India

New Delhi, Dec 20: Two exit polls predicted a huge win for the BJP in Jharkhand on Saturday. The saffron party was projected to make impressive gains in Jammu and Kashmir as well. BJP + was predicted to win 52 seats in Jharkhand, Cong+9, JMM 10, JVM+ 6, according to an ABP News-Nielsen prediction. The C-Voter predicted BJP to get 27-33 seats, Cong 4-10 seats, NC 8-14, PDP 32-38, Others 2-8 in J&K

Kochi, Dec 20: As the NDA Government continued to face opposition heat over the conversion issue, BJP President Amit Shah today pitched for an anti-conversion law in the country and wanted the 'so called secular' political parties to support such a measure in Parliament. "BJP is the only political party in the country that opposes forceful conversion and the so called secular political parties

Nagapattinam, Dec 20: An engineer was missing after a barge carrying 60 tonnes of essential commodities and diesel to a ship engaged in exploration activities off Nagapattinam coast sank in the sea, Coast Guard officials said. The CG managed to rescue seven workers on board but the Engineer Ranjith Singh, who was in command of the barge, was missing. They had set sail from Karaikal port on

New Delhi, Dec 20: The Ministry of External Affairs has stripped diplomat Devyani Khobragade of her duties as director in the partnership development division, in view of the unauthorized statements made by her in the media. The MEA has placed her on "compulsory watch" which means although she retains her post she is without a job for now and may face further action according to sources. The

Srinagar, Dec 20: Polling began Saturday in the fifth and final phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, poll officials said. Twenty constituencies spread over Jammu, Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu region will elect their representatives to the 87-member legislative assembly in this phase. Balloting also began in 16 of the 81 assembly constituencies in the last round

Gopalganj, Dec 19: A village panchayat in Bihar's Gopalganj district has, in a diktat, banned girls from wearing jeans and using mobile phones as these increase the chance of the girls "going astray". Confirming that such a diktat has been issued in Singha panchayat in Hathua block of the district, Hathua Block Development Officer Jitendra Kumar said the decision was taken at a general meeting of

New Delhi, Dec 19: The Aam Aadmi Party alleged impropriety and conflict of interest on the part of Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and former UPA minister Manish Tewari in connection with Reliance Industries. Alleging that Prasad’s association with the corporate group prevented him from issuing a notice to Reliance Jio on the 4G issue, the party demanded the Union Minister’s resignation

New Delhi, Dec, 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken direct control of a project-monitoring body to fast-track investments worth almost $300 billion and revive manufacturing in the country, two officials with direct knowledge of the matter told reportrs. Pro-business Modi has faced criticism in recent weeks that his ambition to spur investment and re-energise the economy has yet to be

New Delhi, Dec 18: The Supreme Court Thursday extended the bail of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa by another four months as it asked the Karnataka high court to decide on her appeal challenging her conviction in disproportionate assets case within three months. Noting that Jayalalithaa had complied with its Oct 17 order of filing her appeal in the high court along with all the

Sriharikota, Dec 18: India Thursday moved forward in rocket technology with the successful flight testing of its heaviest next generation rocket and the crew module. Precisely at 9.30 a.m., the 630 tonne Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mark III) standing 43.43 metre tall freed itself from the second launch pad and with a reverberating deep throated roar, rose into the sky