec 4: Polling for the 70-member Delhi Assembly elections began on Wednesday morning where Congress is engaged in an electoral battle with BJP, while new entrant in the fray Aam Admi Party’s possible impact is being watched keenly. The voting began at 8 a.m. at over 11,000 polling stations out of which 630 have been identified as critical and hyper critical. A total of 1.19 crore voters

Aurangabad, Dec 3: At least six policemen on patrolling duty were killed in a landmine blast by Maoists in Bihar’s Aurangabad district on Tuesday evening. Inspector-General of Police Sushil Khopde said that among the dead was officer in-charge of Tandwa police station Ajay Kumar. The police party, on patrol duty, was returning to Tandwa police station from Nabinagar when the blast took place near

New Delhi, Dec 3: Amid a debate over special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Union minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday night said even if Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister for "ten terms" he will not be able to repeal Article 370 of the cCnstitution. "Even if Modi becomes PM for ten terms, he will not be able to do away with Article 370. You talk of debate, BJP does not indulge in any debate,"

New Delhi, Dec 3: The Supreme Court Tuesday declined a plea by Congress leader Sajjan Kumar for quashing the charges against him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. An apex court bench headed by Justice R.M. Lodha declined the appeal even as senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi told the court that Sajjan Kumar could not be charged under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code as there is no direct

Srinagar, Dec 3: Separatist group Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front or JKLF on Monday alleged its chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and his family had to spend several hours on road in Delhi after they were forced to leave the hotel booked by them. Mr Malik and his family, including his 18-month-old daughter, went to Delhi on Sunday and booked two rooms in a hotel near Nizam-ud-din, the JKLF said in

New Delhi, Dec 3: A section of the United Progressive Alliance government has suggested merging two Rayalaseema districts—Anantapur and Kurnool—with the proposed Telangana state, evoking strong reactions from leaders in Andhra Pradesh. The Rayala-Telangana proposal had initially gained currency in the run-up to the July 30 Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting. Its revival, at a time when the

Chennai, Dec 2: ISRO's Mars Orbiter mission had ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence yesterday, beginning its 300-day journey to the Red planet, marking a major milestone in India's space history. ISRO's Mars Orbiter, which was placed in inter-Mars trajectory in the early hours yesterday, has crossed Moon's orbit and is travelling beyond Earth's natural satellite. "The Mars Orbiter